Steven L. Danver is academic coordinator and core faculty member in social sciences in the College of Undergraduate Studies at Walden University. A lifelong resident of the American West, he was born and raised in Southern California and has, at various times, lived in Central California, Northern California, Utah, and Colorado. He currently resides in southern Washington State. After completing a bachelor’s degree in religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a master’s degree in historical studies from Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, he earned his doctorate in American history from the University of Utah. Professionally, he has specialized in the history and politics of the American West, as well as in American Indian and American environmental history and policy. His research has largely centered on natural resource policy as it has applied to American Indian nations. He has taught at nearly every type of institution of higher education, including large research universities, small liberal arts colleges, community colleges, and online universities. He has edited or coedited a number of books, including Water Politics and Policy in the United States (with John R. Burch Jr., CQ Press/SAGE, 2011), which was named to the 2012 Outstanding Academic Title list by the American Library Association’s Choice magazine. He has been the managing editor of Journal of the West since 2004.
"This three-volume work edited by American history scholar Danver
(Walden Univ.) focuses on the multifaceted relationship of various
measures of effective student education to the technology
supporting online education... This work covers basics very well;
it also complements and updates much of the material presented in
related works such as The SAGE Handbook of E-Learning Research, ed.
by Richard Andrews and Caroline Haythornthwaite."
Summing Up: Recommended. All academic audiences;
professionals/practitioners.
*CHOICE*
"Contributors - academics from "traditional" brick-and-mortar
institutions, online educators, and others - offer objective
explanations of each topic as well as considered analysis of the
implications of trends and their potential effect... Danver has
wisely focused on student and faculty matter - the abiding heart of
education - ensuring this work′s enduring value."
*Booklist*
"the entries are thorough and accessible, providing readers who are
new to the subject with adequate background information and context
so they fully understand any implications a topic or concept might
have on online education...this title would be most suitable for
academic libraries, especially those who support education
programmes or distance and online learners."
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