Distance Learners in Higher Education : Institutional Responses for Quality Outcomes

Distance learning offers unprecedented access to higher education, to people from all walks of life. A person can now easily take a college-level course without ever setting foot on campus or meeting with his or her professor face to face.

Well-credentialed authors collaborate in "Distance Learners in Higher Education", designed to give faculty unique perspectives on a variety of issues in higher education today.

Edited by Chere Campbell Gibson, this volume encompasses the full realm of teaching and learning at a distance from both an administrative and faculty viewpoint. Connecting the demographics of the distance learner, cultural considerations, academic self-concept and support, and learning strategies, "Distance Learners" is of interest to faculty and administrators in higher education.

This book focuses on the learner and the conditions for learning, and is essential for those who need to stay current in this rapidly changing area.

Introduction by Michael Moore.

Dr Chere Campbell Gibson is Chair of the Graduate Program of Continuing and Vocational Education at the the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr Michael Moore is Academic Director of the American Center for the Study of Distance Education (ACSDE) at The Pennsylvania State University. He is the founder and editor of "The American Journal of Distance Education".

Dr Melody M. Thompson is Assistant Director of Operations and Evaluation at Penn State's World Campus and a faculty member teaching Adult Education in the College of Education.

Dr Elizabeth Burge is a Professor of Adult Education at the University of New Brunswick in Atlantic Canada.

Dr Irene M. Sanchez is the Bureau Chief for the Child Care Services Bureau of the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department.

Dr Charlotte N. (Lani) Gunawardena is Associate Professor of Distance Education and Instructional Technology in the Organizational Learning and Instructional Technology Program at the University of New Mexico.

Dr Christine Olgren is Distance Education Program Manager, Continuing and Vocational Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr Terry Anderson is currently the Director of Academic Technologies for Learning (ATL) at the University of Alberta and is also Associate Professor in the Faculty of Extension.

Dr Randy Garrison holds the position of Dean, in the Faculty of Extension, at the University of Alberta.

Dr Daniel Granger is currently the Director of Distributed Learning and Extended Education at California State University, Monterey Bay.

Dr Meg Benke has been with Empire State College since 1990 and connected with distance education since 1983.