title: Issues in teaching and learning at a distance: changing roles and responsibilities of administrators, faculty, and students.
abstract: Distance learning delivery systems can make nursing education accessible, asynchronous, active, and affordable. At the same time, these benefits must be balanced by a "systems view" of teaching and learning that supports administrators, faculty, and students as their roles and responsibilities change to meet the demands of a restructured educational environment. Nurse educators can continue to build on a growing experience base in distance education while conducting further research to answer questions about "best practices" for teaching and learning at a distance.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Billings
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018961:Educational Technology / Q000379:methods*; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic; D013685:Telecommunications