An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals
An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals
Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
Series Editor: Terry Anderson, Ph.D.
Editor, International Review of Research on Open and DistanceLearning
terrya@athabascau.ca
Distance education is the fastest growing mode of both formal andinformal teaching, training and learning. It has many variants thatinclude e-learning, mobile learning and immersive learningenvironments. This series offers informative and accessible overviews,research results, discussions and explorations of current issues,technologies and services used in distance education. Each volume sfocuses on critical issues and emerging trends, while noting theevolutionary history and roots of this specialized mode of educationand training. The series is targeted at a wide group of readersincluding distance education teachers, trainers, administrators,researchers and students.
Swapna Kumar is clinical associate professor at the School of Teaching and Learning, University of Flordia. She directs the online doctorate in educational technology that forms the basis of this book. Kara Dawson is professor of educational technology in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida and holds the Irvin and Rose Fien Scholarship in the College of Education. She researches how technology can meet the needs of everyone.
