Global perspectives on e-learning : rhetoric and reality /: rhetoric and reality. (©2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alison A. Carr-Chellman, editor.
• Other Names: Carr-Chellman, Alison A
• Contents: Introduction / Alison A. Carr-Chellman -- China's online education : rhetoric and realities / Ke Zhang -- The gap between e-learning availability and e-learning industry development in Taiwan / Jiang Jiaqi -- The distance in education and online technologies in India / Priya Sharma -- Online learning and differential participation in a democratic society : Ireland as a case study / Sarah Fitzpatrick & Paul Conway -- E-learning democracy and social exclusion? : issues of access and retention in the UK / Ormond Simpson -- International study circles / Ben Salt -- A critical look at distance education in Turkey / Husra Gursoy -- Canada's SchoolNet : wiring up schools? / Leslie R. Shade & Diane Y. Dechief -- The new frontier : Web-based education in US culture / Alison A. Carr-Chellman -- New Zealand : is online education a highway to the future? / Bill Anderson -- Towards borderless virtual learning in higher education / Colin Latchem -- Development and democracy in Namibia : the contribution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) / R. Kavena Shalyef & Hilda Nakakuwa -- Can you lead from behind? : critical reflections on the rhetoric of e-learning, open distance learning and ICTs for development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) / Wayne Mackintosh -- Stalled : e-learning as thwarted innovation / Robert Zemsky & William F. Massy -- Conclusion / Alison A. Carr-Chellman.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, Calif : Sage Publications
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 280 pages)
• Subjects: 371.35/8; Distance education; Education -- Effect of technological innovations on; Educational technology -- Social aspects; Enseignement à distance; Éducation, Effets des innovations sur l'; Technologie éducative -- Aspect social; EDUCATION -- Distance Education & Learning; Distance education; Education -- Effect of technological innovations on; Educational technology -- Social aspects; Teleleren; Onderwijstechnologie; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452204390; 9781452222332; 1452222339
• Related ISBNs: 145220439X; 1412904889; 9781412904889; 1412904897; 9781412904896
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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