A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Distance Learning Research Forum

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The Canadian Association for Distance Education (CADE) held its annual conference this year in Vancouver, British Columbia, in early May. I was invited to serve on a panel for the Canadian Institute for Distance Education Research preconference seminar on research in distance education as part of the CADE meeting.

The panel topic was titled "Research Views from Over There" and was designed to provide participants with an international flavor of the challenges facing distance learning researchers and practitioners. The other invited panelists were internationally known in the field and included Christine von Prummer, Fernuniversitat, Germany; Morten Paulsen, NKI, Norway; and Asha …