Web-Based Learning

• Part I: Policy, Practice, and Implementation Issues. 1. Evaluating Web-Based Learning Environments. 2. Infrastructure for Web-Based Learning. 3. The ADL Vision and Getting From Here to There. 4. An Open Learning Model for Web-Based Learning Architecture. 5. A Framework for Studying the Process of Implementing Web-Based Learning Systems. 6. Issues in Synchronous Versus Asynchronous E-Learning Platforms. 7. Virtual Reality and Simulators: Implications for Web-Based Education and Training. 8. Heuristics for Selecting Distance or Classroom Settings for Courses. 9. Putting the "Advanced" Into Advanced Distributed Learning. 10. Beyond Content and Design: Employment Processes as the Missing Link in Web-Based Distance Learning Success. Part II: Theory and Research Issues. 11. Becoming a Self-Regulated Learner: Implications for Web-Based Education. 12. The Importance of Motivation, Metacognition, and Help Seeking in Web-Based Learning. 13. Learning and Transfer in Two Web-Based and Distance Applications. 14. Role of Task-Specific Adapted Feedback on a Computer-Based Collaborative Problem-Solving Task. 15. Teaching Procedural Knowledge in Distance Learning Environments. 16. Why Understanding Instructional Design Requires an Understanding of Human Cognitive Evolution. 17. Scalability and Sociability in Online Learning Environments. 18. Role of Simulation in Web-Based Learning. 19. The Use of Technology in Education. 20. Five Critical Issues for Web-Based Instructional Design Research and Practice. 21. Ten Research-Based Principles of Multimedia Learning. Part III: Summary and Conclusions. 22. Summary and Conclusions.

"This volume provides a discussion by researchers in education, both civilian and military, about an education delivery system that has been maturing for at least a decade. Recommended. Graduate students through practitioners."—CHOICE"...a useful read for those who wish to explore this rich and complex area and, through their explorations, add clarity to the diversity of voices currently representing the field."—PsycCRITIQUES"The topic of this book is timely and addresses a need to step back from the flurry of Web-based instruction activity and assess where we are in the field and where we are going."—Barbara GrabowskiPennsylvania State University"...a valuable addition to the literature on Web-based learning..this volume is unique in its emphasis on a national research agenda, which weaves together research and policy issues."—J. Michael SpectorFlorida State University"The book shows us the wide range of research issues and future possible developments of web-based learning. I recommend it highly for graduate students of educational technology and researchers in web-based learning."--British Journal of Educational Technology; Vol 38 No 6 2007