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Distance Education Contents of Volume 23, 2002 EDITOR Associate Professor Som Naidu, The University of Melbourne, Australia DEPUTY EDITOR Alistair Inglis, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia EDITORIAL BOARD Tony Bates, The University of British Columbia, Canada; Zane Serge, UMBC, Baltimore, USA; Bob Bernard, Concordia University, Canada; Jocelyn Calvert, Deakin University, Australia; Terry Evans, Deakin University', Australia; Peter Goodyear, Lancaster University, UK; Lani Gunawardena, The University of New Mexico, USA; Barry Harper, University of Wollongong, Australia; John Hedberg, University of Wollongong, Australia; Allan Herrmann, Curtin University of Technology, Australia; Thomas Huelsmann, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenberg, Germany; Olu Jegede, National Open University, Nigeria; Kemi Jona. Vice President, Programme Development Cornell University, Ithaca, USA; Badrul Khan, George Washington University, USA; Tim Koschmann, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, USA; Fred Lockwood, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; Mary Jane Mahony, University of Sydney, Australia; Robin Mason, The Open University, UK; Catherine McLoughlin, Australian Catholic University, Australia; Sanjaya Mishra, Commonwealth Educational Medical Centre for Asia, India; David Murphy, Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Karen Murphy, Texas A&M University, USA; Ron Oliver, Edith Cowan University, Australia; Ramesh Sharma, Indira Ghandi National Open University, India; Rod Sims, Deakin University, Australia; Alan Smith, University of Southern Queensland, Australia; Peter Smith, Deakin University, Australia; Mike Spector, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA; Elizabeth Stacey, Deakin University, Australia; Christine Steeples, Lancaster University, UK; Kay Stevens, University of Melbourne, Australia; Martin Vaicke, University of Ghent, Belgium. Editorial correspondence, including manuscripts for submission should be addressed to Associate Professor Som Naidu, PhD., Editor, Distance Education, Department of Teaching, Learning and Research Support, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia. Email: [email protected] Details concerning the preparation and submission of articles can be found on the inside back cover of each issue. Books for review should also be sent to the Executive Editor. Distance Education is the official journal of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia and is subject to a peer-review process. It is published twice a year (May and October) by Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Ltd. 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxford 0X14 4RN, UK. Tel: + 44 (0)1235 828600; Fax: +44 (0)1235 829000. These two issues constitute one volume. An annual volume contents and author index is bound in the last issue of each volume. © 2002 Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia 1 i DISTANCE i EDUCATION I Volume 23 Number 1 May 2002 I Special Issue: Studying Collaboration in Distributed Problem-based Learning 1 Environments Guest Editor: Associate Professor Timothy Koschmann Timothy Koschmann. Introduction 5 I Research Reports Frans Ronteltap & Anneke Eurelings. Activity and Interaction of Students in an Electronic Learning Environment for Problem-Based Learning 11 Constance A. Steinkuehler, Sharon J. Derry, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, & Matt DelMarcelle. Cracking the Resource Nut With Distributed Problem-Based Learn¬ ing in Secondary Teacher Education 23 Chandra Hawley Orrill. Supporting Online PBL: Design Considerations for Support¬ ing Distributed Problem Solving 41 I David McConnell. Action Research and Distributed Problem-Based Learning in Continuing Professional Education 59 Ulric Bjorck. Distributed Problem-Based Learning in Social Economy; Key Issues in Students’ Mastery of a Structured Method for Education 85 I Discussant Commentaries James V. Wertsch. Computer Mediation, PBL, and Dialogicality 105 I Erno Lehtinen. Developing Models for Distributed Problem-Based Learning: Theo¬ retical and Methodological Reflection 109 Howard Barrows. Is it Truly Possible to Have Such a Thing as dPBL? 119 Volume 23 Number 2 October 2002 Editorial 133 Rod Sims, Graeme Dobbs & Tim Hand. Enhancing Quality in Online Learning: Scaffolding Planning and Design Through Proactive Evaluation 135 Catherine McLaughlin. Learner Support in Distance and Networked Learning Environments: Ten Dimensions for Successful Design 149 Heather Kaniika. Guiding Principles for Facilitating Higher Levels of Web-Based Distance Teaching and Learning in Post-Secondary Settings 163 Jane L. Howland & Joi L. Moore. Student Perceptions as Distance Learners in Internet-Based Courses 183 Dianne Conrad. Inhibition, Integrity and Etiquette Among Online Learners: The Art of Niceness 197 LuAnn Christianson, Drew Tiene & Pamela Luft. Examining Online Instruction in Undergraduate Nursing Education 213 Book Reviews, Reflections and Ideas Ann Bishop. Come Into My Parlour Said the Spider to the Fly: Critical Reflections on Web-Based Education From a Student’s Perspective 231 Title-Page and Contents, Volume 23, 2002 237 Author Index Barrows, Howard, 119 Kanuka, Heather, 163 Bishop, Anne, 231 Koschmnn, Tim, 5 Bjorck, Ulric, 85 Leihtinen, Erno, 109 Christianson, LuAnn, 213 Luft, Pamela, 213 Conrad, Dianne, 197 McConnell, David, 59 McLoughlin, Catherine, 149 DelMarcelle, Matt, 23 Moore, Joi L., 183 Derry, Sharon J., 23 Dobbs, Graeme, 135 Ronteltap, Frans, 11 Eurelings, Anneke, 11 Sims, Rod, 135 Steinkuehler, Constance A., 23 Hand, Tim, 135 Hawley Orrill, Chandra, 41 Tiene, Drew, 213 Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E., 23 Howland, Jane L., 183 Wertsch, James V., 105