"This book investigates the impact of the digital age on various methods of distance education, such as E-learning, virtual learning, online learning, and m-learning"-- Provided by publisher.

Curriculum design for developing capacity to deal with complex issues : theoretical perspectives /Cherry Stewart, Ashfaq Khan, John Hedberg -- Fact, fiction, and disruptive pedagogies : are we having fun yet, Miranda?1 / Jacqueline L. Kenney -- Ten rules of thumb in blened and flexible learning : a study on pedagogies, challenges, and changing perspectives / John M. Rafferty, Jenni Munday, Janet Buchan -- Giving teaching advice meaning : the importance of contextualizing pedagogical instruction within the discipline / Leanne Cameron -- Open education resources : content without context? / Lindy Klein -- Six practical principles for inclusive curriculum design / Sharon Kerr, Michaela Baker -- Social exclusion or inclusion : the implications of social and participatory media on education / Gráinne Conole -- mLearn : designing a platform for mobile learning / Mohammed Samaka, John Impagliazzo -- The pedagogical suitability of using cell phones to support distance education students / Mpine Makoe -- Rethinking reusability : implications from a longitudinal study of online role-play in Australian higher education / Sandra Wills -- Using an online simulation to address equity issues for off-campus students / Mat Hardy, Sally Totman -- A preliminary evaluation of the iPad as a tool for learning and teaching / Sue Gregory, Tony Brown, Mitchell Parkes -- How are Australians and New Zealand higher educators using 3D immersive virtual worlds in their teaching? / Mark J.W. Lee ... [et al.] -- Facilitating immersion in virtual worlds : an examination of the physical, virtual, social and pedagogical factors leading to engagment and flow / Helen Farley -- Second life : a novice/expert teaching and learning tale / Yvonne Masters, Sue Gregory -- Learning and teaching in second life : educator and student perspectives / Sue Gregory ... [et al.] -- Acknowledging the distance learner : the role of the student voice in enhancing the quality of the distance learner's e-learning experience / Trish Andrews -- Learning relationships : a condition and consequence of learner-learner interaction in online context / Dolene Rossi -- E-learning and m-learning for students with special learning needs : competence registration in design of personalised learning enviroment / Andreja Istenic Starcic, Ziga Turk -- Attrition in the digital age : reminders from the literature / Kate Reed ... [et al.] -- Distance learners' study-realted interactions with ither people in their life-contexts : investigating an unexplored phenomenon / Sharon Watson -- Reshaping distance education : returning the student to centre stage / Barrie Todhunter -- Connectedness needs of external doctoral students / Ronel Erwee, Peter Albion, Luke van der Laan -- Resilience and the distance higher degree by research candidate / Julie Willems, Andrea Reupert -- Communities of practice for distance research students in Australia : why do we need them and how might wo create them? / Judith C.S. Redman -- The challenges and opportunities of online postgraduate coursework programs in traditional university / Elizabeth Devonshire ... [et al.] -- Supervising higher degree research (HDR) candidates at a distance : what do emerging virtual world technologies have to offer? / Julie Willems ... [et al.] -- Lecturers' social presence and personality in the online enviroment : the perceptions of off-campus postgraduate and on and off-campus undergraduate management students / Fredy-Roberto Valenzuela, Josie Fisher, Sue Whale -- Epilogue and directions for future research / Julie Willems, Belinda Tynan.