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Audio teleconferencing: examination of instructional strategies for teachers of adult learners.
(2004-01-01)
This thesis examines instructional strategies available to teachers of students enrolled in college-level audio teleconferencing courses delivered by distance education. Using the techniques of qualitative research, this ...
Women, Distance Education and Solitude: A Feminist Postmodern Narrative of Women's Responses to Learning in Solitude.
(2004-01-01)
There is the feminist assumption that connections and relations are the primary method of learning for women as opposed to solitary knowledge-building. In spite of the many articles that assert that distance education is ...
Experience with support services of graduate students with disabilities studying at a distance: A Case study
(2011-05-11)
This study examines the characteristics of graduate students with disabilities studying at a distance and their experience with formal disability-specific support services. Fourteen respondents completed an online survey ...
Valuing perspectives: a grounded theory of mentoring in a distance education environment.
(2001-01-01)
The majority of research on mentoring that has been conducted in academic, business, and health care settings involves examining supportive relationships that have been cultivated in a face-to- face environment. This thesis ...
In transition: the journey of adult educators from traditional teaching into teaching online.
(2003-01-01)
As adult educators travel the asynchronous, online frontier they face many exciting challenges and opportunities. The realities facing adult educators, new to teaching online, include learning new technologies, adapting ...
Faculty assessment of the quality and reusability of learning objects.
(2003-01-01)
The research explored the process of selecting learning objects and how it differs from choosing learning resources in a traditional teaching environment. The study was designed to identify the challenges educational ...
Interaction in satellite-based corporate distance training.
(2002-01-01)
Maintaining an educated, high performance workforce has become a particularly daunting challenge in the highly volatile knowledge-based economy. A growing number of companies currently use one-way video, two-way audio ...
Factors Influencing the Process of Critical Thinking Among Health Professionals During Computer Conferencing: A Case Study
(2005-06-17)
Despite the growing amount of research evidence regarding effective clinical interventions, rehabilitation health professionals face many barriers in applying this new information to practice. Computer conferencing among ...
The Isolation Of Online Adjunct Faculty And Its Impact On Their Performance
(2011-05-11)
Using a grounded-theory, qualitative research approach, this thesis examines the experiences of 28 adjunct faculty members at Beckwith University, exploring their views on whether periodically meeting face to face with ...
The lived experience of being a distance learner.
(1999-01-01)
The intent of this study is to explore purposefully the “being and becoming” a distance learner. The aim is to inquire into the meaning and significance of distance learning by asking “what?” is distance learning as ...