FCE&SCJ Professor Co-Authors Book on Distance Education

Michael Simonson, Ph.D., Professor, at NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice co -authored the book, Teaching and Learning at a Distance Foundations of Distance Education 7th Edition.

The book is written for introductory distance education courses for preservice or in- service teachers and for training programs that discuss teaching distant learners or managing distance education systems. Furthermore, it provides readers with the basic information needed to be knowledgeable distance educators and leaders of distance education programs.

In 2016, Dr. Simonson was named to the Hall of Fame of the U.S. Distance Learning Association. He has authored four major textbooks dealing with distance education, instructional technology, instructional computing, and instructional media. Additionally, he is the founding editor of the Quarterly Review of Distance Education, Distance Learning Journal, and Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Papers presented at the Annual Conventions of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Dr. Simonson was an external evaluator of South Dakota’s Connecting the Schools and Digital Dakota Network projects, and also for the Washington Center. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps as a Captain.

To learn more about the book or to purchase, please visit:

https://www.infoagepub.com/products/Teaching-and-Learning-at-a-Distance-7th-edition