Accessible elements : teaching science online and at a distance / Dietmar Kennepohl and Lawton Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennepohl, Dietmar Karl, 1961- author.

Shaw, Lawton, 1972- author.

Series:

Issues in Distance Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching (Higher).

Science.

Science--Computer-assisted instruction.

Distance education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Athabasca University Press 2010

Edmonton, AB : AU Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Accessible Elements informs science educators about current practices in online and distance education: distance-delivered methods for laboratory coursework, the requisite administrative and institutional aspects of online and distance teaching, and the relevant educational theory.Delivery of university-level courses through online and distance education is a method of providing equal access to students seeking post-secondary education. Distance delivery offers practical alternatives to traditional on-campus education for students limited by barriers such as classroom scheduling, physical loca

Contents:

Cover Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Learning; CHAPTER ONE: Interactions Affording Distance Science Education; CHAPTER TWO: Learning Science at a Distance: Instructional Dialogues and Resources; CHAPTER THREE: Leadership Strategies for Coordinating Distance Education Instructional Development Teams; CHAPTER FOUR: Toward New Models of Flexible Education to Enhance Quality in Australian Higher Education; Laboratories; CHAPTER FIVE: Taking the Chemistry Experience Home - Home Experiments or "Kitchen Chemistry"

CHAPTER SIX: Acquisition of Laboratory Skills by On-Campus and Distance Education StudentsCHAPTER SEVEN: Low-Cost Physics Home Laboratory; CHAPTER EIGHT: Laboratories in the Earth Sciences; CHAPTER NINE: Remote Control Teaching Laboratories and Practicals; Logistics; CHAPTER TEN: Needs, Costs, and Accessibility of DE Science Lab Programs; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching Laboratory Sciences at a Distance in a Developing Country; CHAPTER TWELVE: Distance and Flexible Learning at University of the South Pacific

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Institutional Considerations: A Vision for Distance EducationAuthor Biographies; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612851940

9781282851948

1282851942

9781897425480

1897425481

OCLC:

732600741