System Dynamics in Distance Education and a Call to Develop a Standard Model

Steven C. Shaffer

doi:10.19173/irrodl.v6i3.268

System Dynamics in Distance Education and a Call to Develop a Standard Model

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Steven C. Shaffer The Pennsylvania State University, USA.

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https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v6i3.268

Abstract

This paper describes systems dynamics, reviews the literature of uses of systems concepts in distance education (DE), presents a preliminary model, and ends in a call to researchers to contribute to the building of a standard model of DE.

Keywords: systems, systems theory, systems dynamics, models, theory, research

Author Biography

Steven C. Shaffer, The Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Steven C. Shaffer is a PhD candidate and instructor at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. His interests involve adult education, applied epistemology and theories of learning, human/ computer interaction, semantic networks/ semantic Web, defect-free coding methodologies, semantics-driven software design strategies, knowledge-based systems, logic systems, and educational applications of technology. Professor Shaffer's email address is: scs12@psu.edu

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2006-02-22

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Shaffer, S. C. (2006). System Dynamics in Distance Education and a Call to Develop a Standard Model. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v6i3.268

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Vol. 6 No. 3 (2005)

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