Required Readings for OMDE 606 Economics of DE

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Olaf Zawacki
University of Oldenburg, Center for Distance Education

 

Articles

Bates, A. W. (1999). Calculating the costs of Teaching with Technology, Managing Technological Change: Strategies for College and University Leaders (pp. 122-152). London: Routledge.

Bates, A. W. (2000). Managing Technological Change: Strategies for College and University Leaders. San Francisco: Jossey Bass. (Chapter Six, pp. 122-152)

Bishop, T., & SchWeber, C. (2001). UMUC's Online MBA Program: A Case Study of Cost-Effectiveness and the Implications for Large-Scale Programs: Sloan Foundation.

Perraton, H. (2000). Introduction: golden goose and ugly duckling, Open and Distance Learning in the Developing World (pp. 4-9). London: Routedge.

Peters, O. (1994). Distance education and industrial production: a comparative interpretation in outline. In D. Keegan (Ed.), Otto Peters on Distance Education: The Industrialisation of Teaching and Learning (pp. 107-127).

Rumble, G. (2001, 1 - 5 April). The Costs of Providing Online Student Support. Paper presented at the 20th World Conference of the International Council for Open and Distance education, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Rumble, G. (2001). E-education: who benefits, who pays? Inaugural Lecture, Wednesday, 28 February 2001.

Rumble, G. (2001). Just how relevant is e-education to global educational needs? Open Learning, 16( 3), 223-232.

Rumble, G. (1992). The Comparative Vulnerability of Distance Teaching Universities. Open Learning, 7(2), 31-45.

Rumble, G. (1999). The Costs of Networked Learning: What have we learned? Paper presented at the FLISH99 Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield.

Schultz, T. W. (1961). Investment in Human Capital. American Economic Review, 51, 1-17.

Whalen, T., & Wright, D. (1999). 'Methodology for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Web-Based Tele-Learning'. The American Journal of Distance Education, 13(1), 25-43.