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Distance education is arguably one of the major developments in education during the 20th Century. From schooling through to university education, distance education blossomed to facilitate frontier expansion in the New World, capacity-building in developing nations, access and equity provision in post-War societies and flexible professional development and workplace training for late-modernity. "The International Handbook of Distance Education" explores the array of distance education theories and practices as they have been shaped by the late-20th Century and then positions these in terms...

This edited collection focuses on the issues, practices and experience of using new technology for learning through distance education. The book explores case studies of learners from around the world and by drawing together their various experiences the book provides guidelines for effective use of technologies that practitioners and providers will be able to make use of. The book promotes cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary perspectives, acknowledges gender issues and proposes context-sensitive guidelines for learning technologies use. Exploring Learning Technologies is divided into four...