Student Course Guide for Transforming America to Accompany The American Promise, Volume II U.S. History Since 1877

by Roark, James L.; Alfers, Kenneth G.

• ISBN13: 9780312470043
• ISBN10: 0312470045
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-23
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

Bedford/St. Martin's joins Dallas TeleLearning at the LeCroy Center for Educational Telecommunications to offer a complete distance learning package that includes Dallas TeleLearning's highly praised video lessons; the text ofThe American Promise, Fourth Edition; print Student Course Guides that fully integrate the video with the text; and a full array of supplements. The distance learning coursesShaping America: U.S. History to 1877andTransforming America: U.S. History since 1877each include 26 half-hour video lessons delivered in the following formats: telecourse, interactive telecourse (CD-ROM), and Internet.

Author Biography

Dr. Kenneth G. Alfers is a teacher, writer, and historian. He received the Dallas County Community College District’s Outstanding Teacher Award in 1983. In 2005, he was named Piper Professor for the state of Texas and received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distance Learning from the Instructional Technology Council. He was the content specialist for America: The Second Century, America in Perspective, and Shaping America telecourses used around the country since 1980. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Creighton University and his M.Ph. and Ph.D. degrees from The George Washington University.