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Trends and Issues in Distance Education 2nd Edition: International Perspectives (Perspectives in Instructional Technology and Distance Education)
Publisher Information Age Publishing, 2012.
Under the general editorship: L. Visser, R. Amirault
Over the last decade, the field of distance education (and e-learning) has substantially strengthened and assumed a more international scope. There has been an impressive growth in the conceptual, empirical and experiential foundations of the field. Trends and Issues in Distance Education: International Perspectives (2nd Ed) captures a representative snapshot of the breadth of current global trends and issues in distance education theory, research, and practice. Through 21 chapters (from over 30 international authors), the book documents new developments in distance education scholarship and practice, presenting a diverse set of viewpoints on the trends and issues affecting this increasingly central discipline. The book is for researchers, practitioners, and students. Chapters speak to the many creative ways in which distance education addresses learning and human development needs around the world. They focus on distance education in dissimilar settings that extend beyond the limitations of the dominating paradigms of the highly developed economies. Contributing authors touch upon conceptual as well as practical issues. They critically reflect on both large- and small-scale distance education initiatives, discussing the use of everything from the most advanced technologies (e.g., 3-D computing) to the most rudimentary technologies (e.g., wind-up radios).
Chapters
Patarakin Y., Visser L., , in: Trends and Issues in Distance Education 2nd Edition: International Perspectives (Perspectives in Instructional Technology and Distance Education).: Publisher Information Age Publishing, 2012.
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Keywords: distant education
Agadzhanyan A., Отечественная и зарубежная педагогика 2026 Т. 1 № 4 (117) С. 96–110
In the context of the implementation of the Federal State Educational Standard and the challenges of the digital environment, which weaken the influence of traditional institutions of socialization, purposeful education and achievement of personal results of students becomes a priority task of the school. A class with a unique educational potential can be considered as ...
Added: September 18, 2026
Ravedovskaya U., Didenko A., Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes 2025 Vol. 13 No. 3 P. 529–538
Emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is revolutionizing teaching and evaluation in higher education. Early adopters have already demonstrated how large language model (LLM) conversational agents can serve as on-demand tutors, yet empirical evidence regarding their effectiveness in facilitating conceptual learning in non-computational domains is scant. Based on constructivist learning theory, this paper presents a ...
Added: September 18, 2026
Шиповалова Л. В., Социология власти 2026 Vol. 38 No. 1 P. 224–243
This article examines the integration of large language model based chatbots into educational practices in Russian higher education through the lens of critical theory and curriculum ideologies. Drawing on Ivan Illich’s concept of convivial tools and Jürgen Habermas’s distinction between instrumental and communicative rationality, the authors conceptualize large language models as technologies capable of operating ...
Added: September 18, 2026
Blinova E., Sherbakova O., Learning and Instruction 2026 Vol. 106 Article 102432
Abstract
Background
Knowledge abstractness is one of the factors affecting learning outcomes, particularly in learning from multimedia texts. However, most previous studies on multimedia learning have focused on manipulating pictorial abstractness, while the role of text topic abstractness remains largely unexplored.
Aims
1. Examine how topic abstractness influences multimedia learning outcomes when pictorial abstractness remains constant. 2. Investigate how ...
Added: September 16, 2026
Gaete Sepulveda M. A., Dymarskaya O. Y., Sosa Gómez G., Mexico: Centros Culturales de México, 2026.
Universities are called to respond to social fragility, the environmental crisis, technological transformation, artificial
intelligence, and the loss of trust in institutions. This book argues that higher education cannot be limited to teaching,
research, or technology transfer. Its deepest purpose is to contribute to the holistic human development of individuals,
communities, and territories.
By articulating the third mission, service-learning, and the Fifth ...
Added: September 15, 2026
Гулов А. П., Касаткин П. И., Bakulev A., Вестник Томского государственного университета 2026 № 524 С. 165–176
The article examines how digitalization transforms the scale, structure, and typology of the All-Russian School Olympiad by conceptualizing it as an integrated digital environment and a cultural-educational institution. The study aims to use official Olympiad statistical reports for 2023–2025 and an analysis of the Olympiad’s digital infra-structure to describe types of Olympiad cultures at regional ...
Added: September 14, 2026
Chertenkov K., Вопросы статистики 2026 Т. 33 № 4 С. 80–89
В статье рассматривается дифференциация итоговой рождаемости в зависимости от уровня образования женщин. Используются данные Всероссийских переписей населения 2010 и 2020 гг., а также Всесоюзной переписи населения 1989 г. Применяются методы когортного анализа, включающие расчет среднего числа рожденных детей, доли бездетных и доли матерей, родивших трех и более детей, для реальных женских поколений 1930–1981 годов рождения. ...
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JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN EDUCATION 2026 Vol. 15 No. 7
Soyut
Bu makale, Rusça eğitim veren yükseköğretim kurumlarında öğrenim gören Türk öğrencilerin akademik yeterliliklerinin tanınması ve yanlış tanınmasını nasıl deneyimlediklerini incelemektedir. 15 görüşmenin ikincil nitel analizine dayanarak, dilsel performansın sınıf içi katılım ve sözlü değerlendirmede güvenilirlik yargılarını nasıl şekillendirdiğini açıklamak için dilsel olarak aracılık edilen tanıklık adaletsizliği kavramını geliştirmektedir. Üçbiriyle ilişkili dinamik ortaya çıkmıştır: değerlendirmede epistemik ...
Added: September 11, 2026
Tikhomirova A., Chowdhury M. A., Мир России: Социология, этнология 2026 Vol. 35 No. 4 P. 98–117
Cooperation between Russia and China in the field of education has expanded significantly.
In 2026, the number of Russian students studying in China reached 21,000. However, empirical
evidence shows that students face many difficulties adapting to the new environment. Given
the growing popularity of Chinese universities among Russian students, the present study
aimed to identify the factors and mechanisms ...
Added: September 11, 2026
Anastasia A. Koval, Anna Y. Gorbunov, Podolsky A. I. et al., Psychology in Russia: State of the Art 2026 Vol. 19 No. 3 P. 89–105
Background. Self-monitoring is critical for online learning, yet many students struggle due to cognitive load. Students with higher self-monitoring skills man- age this demand better, but which load types they handle effectively remains unknown. Metacognitive prompts are a common support tool, but it is unclear whether they amplify or compensate for skill differences.
Objective. To examine ...
Added: September 10, 2026
Зиновьева С. А., Педагогические измерения 2026 № 2 С. 82–89
The article analyzes the methodology for assessing written assignments that require an extended response; the approach is used at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Germany, where the author worked from 2016 to 2025 as a teacher of German as a foreign language and an expert. The methodology is applied as part of midterm ...
Added: September 9, 2026
Ребрейкина А. Б., Liaukovich K., Современная зарубежная психология 2024 Т. 13 № 2 С. 33–43
Создание методик диагностики на основе анализа движений глаз является особенно актуальным для оценки когнитивных функций у детей, которые не могут дать речевой или моторный ответ в силу своего возраста или из-за нарушений развития. Для таких детей использование объективных методов оценки когнитивных функций на основе айтрекинга может стать полезным диагностическим инструментом, дополняющим традиционные поведенческие опросники и ...
Added: September 8, 2026
Ахмадуллин В. А., Базилико Э. А., Бакланов В. И. et al., М.: Издательско-торговая корпорация «Дашков и Ко», 2026.
The monograph is devoted to reconstructing the uniqueness of Russia’s historical path — its culture, social system, and religious, philosophical, and political thought. Based on a synthesis of various sciences and approaches, the authors summarize and comprehensively demonstrate the distinctiveness of Russian traditions.
The uniqueness of Russia is revealed through a vast body of factual material as a ...
Added: September 8, 2026
Yu E. C., Lui A., Andrade H. et al., Educational Assessment 2026 P. 1–26
Feedback often promotes student learning. Research has focused on delivering high-quality feedback, yet too little is known about how students respond to feedback, and whether and why it serves its intended purposes. This study is an investigation of how college students responded to feedback on their self-regulated learning (SRL). After taking an online assessment of ...
Added: September 8, 2026
Rossinskaya A., Асонова Е. А., Вестник Московского городского педагогического университета. Серия: Педагогика и психология 2026 Т. 20 № 2 С. 88–110
Педагогическая магистратура в России является одной из востребованных траекторий получения формального педагогического образования для людей, чья профессиональная карьера начиналась в других сферах. В связи с этим, по данным Росстата, увеличивается число взрослых магистрантов, которые приходят в вуз высокомотивированными и компетентными в предметных областях. Однако уровень их универсальных компетентностей требует планомерной работы, учитывающей особенности этой целевой ...
Added: September 6, 2026
М.: МАКС Пресс, 2026.
The book consists of materials submitted by Russian and Foreign scientists to the Organizing
Committee of the All-Russian Round Table “Logic and Paradoxes of Modern Education Manage
ment”. The round table was held at the Faculty of Sociology of Lomonosov Moscow State University
on June 08, 2026. The texts are published in author's edition. Organizing Committee`s point of ...
Added: September 2, 2026
Mehrotra S. K., Sharma A., Mehrotra V. S., Economic and Political Weekly 2025 Vol. 60 No. 51
Recognition of Prior Learning, a key component of the Skill India Mission under the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015, seeks to formalise the skills of India’s vast informal workforce, which accounts for over 91% of the total employment. While RPL can enhance employability, economic mobility, and workforce productivity, its implementation remains constrained ...
Added: September 1, 2026
Ustyuzhanin V., Zinkina J. V., Korotayev A., / Series "SocArXiv". 2026.
“Leaderlessness” is widely held to be a defining feature of contemporary mass mobilization, yet the claim rests on a handful of recent cases. We offer the first systematic cross-national analysis of this phenomenon from 1791 to 2019. We show that the absence of leadership is real but older and more modest than claimed: the share ...
Added: August 29, 2026
Kravtsova M., Musaev A. U., Welzel C., / Series "SSRN Working Paper Series". 2026.
Elaborating on Welzel et al.'s "Cool Water Theory," our study zooms into the more limited (albeit still varied) framework conditions of Russia's huge territory. Within Russia's confines, we examine how the combination of moderately cool seasons with steady rain (i.e., Cool Water) affects sub-national areas' contemporary societal progress in two modernization indicators: material prosperity in ...
Added: June 3, 2026
Vorchik A., / SSRN. Серия Social Science Research Network "Social Science Research Network". 2026.
This work is devoted to a theoretical explanation of the Easterlin paradox, according to which long-term economic growth does not make average level of people's happiness increasing. By happiness, we mean the intensity of emotions people experience while comparing their new income with its expected value, or the target income with its original value. In the first case, ...
Added: May 31, 2026
Sizov A., Rodionova M., Sedashov E. et al., / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series PS "Political Science". 2026. No. 1.
Rapid development of surveillance technologies is one of the most socially important consequences of the digital age. This paper investigates the factors determining consent to surveillance of various types of personal data and contributes to rapidly growing research on citizens perceptions of surveillance practices. Relying on a comprehensive survey experiment, we study the effects of ...
Added: May 15, 2026
Карцева М. А., Peresetsky A., / Высшая школа экономики. Серия WP2 "Количественный анализ в экономике". 2026. № WP2/2026/01.
This study examines the association between health status among elderly individuals living alone and pet ownership (cats, dogs). We employ data from the “Time Use Survey” conducted by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in 2019, which contains information on more than 10,000 elderly individuals living alone aged 60 or older in Russia, including data ...
Added: May 8, 2026
Vorchik A., / Social Science Research Network. Серия SSRN Working Paper Series "SSRN Working Paper Series". 2026.
This article is devoted to the phenomenon of intrinsic motivation, to understand which two models are proposed. We study how positive/negative intrinsic motivation to work (experienced utility) affects worker's individual labour supply (model I) and the amount of effort they exert (model II). In model I, we use intrinsic motivation to explain the positive/negative slope ...
Added: March 15, 2026
Musaev A. U., Vorchik A., / Series Social Science Research Network "Social Science Research Network". 2026.
This paper attempts to model the evolutionary theory of modernization and democratization. The model reflects the key provisions of R. Inglehart and C. Welzel's theory and provides a microfoundation for the adaptation of subjective values to the objective importances of the survival factors and the structure of the labour markets from the perspective of evolutionary ...
Added: February 10, 2026