Required Textbooks for OMDE 601, 605, 606, 624, 625
Spring 2002

My remarks are in green color.
Olaf Zawacki, University of Oldenburg, Center for Distance Education

Please notify UMUC Online Bookshop and list the books in the Interacitve Schedule of Classes at http://www.umuc.edu/studserv/isis/schedule/semester2/grdeptlist.html#OMDE (link to online books).

 

OMDE 601 Foundations of Distance Education

Holmberg, B. (1995). Theory and Practice of Distance Education. London/New York: Routledge.
(Since this book is not available we must provide it electronically under Reserved Readings - see my list for copyright clearance and reserved readings.)

Peters, O. (1998). Learning and Teaching in Distance Education - Analyses and Interpretations from an International Perspective. London: Kogan Page.

Moore, M. G., & Kearsley, G. (1996). Distance Education: A Systems View. Wadsworth, CA: Belmont.

OMDE 605 New and Emerging Media in Distance Education

Harrison, T. M., & Stephen, T. (1996). Computer networking and scholarly communication in the twenty-first-century university (Parts I, II, IV, and VI). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

OMDE 606 The Economics of Distance Education

Bates, A. W. (1995). Technology, Open Learning and Distance Education. London: Routledge.

Rumble, G. (1997). The Costs and Economics of Open and Distance Learning. London: Kogan Page.

OMDE 624 Student Support in Distance Education

Sweet, R. (1993). Perspectives on distance education series: Student support services: Towards more responsive systems, Report on a Symposium on Student Support Services in Distance Education, Delhi, Vancouver, Canada: Commonwealth of Learning.

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OMDE 625 National and International Policies for Distance Education in Developing Countries

Perraton, H. (2000). Open and distance learning in the developing world. London: Routledge. (ISBN 0-41519419-9)

 

(This list is available at: http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/zef/cde/textbooks.htm)