SECTION I: INTRODUCTION -- Introduction: Theory and practice in distance education / Thomas M. Duffy, Jamie R. Kirkley -- SECTION II: COMMUNITY BUILDING -- Learning in dialogue with a practicing community / Linda Polin -- Design lessons for social education / Scott Grabinger -- Interaction and engagement in LEEP: undistancing "distance" education at the graduate level / Karen Ruhleder -- Enabling new forms of online engagement: challenges for e-learning design and research / Mark Schlager -- SECTION III: PROBLEM-CENTERED LEARNING -- Learning theory and pedagogy applied in distance learning: the case of Cardean University / Thomas M. Duffy, Jamie R. Kirkley -- Challenge of designing inquiry-based online learning environments: theory into practice / Charlotte N. (Lani) Gunawardena -- Continuing learning community for graduates of an MBA program: the experiment at Ohio University / John Stinson -- Learning in the knowledge age: up-front or at a distance / Robert A. Wisher -- SECTION IV: INNOVATIVE USES OF TECHNOLOGY -- Vanderbilt's AMIGO³ project: knowledge of how people learn enters cyberspace / John Bransford ... [et al.] -- Second look at learning sciences, classrooms, and technology: issues of implementation: making it work in the real world / Terry Anderson -- Distance learning: beyond the transmission of information toward the coconstruction of complex conceptual artifacts and tools / Richard Lesh, Susan K. Byrne, Pamela A. White -- Embedded assessment: an evaluation tool for the web-based learning environment / Matthew V. Champagne -- SECTION V: SCALING UP -- Collaborative learning at Monterrey Tech-Virtual University / Josโe Rafael Lโopez Islas -- Using theory-based approaches to architect online collaborative problem-based learning: lessons learned from Monterrey Tech-Virtual University / Jamie R. Kirkley -- Faculty development, student satisfaction, and reported learning in the SUNY learning network / Peter J. Shea ... [et al.] -- Promises and challenges of web-based education / Carson Eoyang -- SECTION VI: ALTERNATE VIEWS -- Policy perspective on learning theory and practice in distance education / Sally M. Johnstone -- Pulling it all together: a business perspective on web-based learning / Jim Botkin, Prasad Kaipa

1. Distance education -- United States -- Case studies
2. Internet in higher education -- United States -- Case studies
3. Instructional systems -- United States -- Design -- Case studies
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