Designing Effective Online Instruction: A Handbook for Web-Based Courses

Franklin R. Koontz has been engaged in distance learning for 36 years, first as an instructional television producer and director and then as a professor of educational technology. He has conducted studies concerning distance learning and given national presentations on the subject. Koontz is professor emeritus of educational technology at the University of Toledo in Ohio.

Hongqin Li is an assistant professor of educational technology, at the School of Graduate and Professional Studies, at Lourdes College, Sylvania, Ohio.

Daniel Compora is an English professor at the University of Toledo, Ohio, who has worked extensively in computer-based environments and has published research in distance learning.