Description
Worldwide, the use of the Internet to deliverinstruction has increased exponentially. Coursemanagement systems (CMS) are widely used to delivercourses completely at a distance. Implications andrecommendations for higher education institutionsinclude promoting best practices, providingfunctional policies and procedures centered onstudent learning, and providing faculty training andservices to facilitate meaningful learning outcomes.The role of distance education and thespecializations of experts in the field is changing. As distance education enrollment and competitionincrease, stakeholders will be required to have aformal knowledge in the field, and an immenseunderstanding of using the theoretical approaches toadminister distance education programs. Practitionerswill need to maintain an awareness of the historicalsignificance of distance education. They will need toprovide an environment where learning thrives, isdriven by pedagogy, and is fueled by innovativeinstructional technologies. Dr. Fink has some 20 years experience in the use of learningtechnologies: 13 years in higher education and several yearsconsulting with technology corporations. His research interests include the investigation of socialinteraction, cybernetics, informatics, information literacy,cognition and metacognition.
