title: Creating the Virtual Classroom: Distance Learning with the Internet (Wiley Series in Healthcare and)
author: Lynnette R. Porter
description: There is less technology here than in McCormack's book (above), but Porter presents a better conceptual approach to web education. She doesn't let either technology or reality get in her way as she discusses the possibilities and pitfalls. Porter examines the analysis and design issues for all types of distance learning and compares the use of teleconferencing, desktop video conferencing, and multiuser domains (MUDs). She even looks at funding options. A good introduction, this is recommended for the managers who need to get an overview, write the grants, and hire the techies.<br />Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: What Your Colleagues Are Saying . . . 
  We are in a place in history where we desperately need answers to questions that will 
  determine the future of our nation’s most precious possession—our children. The Distance 
  Learning Playbook is an incredible resource with a wealth of practical support for teachers 
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  —Dr. Charles Newman, Assistant Superintendent  
  of Educational Services, Perris Union High School District, CA
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