TY - BOOK AU - Carr-Chellman,Alison A. TI - Global perspectives on e-learning: rhetoric and reality SN - 1412904889 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - LC 5800 .G56 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Sage Publications KW - Distance education KW - Education KW - Effect of technological innovations on KW - Educational technology KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; China's online education : rhetoric and realities; Ke Zhang --; The gap between e-learning availability and e-learning industry development in Taiwan; Jiang Jia Qi --; Distance education and online technologies in India; Priya Sharma --; Online learning and differential participation in a democratic society : Ireland as a case study; Sarah FitzPatrick; Paul Conway --; E-learning, democracy, and social exclusion : issues of access and retention in the United Kingdom; Ormond Simpson --; International study circles; Ben Salt --; A critical look at distance education in Turkey; Husra Gursoy --; Canada's SchoolNet : wiring up schools?; Leslie R. Shade; Diane Y. Dechief --; The new frontier : Web-based education in U.S. culture; Alison A. Carr-Chellman --; New Zealand : is online education a highway to the future?; Bill Anderson --; Towards borderless virtual learning in higher education; Colin Latchem --; Development and democracy in Namibia : the contribution of information and communication technologies (ICTs); R. Kavena Shalyef; Hilda Nakakuwa --; Can you lead from behind? : critical reflections on the rhetoric of e-learning, open distance learning, and ICTs for development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA); Wayne Mackintosh --; Stalled : e-learning as thwarted innovation; Robert Zemsky; William F. Massy UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0420/200401644 2.html ER -