Section I: Strategies and Paradigms 1. How Distance Programs will Affect Students, Courses Faculty snd Institutional Futures - Murray Turoff, Richard Discenza e Caroline Howard 2. Design Levels for Distance and Online Learning - Judith V. Boettcher 3. E-Moderating in Higher Education - Gilly Salmon 4. Community-Based Distributed Learning in a Globalized World - Elizabeth Wellburn e Gregory Claeys Section II: Course Development Instruction and Quality Issues 5. Online Course Design Principles - Lance j. Richards, Kim E. Dooley e James R. Lindner 6. Theory and Practice for Distance Education: A Heuristic Model for the Virtual Classroom - Charles E. Beck e Gary R. Schornack 7. Looking for Indicators of Success for Distance Education - Wm. Benjamin Martz Jr., Venkateshwar K. Reddy e Karen Sangermano 8. Online Assesment in Higher Education: Strategies to Systematically Evaluate Student Learning - Elizabeth A. Buchanan 9. Assessing the Impact of Internet Testing: Lower Perceived Performance - Wm. Benjamin Martz Jr. e Morgan M. Shepherd 10. Modular Web-Based Teaching and Learning Environments as a Way to Improve E-Learning - Oliver Kamin e Svenja Hagenhoff 11. The Effect of Culture on Email Use: Implications for Distance Learning - Jonathan Frank, Janet Toland e Karen Schenk Section III: Building an Organization for Successful Distance Educations Programs 12. A Strategy to Expand the University Education Paradigm - Richard Ryan 13. Return on Investment for Distance Education Offerings: Developing a Cost Effective Model - Evan T. Robinson 14. Financing Expensive Technologies in an Era of Decreased Funding: Think Big ... Start Small ... and Build Fast - Yair Levy e Michelle M. Ramim 15. Education Networks: Expected Market- and Cost -Oriented Benefits - Svenja Hagenhoff e Michaela Knust 16. Supplemental Web Sites: An Innovative Use of Information Technology for Instructional Delivery - Malini Krishnamurthi