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Volume 16 (1)
Volume 16, Issue 1, Winter 1996
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1996; 16(1):5-13
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
Distance Education Research and Continuing Professional Education: Reframing Questions for the Emerging Information Infrastructure
Connie L. Dillon, PhD
A b s t r a c t
This article reviews the evolution of the theoretical influences upon the study of distance
education and explores the influence of the emerging telecommunications technologies
upon questions important to the continuing professional education of health professionals.
The article offers multiple frameworks for posing research questions designed to help us understand
professional learning in the new telecommunications environment.
Keywords: Adult education; continuing medical education; continuing professional education; distance education; learning; technology; telecommunications
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