Methods and Applications for Advancing Distance Education Technologies: International Issues and Solutions (Advances in Distance Education Technologies) (Premier Reference Source)

Mahbubur Syed

ISBN 10: 1605663425 / ISBN 13: 9781605663425

Published by Information Science Reference, 2009

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• Title: Methods and Applications for Advancing Distance Education Technologies: International Issues and Solutions (Advances in Distance Education Technologies) (Premier Reference Source)
• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605663425
• ISBN 13: 9781605663425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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The emerging field of advanced distance education delivers academic courses across time and distance, allowing educators and students to participate in a convenient learning method. Methods and Applications for Advancing Distance Education Technologies: International Issues and Solutions demonstrates communication technologies, intelligent technologies, and quality educational pedagogy as the most essential requirements for advancing distance education for both teaching and learning. A significant research collection for the advancement of distance learning initiatives, this Premier Reference Source assists academicians, practitioners, and researchers in finding answers to important issues needing addressed for a successful distance education.

About the Author

Mahbubur Rahman Syed is currently a professor of Information Systems and Technology at Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU), USA. He has about 25 years of experience in teaching, in industry, in research and in academic leadership in the field of computer science, engineering, information technology and systems. Earlier he worked in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the North Dakota State University in USA, in the School of Computing and Information Technology, Monash University in Australia, in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in Bangladesh and Ganz Electric Works in Hungary. He was a founding member of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at BUET and served as Head of the Department during 1986-92. He served as the General Secretary of Bangladesh Computer Society and also as the General Secretary of BUET Teacher's Association. He received the UNESCO/ROSTSCA' 85 award for South and Central Asia region in the field of Informatics and Computer Applications in Scientific Research. He won several other awards. He has co-edited several books in the area of e-commerce, software agents, multimedia systems and networking. He guest edited the 2001 fall issue of IEEE multimedia. He has more than 100 papers published in journals and conference proceedings. He has been serving in different roles such as co-editor-in chief, associate editor, editorial review committee, member of several international journals. Dr. Syed has been involved in international professional activities including organizing conferences and serving as conference and program committee chair.