Terry Anderson

Terry Anderson is a professor emeritus and a former research chair in distance education at Athabasca University in Canada. Athabasca University is an open university offering online programs that allow students to learn on their own schedule. Anderson is editor emeritus for the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning publication.

Anderson's research interests included social networks used in distance education. Anderson retired from Athabasca University in 2015 and currently works on part-time contracts with the University of Alberta.

Education

• PhD in Education Psychology–University of Calgary

• MSc in Education Technology–University of Oregon.

Some of Anderson's most cited work includes

• Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (1999). Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in higher education. The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2–3), 87–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1096-7516(00)00016-6

• Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (2001). Critical thinking, cognitive presence, and computer conferencing in distance education. American Journal of Distance Education, 15(1), 7–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/08923640109527071

• Anderson, T., Rourke, L., Garrison, R., & Archer, W. (2019). Assessing teaching presence in a computer conferencing context. Online Learning, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v5i2.1875

Video

• Dulcimer Video

Websites

• Google Scholar: Terry Anderson

• Personal Website: Terry Anderson