Preface: In Search of Perfection, Anymir Orellana and Terry L. Hudgins.; PART I: INTRODUCTION. We Need a Plan: An Instructional Design Approach for Distance Education Course, Michael Simonson and Charles Schlosser. Does it Matter? Analyzing the Results of Three Different Learning Delivery Methods, William N. Chernish, Agnes L. DeFranco, James R. Lindner, and Kim E. Dooley.; PART II: BEST GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS. In Search of Quality: An Analysis of e-Learning Guidelines and Specifications, Atsusi Hirumi. Learning Online: Adapting the Seven Principles of Good Practice to a Web-Based Instructional Environment, Christine K. Sorensen and Danilo M. Baylen. Instructors' Self-Perceived Pedagogical Principle Implementation in the Online Environment, Jinsong Zhang and Richard T. Walls. Key Instructional Design Elements for Distance Education, Lihua Zheng and Sharon Smaldino. Class Size and Interaction in Online Courses, Anymir Orellana. What Works: Student Perceptions of Effective Elements in Online Learning, Marcy Reisetter and Greg Boris. Design and Implementation of a Web-Based Learning Environment: Lessons Learned, Alaa Sadik and Sorel Reisman. A Framework for Analyzing, Designing, and Sequencing Planned e-Learning Interactions, Atsusi Hirumi. Designing Effective e-Learning: Guidelines for Practitioners, Angelene C. McLaren.; PART III. BEST INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS AND MODELS. An Analysis of Team vs. Faculty-Based Online Course Development: Implications for Instructional Design, Mark Hawkes and Dan O. Coldeway. Getting it Right Gradually: An Iterative Method for Online Instruction Development, Douglas A. Kranch. Towards a Person-Centered Model of Instruction: Can an Emphasis on the Personal Enhance Instruction in Cyberspace? Christopher Miller and Joan M. Mazur. Enhancing Web-Based Instruction Using a Person-Centered Model of Instruction, Christopher T. Miller. Evaluating College Students' Efforts in Asynchronous Discussion: A Systematic Process, Dave S. Knowlton. Pragmatic Methods to Reduce Dishonesty in Web-Based Course, Newell Chiesl. Organizing Instructional Content for Web-based Courses: Does a Single Model Exist? Joi L. Moore, Richard E. Downing, and David L. York. An Instructional Design Approach for Effective Shovelware: Modifying Material for Distance Education, Gary R. Morrison and Gary J. Anglin. Investigating the Use of Advance Organizers as an Instructional Strategy for Web-Based Distance Education, Baiyun Chen, Atsusi Hirumi, and Ning Jackie Zhang. Streamlining the Online Course Development Process by Using Project Management Tools, M'hammed Abdous and Wu He. The Learning Contract Process: Scaffolds for Building Social, Self-Directed Learning, Naomi R. Boyer.; PART IV: BEST ENGAGMENT STRATEGIES. Interaction in Online Learning Environments: A Review of the Literature, Constance E. Wanstreet. Interaction Online: A Reevaluation, John Battalio. Online Learner's Preferences for Interaction, Pamela T. Northrup. Learner Support Needs in Online Problem-Based Learning, Steve Wheeler. Deep Learning: The Knowledge, Methods, and Cognition Process in Instructor-Led Online Discussion, Byron Havard, Jianxia Du, and Anthony Olinzock. It's The Same Only Different: The Effect the Discussion Moderator has on Student Participation in Online Class Discussions, Vance A. Durrington and Chien Yu. Does Sense of Community Matter? An examination of Participants' Perception of Building Learning Communities in Online Courses, Xiaonjing Liu, Richard J. Magjuka, Curtis J. Bonk, and Seung-hee Lee.
