Transactional Distance and Adaptive Learning: Planning for the Future of Higher Education

Transactional Distance and Adaptive Learning takes a fresh look at one of the pioneering educational theories that accommodates the impact of information and communications technologies in learning. The theory of transactional distance (TTD) provides a distinct analytical and planning foundation for educators to conduct an overarching inquiry into transitioning from mass instructional and management systems in higher education to dynamic and transformational futures that focus on each individual learner.? Based on the TTD, this pragmatic approach offers instructors, administrators, students, and other stakeholders a comprehensive planning method to assess the current state of their instructional, learning, and management practices and to develop alternative models to prescribe future improvements in their institution. This complex, self-organized, and adaptive method includes current and emergent properties of: hardware, software, and telecommunications systems that allow faculty, students, and administrators to communicate; instructional and curriculum systems that provide teaching and learning environments for faculty and students; and management, societal, and global systems that influence how institutions are supported, funded, and managed.Additional ISBNs1138302325, 0203731816, 9781138302327, 9780203731819Transactional Distance and Adaptive Learning: Planning for the Future of Higher Education 1st Edition is written by Farhad Saba; Rick L. Shearer and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Transactional Distance and Adaptive Learning are 9781351400398, 1351400398 and the print ISBNs are 9781138302334, 1138302333. Additional ISBNs include 1138302325, 0203731816, 9781138302327, 9780203731819.