Issues in 2009

Contents:
- RTVUs' Role in Constructing a Lifelong Learning System in a Learning Society
 - Innovations in Distance Education: Constructing an Education Center in West China
 - Promoting Development of Distance Higher Education by Building up Institutional Social Capital
 - An Analytical Framework of Blended CMC
 - Learning-Centered Quality Assurance: Implications from ICDE Quality Audit for Shanghai Television University
 - Lifelong Learning Abilities from a Perspective of Connectivism
 - Learning through Information Retrieval: A New Learning Mode
 - Constraints on the Application of Network-based Multimedia in Foreign Language Teaching
 - Learners' Performance Tracking and Evaluation in Online Courses
 - A Developing-While-Teaching Design Model for State Benchmark Courses: A Case of the Course Theories and Practice of Learning and Teaching
 - Development and Application of Degital Teaching Resources: Experience and Inspiration from UK Primary Schools
 - Happiness Index of IT Teachers in Primary and Middle Schools in Remote and Rural Areas: A Case in Qinghai Province
 - Design and Development of Text Classification System for Online Educational Resources
 - Software Engineering Approach and its Application in Developing Standardized Online Courses
 - Online Higher Education: From a Marginal to an Integral Component of Higher Education in the USA—A Review of Sloan Consortium's Surveys (2002-2007)
 

Contents:
- Virtual Interaction and Learning From the Perspective of Immersion Theory: Developing Adult Learners' Learning Memory
 - Semantic Web, Course Domain Knowledge and Educational Resource Websites: From Course Resources to Course Resource Websites
 - Interpreting Learning Concepts
 - On the Nature and Underlying Theories of Online Learning Activities
 - Approaches to Distance Learning Strategy Training
 - Design of Kiekpatrick-based Evaluation of Online Distance Learning Performance
 - Modern Distance Education: Digital Gap or Digital Opportunity?
 - From Two-Term Academic Year to Four-Term Academic Year: A Case Study of An Online Education Institution in China
 - A Study on E-Learning Resource Cataloging and Coding Strategy
 - Education Informationization: Disparity between Rural and Urban Areas in Shandong Province
 - Accommodation and Balance: An Ecological Perspective on Integrating IT into Courses
 - Information Technology for Learning, Education and Training-Quality Management, Assurance and Metrics: A Case Study of a Learning Management Platform
 - American Community Colleges: A Right Way for Community Higher Education in Chinese Context?
 

Contents:
- Informationization Strategies from the Perspective of Educational Information Ecology Evolution
 - Ecology in Modern Distance Education: A Case of Hangzhou Radio and TV University
 - The Economies of Scope in the Distance Higher Education: A Research Agenda
 - Distance Higher Education in China: Policies and Legislations
 - Effectiveness of Online Education
 - Issues in Undergraduate Thesis Writing in OU's: From a Perspective of Knowledge Conversion Model
 - Quantitative Content Analysis: An Effective Method Evaluating Online Discussion
 - Investigation of the Design of State Benchmark Courses and Their Application
 - Investigation of the Functional Design of 2008 State Benchmark Courses (Online Education)
 - Application of Tibetan Digital Educational Resources in Networked Multiple Media Environment: A Case Study of Tibetan Middle Schools in Gansu Province
 - Promoting Modern Distance Education Project in Remote Rural Primary and Secondary Schools: Analysis of Operation Strategies
 - The Use of Theme Learning Websites in Junior Middle School IT Courses
 - The Research and Design of Distance Learning Support Service Tools for Teachers in Distance Learning Systems
 - Personalized Recommendation of Learning Resources in Online Education Environment
 - SECI-based Networked Learning Environment Construction
 - Courses, Credits, Qualifications and Disciplines in Distance Education: Implications from the Open University UK
 

Contents:
- Quality Assurance in Cross-border Distance Education: An International Perspective
 - The Pioneer Pattern and the Norm Pattern: A Narrative Research on the Practice of Distance Education at the Grass Roots Level
 - Categorization of Research Domains in Distance Education
 - Blended Learning Design: Appropriateness and Adaptability
 - Towards a Deeper Level of Interaction in the Virtual Learning Community
 - Distance Learners' Behaviors at Different Stages of the Learning Process
 - Research on Learner Support in China's Distance Education: An Analysis Based on China National Knowledge Infrastructure
 - Practice of and Reflection on Local RTVU to Develop Community Education
 - Research on Influence of Examination Media on Learner's Achievements
 - A Study of the State Quo of E-learning in Rural Primary Schools in West China
 - Effective Integration of IT into Course Instruction: Three Phases
 - Designing an Internet-based Platform for Individual Extracurricular Activities for Primary and Secondary School Students
 - Analysis of Credit Transfer Mechanism in American Postsecondary Education
 

Contents:
- The Affordances of Distance Education for Mass Learning in China: A Cultural Perspective
 - Reengineering the Radio and Television Universities Network
 - On the Motivation Mechanism for Promoting the Development of Radio and Television Universities in China
 - The Delivery of Distance Courses and the Development of Learning Autonomy
 - The Nature and Components of Online Learning Ability
 - Exploring the Institutional Culture of Chinese Radio and Television Universities: Inspiration from Customer Relationship Management
 - Student Dropout Rate in Online Education: Case Statistics
 - The Modern Distance Education Project for Rural Primary and Secondary Schools and Its Impact on the Rural Economy and Social Development in West China
 - An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Educational Technology Literacy Training: A Case Study of Primary and Secondary School Teachers in Shenzhen
 - Research on a Distance Education Intelligent Recommendation System Based on Learners' Navigation Clustering
 - Application of EM Algorithm in Cluster Analysis for Mobile Learners
 - A New Route to Teacher Education in the Network Era: Implications from Teachers College in the Western Governors University in the U.S.
 

Contents:
- Construction of Service Culture and Implementation of ODE Capacity Building
 - Mission Orientation and System Building of Radio and Televison Universities
 - Technology and Distance Education-On the Limitations of Three-Generation Distance Education Theories
 - Design and Analysis of Learning Difficulty Index of Distance Learners
 - Development of a Distance Learner Satisfaction Index, RTVU-CSI
 - One-to-One Tutorial in Distance English Language Instruction
 - Performance-based Online Teacher Development
 - Investigation and Analysis of Undergraduates' Use of Online Learning Resources
 - Case Study of Strategies for Training Teachers' IT Skills
 - The Three-dimension Quality Management for Distance Training: an Experiment
 - Interrelationship between Motivation, Satisfaction and Online Behavior: A Case Study of the State Benchmark Course Platform Moodle 1.8 in Hebei University
 - Educational Application of Social Annotation in the Internet Environment
 - A Review of Distance Higher Education in France
 

Contents:
- A Sociological Perspective on the Social Functions of Distance Education
 - People's Livelihood and the Value Orientation of Distance Education
 - Towards a Multivariate Approach to Quality Evaluation: Reflections on the Summative Evaluation of the MOE Pilot Project
 - Using Social Software to Promote Informal Learning
 - An Ecological Perspective on Ubiquitous Learning
 - The Network Organization Features of Radio and Television Universities: Towards an Effective Governance Mechanism
 - A Positive Analysis of Students' Satisfaction with Online Learning Service Quality
 - A Systemic View of Course Informatization
 - Research on the Function Mashup and Interoperability Specifications of Personal Learning Environment
 - Implications from 2009 Horizon Report
 

Contents:
- Connectivism: New Solution to Representation of Ill-structured Problems in Online Learning Environment
 - British Open University Revisited: "Research Is Central to Our Mission"
 - WEB2.0-based Digital Teaching Environment and Resources Development: A Pilot Study
 - On Learner Diagnosis in Distance Teaching
 - A Comparative Study of Learning Styles of Distance Learners in the Perspectives of Regional and Organizational Culture
 - Diversified Assessment of Practical Ability of Open and Distance Learners
 - Quality Assurance System in Open and Distance Education
 - Outstanding Issues in Modern Distance Education Project in Rural Primary and Middle Schools
 - How to Implement Distance Education in Rural Primary and Secondary Schools
 - Potential Factors Affecting Users' Attitude towards Mobile Learning: A Perspective of Extended Technology Acceptance Model
 - Quality Assurance in Engineering Courses in the Open University UK: Interview with Mark Endean, Director of Open & Distance Learning Quality Council
 

Contents:
- Towards Lifelong Learning for All: China's Story
 - The Open University UK Revisited: "Research Is Central to Our Mission" (Continued)
 - Problem Solving Theory and its Significance in School Education
 - Distance Learners' Time Management: Characteristics, Obstacles, and Intervention Strategies
 - A Study on the Curricula for Performance Technology in America's Educational Communications and Technology Programs
 - Modern Distance Education in Guangdong: Status Quo and Further Development
 - Variables Affecting Cost and Effectiveness of Open and Distance Education Programs in Radio and Television Universities in Mountainous Regions
 - Setting up Model Grass-root Radio and Television Universities: Implications for Social and Economic Development
 - A Study on Researcher-led Online Teaching and Research Workshops
 - Teachers' Online Learning Activities: A Study Based on Learning Outcome Theory
 - Teachers's ICT Acceptance Model: Implications from TAM and TTF
 - Personalized Tutoring System for Large Scale Online Learning
 - Flexible Education for All: A Review of 23rd ICDE World Conference
 

Contents:
- Course Culture in Modern Distance Education: Forms, Characteristics and Construction
 - Promotion of Core Competitiveness through School Culture
 - Rritish Open University Revisited—Tradition and Innovation: A Unique Teaching System
 - Taking History as a Mirror
 - Distance English Learners: Motivation and Beliefs
 - Application of Concept Mapping in Distance Collaborative Learning
 - Learning Skills in 21st Century: A Study on New Media Literacy
 - Design of State Benchmark Courses: An Analysis of English Courses
 - Design of Instructional Materials in Scale-Free Networks
 - Issues in Designing IT-based Learning Resources for Community Education
 - County-Township Complementary Educational Information Management System: A Case Study of Huangzhong County, Qinhai Province
 - Literature Review of Research on Educational Blogs: Content Analysis
 - The Functions of Web2.0 in the Construction and Application of Distance Education Resources
 - Design of Mobile Learning Devices: Value Orientation and Methods
 - American Distance Higher Education: Characteristics and Experience