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Web site: http://www.idea-group.com ISBN: 1-59140-178-X (hardcover) ISBN: 1-59140-221-2 (paperback) ISBN: 1-59140-179-8 (ebook) 16 chapters Distance Learning and University Effectiveness: Changing Educational Paradigms for Online learning challenges the university administrators and faculty by making a case that new technological capabilities necessitate the pedagogical, research, and administrative changes in distance education. It engages the readers in the discussion that the existing pedagogies, reward systems, organizational structures, procedures and policies in higher education are not supporting today's distance education in the form of online learning. Furthermore, the book proposes a need for change in traditional and conventional face-to-face methods of education to take advantage of technologies used for distance education. Overall, the book intends to support the premise that while technology is one of the transformational causes for colleges and universities, it is also one of the primary enablers of the needed changes.
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