Karen D. Schenk

Karen D. Schenk Ph. D., is a professor of Information Systems at the University of Redlands, California, and North Carolina State University, teaching courses in Information Technology and Systems Design. Her research has focused on distance education, lifelong learning, decision support systems and human-computer interfaces. She is currently Senior Partner of K. D. Schenk and Associates Consulting, working with companies on decision support systems development and IT internal customer relationships. Prof. Schenk is the co-editor of two books “The Design & Management of Effective Distance Learning Programs”, 2002, Information Science Publishing, and the book “Distance Learning and University Effectiveness”, 2004, Information Science Publishing.

Publications

International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications (IJSITA)
International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications (IJSITA)
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour. Est. 2010.
The International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications (IJSITA) provides state-of-the-art research on the optimization of performance in corporations...
Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
Patricia L. Rogers, Gary A. Berg, Judith V. Boettcher, Caroline Howard, Lorraine Justice, Karen D. Schenk. © 2009. 2612 pages.
Educational practices and techniques are seemingly endless due to classroom integration and use of distance learning programs and technologies. With the eyes of academic...
E-Mail Usage in South Pacific Distance Education
E-Mail Usage in South Pacific Distance Education
Jonathan Frank, Janet Toland, Karen D. Schenk. © 2008. 8 pages.
The impact of cultural diversity on group interactions through technology is an active research area. Current research has found that a student’s culture appears to influence...
Encyclopedia of Distance Learning
Encyclopedia of Distance Learning
Caroline Howard, Judith V. Boettcher, Lorraine Justice, Karen D. Schenk, Patricia L. Rogers, Gary A. Berg. © 2005. 2418 pages.
The innovations in computer and communications technologies combined with on-going needs to deliver educational programs to students regardless of their physical locations, have...
Culture, Interaction, and Online Learning
Culture, Interaction, and Online Learning
Janet Toland, Jonathan Frank, Karen D. Schenk. © 2005. 7 pages.
Technological innovation and the development of global knowledge-based economies are presenting higher education institutions throughout the developing world with both...
E-Mail Usage in South Pacific Distance Education
E-Mail Usage in South Pacific Distance Education
Jonathan Frank, Janet Toland, Karen D. Schenk. © 2005. 6 pages.
The impact of cultural diversity on group interactions through technology is an active research area. Current research has found that a student’s culture appears to influence...
Distance Learning and University Effectiveness: Changing Educational Paradigms for Online Learning
Distance Learning and University Effectiveness: Changing Educational Paradigms for Online Learning
Caroline Howard, Karen D. Schenk, Richard Discenza. © 2004. 368 pages.
Distance Learning and University Effectiveness: Changing Educational Paradigms for Online Learning addresses the challenges and opportunities associated with information and...
The Effect of Culture on Email Use: Implications for Distance Learning
The Effect of Culture on Email Use: Implications for Distance Learning
Jonathan Frank, Janet Toland, Karen Schenk. © 2004. 22 pages.
This chapter examines how students from different cultural backgrounds use email to communicate with other students and teachers. The South Pacific region, isolated, vast, and...
The Design and Management of Effective Distance Learning Programs
The Design and Management of Effective Distance Learning Programs
Richard Discenza, Caroline Howard, Karen D. Schenk. © 2002. 312 pages.
As computers, telecommunications technology and other electronic media have reduced the constraints imposed by geographic location, increasing numbers of organizations are using...