Global Perspectives on E-Learning

`This is indeed a disturbing, informative and readable book. I commend it warmly to those who may wish to find out about developments in e-learning around the world; to those who have consciences which will be disturbed by much of what is highlighted and summarised here; to those willing to re-examine their optimism about the potential and implications of e-learning; and to those similarly willing to re-consider their pessimism.

Editor Alison A. Carr-Chellman examines the impact of online distance education throughout the world in an effort to understand more deeply the merits of such initiatives. Written from a critical perspective, Global Perspective on E-Learning sheds light on some of the problems faced by international distance educators.

Introduction - Alison A. Carr-ChellmanOnline Education in Asia: An Analysis of China, Taiwan, and India - Alison A. Carr-ChellmanChinäs Online Education: Rhetoric and Realities - Ke ZhangThe Gap Between E-Learning Availability and E-Learning Industry Development in Taiwan - Jiang Jia qiThe Distance in Education and Online Technologies in India - Priya SharmaOnline Education in Europe: An Analysis of Ireland, UK, Turkey and International Study Circles - Alison A. Carr-ChellmanOnline Learning and Differential Participation in a Democratic Society: Ireland as a Case Study - Sarah Fitzpatrick & Paul ConwayE-Learning Democracy and Social Exclusion-Issues of Access and Retention in the UK - Ormond SimpsonInternational Study Circles - Ben SaltA Critical Look at Distance Education in Turkey - Husra GursoyOnline Education in North America: An Analysis of the U.S. and Canadian Contributions - Alison A. Carr-ChellmanCanadäs SchoolNet: Wiring Up Schools? - Leslie R. Shade & Diane Y. DechiefThe New Frontier: Web-Based Education in US Culture - Alison A. Carr-ChellmanOnline Education Down Under: An Analysis of Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia - Alison A. Carr-ChellmanNew Zealand: Is Online Education a Highway to the Future? - Bill AndersonTowards Borderless Virtual Learning in Higher Education - Colin LatchemOnline Education in Africa: An Analysis of Namibia and Sub-Saharan Africa - Alison A. Carr-ChellmanDevelopment and Democracy in Namibia: The Contribution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) - R. Kavena Shalyef & Hilda NakakuwaCan You Lead From Behind? Critical Reflections on the Rhetoric of E-Learning, Open Distance Learning and ICTs for Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) - Wayne MackintoshStalled: E-Learning as Thwarted Innovation - Robert Zemsky & William F. MassyConclusion - Alison A. Carr-Chellman