Evaluation research in distance education |
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| Authors: | Connie Dillon Charlotte Gunawardena |
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| Institution: | Dr Connie L Dillon is at the Oklahoma Research Center for Continuing Professional and Higher Education, University of Oklahoma, OCCE/ McCarter Hall, Norman, OK, USA, 73037;Dr Charlotte N Gunawardena is at the Department of Training and Learning Technologies, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM 87131 USA. |
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| Abstract: | Although research supports the use of telecommunications in distance education, the more important question 'how best to use telecommunications in a given situation' has largely eluded researchers. This is due to the failure to link questions generated by the problems of practice with the theoretical constructs contributing to the understanding of the phenomena of distance education. The debate has occurred on two levels, the first relating to research design issues and the second to the conceptualisation of researchable questions. The authors address both levels from the vantage point of third generation telecommunications technologies. They offer a model for linking research and evaluation in distance education. |
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