• provides everything the distance learner or prospective
  distance learner needs to be effective in the on-line learning environment
• deals with each and every issue readers of any age,
  stage or situation are likely to encounter.
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• for HR managers, trainers, and other who want to get started using distance learning technologies like video conferencing and online multi-media training modules to slash the cost of training and reach everyone in the organization.
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• In his 1989 book Managing a Performing Art, Peter Vaill coined the phrase "permanent white water" to describe the turbulent environment in which we all work. 
• Now, Vaill couples the concept of the "learning organization" -- continual, on-the-job education and training for managerial leadership -- with the continual change that permeates the modern workplace to create an innovative method of "learning as a way of being," based on self-direction, creativity, and expressiveness. 
• Vaill offers a thoughtful critique of the roots of management education and argues that, if managers are to navigate the waters skillfully, institutions of higher learning must, above all, teach managers how to integrate the discipline of learning into their very being.  review

• Part One discusses issues: the pedagogical shift involved in moving from the classroom to an online environment, the need for a learning community, the differences between face to face and electronic communication, and time, group size, and technology management.
• Part Two provides a guide to creating an online course using current learning theories (such as collaborative learning), and formative assessment (ongoing evaluation and feedback of student learning during the course). review

• This cognitively-oriented book focuses on learning and instruction.
• The applications and implications of learning theories are explained and illustrated using excellent examples ranging from primary school instruction to corporate training.
• An important theme of the book is reflective practice, which is designed to foster a critical and reflective mode of thinking when considering any particular approach to learning and instruction. review

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