Access and Efficiency in the Development of Distance Education and E-Learning

Distance and E-Learning in Transition: Learning Innovation, Technology and Social Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 119-140

  Hülsmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Blog; Computer based traing (CBT); Course development; Distance education; Distance learning; Diversity; Drop out; E learning; Efficiency; Flexible learning; Folksonomies; Information and communication technologies (ICT); Instructional design; Internet; Learning; Open and distance learning (ODL); Open educational resources (OER); Real simple syndication (RSS); Scale economies; Synchronous communication; Teaching and learning process; Virtual learning spaces; Visual representation; Web 2.0; Wiki

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889316920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118557686.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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