Remote Learning and Distance Education - A Reference Handbook

Remote learning and distance education burst into the national consciousness with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic - yet it remains poorly understood in many ways. Explore a range of debates around this timely topic, including: can remote learning models of educational instruction produce the same (or better?) academic results than in-school learning? What are the socialization impacts of remote learning? What do education experts think is the next frontier in remote learning? This book explores those questions and many more. Remote Learning and Distance Education provides the historical background and context for understanding the origins and evolution of distance education - an evolution which was accelerated dramatically, and in unpredictable ways, when the COVID-19 pandemic transformed millions of actual classrooms into virtual ones. Readers will better understand the problems, controversies and solutions surrounding distance education, from access and equity issues to maintaining academic integrity. Profiles of key figures and organizations, such as Khan Academy, give readers an introduction to important players in this potentially revolutionary approach to teaching and learning.>

Product details

• Authors: William H Pruden III, William H. Pruden III
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.2024
• EAN: 9781440879487
• ISBN: 978-1-4408-7948-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 232 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Contemporary World Issues (Har; Contemporary World Issues
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Distance, Open & Online Education, History of Education, United States of America, USA, Educational strategies & policy, Primary & middle schools, Open learning, home learning, distance education, Open learning, distance education, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Social Science, EDUCATION / Teaching / General