Accessible Elements: Teaching Science Online and at a Distance

Authors

Lawton Shaw
Dietmar Kennepohl

Synopsis

Accessible Elements informs science educators about current practices in online and distance education: distance-delivered methods for laboratory coursework, the requisite administrative and institutional aspects of online and distance teaching, and the relevant educational theory.

Delivery of university-level courses through online and distance education is a method of providing equal access to students seeking post-secondary education. Distance delivery offers practical alternatives to traditional on-campus education for students limited by barriers such as classroom scheduling, physical location, finances, or job and family commitments. The growing recognition and acceptance of distance education, coupled with the rapidly increasing demand for accessibility and flexible delivery of courses, has made distance education a viable and popular option for many people to meet their science educational goals.

 

Chapters

  • 7. Low-Cost Physics Home Laboratory
  • Index
  • Author Biographies
  • 13. Institutional Considerations: A Vision for Distance Education
  • 12. Distance and Flexible Learning at University of the South Pacific
  • 11. Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching Laboratory Sciences at a Distance in a Developing Country
  • 10. Needs, Costs, and Accessibility of de Science Lab Programs
  • 9. Remote Control Teaching Laboratories and Practicals
  • 8. Laboratories in the Earth Sciences
  • Introduction
  • 6. Acquisition of Laboratory Skills by On-Campus and Distance Education Students
  • 5. Taking the Chemistry Experience Home — Home Experiments or "Kitchen Chemistry"
  • 4. Toward New Models of Flexible Education to Enhance Quality in Australian Higher Education
  • 3. Leadership Strategies for Coordinating Distance Education Instructional Development Teams
  • 2. Learning Science at a Distance: Instructional Dialogues and Resources
  • 1. Interactions Affording Distance Science Education
  • Foreword

Author Biographies

Lawton Shaw
Lawton Shaw is Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Athabasca University.
Dietmar Kennepohl
Dietmar Kennepohl, FCIC, is Associate Vice President Academic and Professor of Chemistry at Athabasca University.

Published

August 10, 2012

Details about the available publication format: Paperback

Paperback

ISBN-13 (15)

978-1-897425-47-3

Date of first publication (11)

January 2010

Physical Dimensions

Details about the available publication format: Ebook

Ebook

ISBN-13 (15)

978-1-897425-48-0

Date of first publication (11)

January 2010

Details about the available publication format: Free PDF

Free PDF

ISBN-13 (15)

978-1-897425-48-0

Date of first publication (11)

January 2010