The Handbook for Distance Learning in Tourism is a practical, down-to-earth guide to developing and using print-based and Internet-based flexible learning resources for courses where students rarely, if ever, attend on-campus classes. Whether you're a teacher who needs to develop course notes into a flexible learning package, a Web site, or both, or you just want information about how to teach in a flexible environment, the book will provide the help you needin language you can understand. Designed to guide you through the completion of a projector a semesterthis hands-on book offers strategies, suggestions, hints, and examples, and includes a hotel and tourism case study that illustrates effective concepts and strategies.
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• Preface
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• Chapter 1. Introduction to Flexible Learning and the Case Study
  
• Objectives
  
• Topic 1.1: What Is a Flexible Learning Environment?
  
• Topic 1.2: Maximizing the Return on Investment
  
• Topic 1.3: Introducing the Case Study
  
• Topic 1.4: The Development Model
  
• Key Points
  
• Chapter 2. The Project Manager
  
• Objectives
  
• Topic 2.1: Every Project Has a Manager
  
• Topic 2.2: The Role and Characteristics of a Project Manager
  
• Topic 2.3: Project Management Aids
  
• Topic 2.4: The Project As Organized Chaos
  
• Key Points
  
• Chapter 3. Starting a Project
  
• Objectives
  
• Topic 3.1: The Spark
  
• Topic 3.2: Developing and Buying Resources
  
• Topic 3.3: The Project Team
  
• Topic 3.4: Stakeholder Meetings
  
• Topic 3.5: Maximizing Project Ownership
  
• Topic 3.6: Considerations Before Committing to a ProjectA Self-Appraisal for Teachers
  
• Key Points
  
• Chapter 4. Educational and Design Foundations
  
• Objectives
  
• Topic 4.1: Introduction
  
• Topic 4.2: ConstructivismA Theory of Knowledge
  
• Topic 4.3: Ensuring Quality Content
  
• Topic 4.4: Educational Design Guidelines for Learning Resources
  
• Topic 4.5: Writing a Course Outline
  
• Topic 4.6: Copyright
  
• Key Points
  
• Chapter 5. Media Foundations
  
• Objectives
  
• Topic 5.1: Introduction
  
• Topic 5.2: The Teacher Is Essential
  
• Topic 5.3: Determining the Needs, Wants, and Technology Access of Students
  
• Topic 5.4: Secondary DeterminantsTeacher, Institution, and Course Factors
  
• Topic 5.5: Using Media Instead of a Medium
  
• Key Points
  
• Chapter 6. Developing Print Resources
  
• Objectives
  
• Topic 6.1: Introduction
  
• Topic 6.2: Advantages and Disadvantages of Print Learning Resources
  
• Topic 6.3: Production
  
• Topic 6.4: Design
  
• Topic 6.5: Maintenance and Revision
  
• Key Points
  
• Chapter 7. Developing and Using Web Sites
  
• Objectives
  
• Topic 7.1: Introduction
  
• Topic 7.2: Advantages and Disadvantages of Web Sites
  
• Topic 7.3: Using the World Wide Web
  
• Topic 7.4: Production
  
• Topic 7.5: Design
  
• Topic 7.6: Maintenance and Revision
  
• Key Points
  
• Chapter 8. Computer-Mediated Contact
  
• Objectives
  
• Topic 8.1: Introduction
  
• Topic 8.2: The Advantages and Challenges of Computer-Mediated Contact
  
• Topic 8.3: Teachers' Roles
  
• Topic 8.4: Training and Support Roles
  
• Key Points
  
• Chapter 9. Course Management Systems
  
• Objectives
  
• Topic 9.1: Introduction
  
• Topic 9.2: The Advantages and Challenges of Course Management Systems
  
• Topic 9.3: A Teacher's PerspectiveUsing A Course Management System
  
• Topic 9.4: Training and Support Roles
  
• Key Points
  
• Chapter 10. Teaching in a Flexible Learning Environment
  
• Objectives
  
• Topic 10.1: Introduction
  
• Topic 10.2: Before a Course Starts
  
• Topic 10.3: The Start of a Course
  
• Topic 10.4: During a Course
  
• Topic 10.5: The Responsibilities of Educational Designers
  
• Key Points
  
• Chapter 11. Being a Student in a Flexible Learning Environment
  
• Objectives
  
• Topic 11.1: Introduction
  
• Topic 11.2: The Advantages and Challenges of Flexible Learning
  
• Topic 11.3: You Have Enrolled in a Flexible Learning CourseWhat Now?
  
• Topic 11.4: Making the Most of Learning Resources
  
• Key Points
  
• References
  
• Index