T. Volkan Yuzer

Meta-Communication for Reflective Online Conversations: Models for Distance Education

“Meta Communication” is the process between message designers when they are talking about the learning process, as distinguished from their articulation of the “substantive” learning, itself. Therefore, it is important to understand how to design reflective online conversations and how to implement a diverse milieu for prospective online learners so that they are able to transfer their information, knowledge, and learning from theoretical forms to real life experiences. This book discusses meta-communication for reflective online conversations to provide digital people with models for distance education. This book brings together metacommunication, distance education, and models as well as reflective online conversations at the same time.

Handbook of research on transformative online education and liberation : models for social equality

This book focuses on the societal, social, political, economic and philosophical perspectives of transformative models and how digital learning communities foster critical reflections and perspective change, building a better understanding on how online educators / designers / tutors / learners can talk about injustice and inequality to a virtual group -- Provided by publisher.

Handbook of Research on Emerging Priorities and Trends in Distance Education: Communication, Pedagogy, and Technology.

The continuously increasing volume of distance education programmes in the post-modem world necessitates a breakdown of digital walls. Through communication, pedagogy and technology in the education system, the evolution of a unique,open and democratic system of DE is possible. Emerging Priorities and Trends in Distance Education: Communication, Pedagogy, and Technology focuses on the priorities and needs of distance education and reveals how trends in communication, pedagogy and technology are addressing these priorities and needs. This book will be of significance to those interested in online learning, teaching and training and communication for distance education across multiple sectors such as universities, colleges, schools, profit/non-profit e-organisations and e-commerce.

Project Management Approaches for Online Learning Design.

Gulsun Eby is an associate professor in applied communication at the College of Open Education of Anadolu University. She undertook graduate studies at Anadolu University, Turkey (MA. Educational Technology), and the University of Cincinnati, USA (Ed.D. Curriculum & Instruction). She also has worked a post-doctoral fellow at the College of Education at New Mexico State University, USA (2001-2002). She is currently a graduate student in the Department of Computer and Instructional Technologies, and also an undergraduate student in the Computer Engineering at the College of Informatics Technologies and Engineering of Hoca Ahmet Yesevi International Turk-Kazakhstani University. Dr. Eby has over twenty-five years experience in focusing on the democratic and multicultural aspects of distance education; finding new answers, viewpoints, and explanations to online communication problems through critical pedagogy; improving learner critical thinking skills through project-based online learning. She continues to manage and provide pedagogical support for distance learning programs. Gulsun Eby (Anadolu University, Turkey) and T. Volkan Yuzer (Anadolu University, Turkey)