PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION: Distance education: a shared understanding / S. Joseph Levine -- Glossary of key terms and concepts in distance education / Diane Sams -- Creating a foundation for learning relationships / S. Joseph Levine -- Mobilizing needed resources for distance education / Kathleen E. Guy -- Instructional design considerations for distance education programs / S. Joseph Levine -- Evaluation in distance education / S. Joseph Levine -- PART TWO: THE LEARNER IN DISTANCE EDUCATION: The learner in distance education / Gary Teja and S. Joseph Levine -- Responding to learner needs in distance education: providing academic and relational support (PARS) / Stephen D. Lowe -- Online learning: from the learner's perspective / Bernard Gwekwerere, Rory Hoipkemeier, Laura Trombley -- Promoting learner-to-learner interaction in online distance education / Lyn Smith -- When learners lead: building an online community: an interview with Ryan Shaltry -- A guide for the distance education learner / Simone Jonaitis -- Distance education inventory - or - So you are considering taking a distance education course! / Simone Jonaitis -- PART THREE: IMPLEMENTING DISTANCE EDUCATION: The Internet for the aged professor: some surprising pluses / George H. Axinn -- Bringing eleven universities to town! / Marguerite Cotto -- Equine instructor reaches Irish students via DVC / Steve Evans -- Distance education in the workplace: practical problems and sensible solutions / Neil VanderVeen -- Establishing a distance education program in higher education / Tim Brannan -- Dealing with instructional technology and surviving: the creation of a student-focused online educational program / Diane Golzynski -- Creating a viable educational Web resource: lessons learned from the worldwide Web / S. Joseph Levine -- A Brazilian agribusiness distance education program / Jose Chotguis -- The Open University of Venezuela: from concept to reality / Zobeida Ramos -- The challenges facing distance education in Southern Africa / Stanley Mpofu