Browsing by Subject "online"
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Creating a psychiatric mental health portfolio: An assignment that works
(Nurse Education in Practice Journal, 2006)Creating lively, engaging and reflection-oriented assignments for learners is an important area of focus for educators. The Center for Nursing and Health Studies at Athabasca University in Canada offers a program for ... -
Facilitating help-seeking through student interactions in a WebCT online graduate study program
(Nursing and Health Sciences, 2006)This article discusses a qualitative research project that revealed how online health-care practitioners in a graduate studies program believe their primary source of help is other students in their class. The project ... -
Help seeking experiences of health care learners in a WebCT online graduate study program
(Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2005)This article presents findings from a qualitative research project that explored health care students’ activities related to seeking help within a masters program offered exclusively through a WebCT online environment. ... -
Instructor immediacy strategies to facilitate group work in online graduate study
(Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2007)An increasing number of online graduate study programs require students to participate in collaborative work projects. And yet, educational research examining instructional strategies that facilitate learning in small ... -
On-Line Forums: New Platforms for Professional Development and Group Collaboration
(JCMC, 1997-12)This study evaluated the output, level of participation and perceptions of effectiveness and value among participants in a virtual forum. Twenty-three experts in the field of adult education and community development ... -
Online Conferences for Professional Development
(Information Age Publishing, 2002)Online conferences (OCs) offer a compelling set of economic and pedagogical benefits for teaching, learning, personal, and professional development. In this chapter, we provide examples and a model to guide development ... -
An Online Mechanics Experiment
(2006-09-30)Physics distance education has grown rapidly in recent years. The theory part of a physics course taught in this way has much common ground with other courses. However, lab instruction is an important part of introductory ... -
Skills for succeeding in online graduate studies
(Academic Quarterly, 2005-09-22)For online graduate learners, knowledge of practical skills that promote successful help seeking that go beyond simply suggesting that students ask their instructor for further direction, are invaluable. Skills for ... -
Using Peer Teams to Lead Online Discussions
(Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2002-03-14)This study investigated an online course in which groups of four students were used to lead online discussions. The teams were examined for their ability to bring instructional design, discourse facilitation, and direct ...