{"title":"Introduction: special issue on distance learning.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/10400435.2004.10132076","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"gy . T hi s ed it io n fo cu se s on th e ut il iz at io n an d im pl em en ta ti on of di st an ce le ar ni ng in hi gh er ed uca ti on . A ll te ch no lo gy th at is fu nc ti on al is by it s ve ry n at u re as si st iv e, w he th er it so lv es an ed uc ati on al pr ob le m ,a dd re ss es an im pe di m en ti ss ue ,o r de al s w it h a pr ob le m of sp ac e an d ti m e, as do es di sta nc e ed uc at io n .T hu s, in to da y' s w or ld w he re ed uc at io n h as be co m e th e no rm ra th er th an th e ex ce pt io n, di st an ce ed uc at io n br id ge s th e pr ov er bi al ga p be tw ee n pr of es si on al s in th e w or ld of w or k an d th e de m an d fo r co nt in ui ng ed uc at io n. T hi s sp ec ia l ed it io n co ve rs to pi cs re la te d to di st an ce le ar ni ng pr og ra m s ra ng in g fr om in st ru ct io na l de si gn /c ur ri cu lu m is su es to th e ev al ua ti on of th e te ch no lo gy ut il iz ed in co ur se de li ve ry .A dd it io na ll y, a di st an ce ed uc at io n re so ur ce gu id e h as be en co m pi le d to se rv e as a to ol ki t fo r su bs cr ib er s in te re st ed in en ha nc in g th ei r ac um en re la te d to di st an ce ed uc atio n .T he re so ur ce gu id e in cl ud es re fe re nc es fr om si te s li st in g jo ur na l ar ti cl es , or ga ni za ti on s, an d ge ne ra l in fo rm at io n ab ou t di st an ce ed uc at io n. B e su re to ch ec k o u t th e re so ur ce gu id e th at fo llo w s th is ed it or ia l. In th is is su e, M ar ti n B la ir , H il ar y G ol d m an n ,","PeriodicalId":282300,"journal":{"name":"Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA","volume":" ","pages":"73-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10400435.2004.10132076","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2004.10132076","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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gy . T hi s ed it io n fo cu se s on th e ut il iz at io n an d im pl em en ta ti on of di st an ce le ar ni ng in hi gh er ed uca ti on . A ll te ch no lo gy th at is fu nc ti on al is by it s ve ry n at u re as si st iv e, w he th er it so lv es an ed uc ati on al pr ob le m ,a dd re ss es an im pe di m en ti ss ue ,o r de al s w it h a pr ob le m of sp ac e an d ti m e, as do es di sta nc e ed uc at io n .T hu s, in to da y' s w or ld w he re ed uc at io n h as be co m e th e no rm ra th er th an th e ex ce pt io n, di st an ce ed uc at io n br id ge s th e pr ov er bi al ga p be tw ee n pr of es si on al s in th e w or ld of w or k an d th e de m an d fo r co nt in ui ng ed uc at io n. T hi s sp ec ia l ed it io n co ve rs to pi cs re la te d to di st an ce le ar ni ng pr og ra m s ra ng in g fr om in st ru ct io na l de si gn /c ur ri cu lu m is su es to th e ev al ua ti on of th e te ch no lo gy ut il iz ed in co ur se de li ve ry .A dd it io na ll y, a di st an ce ed uc at io n re so ur ce gu id e h as be en co m pi le d to se rv e as a to ol ki t fo r su bs cr ib er s in te re st ed in en ha nc in g th ei r ac um en re la te d to di st an ce ed uc atio n .T he re so ur ce gu id e in cl ud es re fe re nc es fr om si te s li st in g jo ur na l ar ti cl es , or ga ni za ti on s, an d ge ne ra l in fo rm at io n ab ou t di st an ce ed uc at io n. B e su re to ch ec k o u t th e re so ur ce gu id e th at fo llo w s th is ed it or ia l. In th is is su e, M ar ti n B la ir , H il ar y G ol d m an n ,