Encyclopedia of Distance Learning (4 Volumes)

Enyone familiar with the Encyclopedia of Distance Learning
(4 Volumes)

http://www.idea-group.com/encyclope...&v=contributors

Editors:
Caroline Howard Patricia L. Rogers
Judith Boettcher Gary A. Berg
Lorraine Justice
Karen Schenk


Contributors:
Bruce Aaron, Accenture, USA

Mac Adkins, Troy State University Montgomery, USA

A.K. Aggarwal, University of Baltimore, USA

Gregg Ahser, St. Cloud State University, USA

Riad S. Aisami, Troy University, USA

Maryam Alavi, Emory University, USA

Eshaa M. Alkhalifa, University of Bahrain, Bahrain

Stephanie Allen, Brigham Young University, USA

Heidrun Allert, University of Hannover, Germany

And many many more

 

This link works.

$995.00 seems a bit steep.

 

I am so out of it. Not only did I not know about this monumental work (thanks, Lerner), but I only recognize 3 of the 472 contributors. One of the three, however, is Adrienne Brooks, who posts messages here. Perhaps she can tell us more.

$995 for 2,415 pages is 41 cents a page. The last Bears' Guide cost 5 cents a page. Hmmm.

 

A bit???

 

Binary digit. 1001 1001 0100 would be ok but 1001 1001 0101 is exorbitant.

 

Nice catch, Dr. Bear! Strange that they got my name right (back to my maiden) on my article itself within the volume, but not on the contributors' list. Ah, well. Such is life.

Unfortunately, I know little more than y'all . . . contributors only got a 50% discount on this, and $500 is still steep for me! So, all I have is a print-ready copy of my own article, and haven't seen any of the others. I've been planning on lobbying Capella to see if they (or the library they are affiliated with, at Johns Hopkins) will pick it up, even in electronic form. From my many commos with Gary Berg, one of the editors, it seems like the set is chock-full of really good information, particularly on DL initiatives outside of the U.S.

If anyone's interested in reading my little contribution, "Educational Technology in the Middle East", feel free to send me a PM, and I'll send you a pdf copy.

Cheers,
Adrienne