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    • 2010 State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada 

      Barbour, Michael K. (2011-02-01)
      This presentation will focus on the 2010 State of the Nation - the third annual survey of K-12 distance education in Canada. This year’s report documents similar trends in the regulation of K-12 distance education from ...
    • Adaptation of Online Courses for New Educational Contexts 

      Rossiter, Jamie (2010-03-16)
      One of the challenges in online learning is adaptation of material developed for one educational setting to be appropriate in another. Qualitative case-study research explored adaptation of online continuing education ...
    • Adoption of Technology Enhanced Learning in Higher Education 

      Parchoma, Gale (2008-09-03)
      This presentation is based on Dr. Parchoma’s recently published (May 2008) book, Adoption of Technology Enhanced Learning in Higher Education. The presentation reports the findings of a study of the influences of organizational ...
    • Assessing the Quality of K-12 Online Content: A sample assessment rubric 

      Jongedijk, Lara (2008-05-30)
      What factors create an effective online course from a “content” point of view? This session will highlight the assessment criteria and the review process that was used to review the content of K-12 online learning tools ...
    • Bi-National Learning and the Internet--Grassroots Experiments in Global Education 

      Egnatoff, William J. (2011-01-20)
      Students at a French immersion high school in Ottawa and a school in Brazil exchange recipes, using a combination of French, English and Portuguese. The Brazilians discover they like poutine! Children in a rural Sierra ...
    • Blended Online Learning Design: Shaken not Stirred 

      Vaughan, Norm; Power, Michael (2010-04-21)
      Given the crucial role played by universities in a knowledge-based society, understanding how and under what conditions online learning (OL) can improve access to graduate studies is of the highest importance to today’s ...
    • Can Mobile Learning Enhance Nursing Practice Education? 

      Kenny, Richard F.; Park, Caroline L. (2010-03-15)
      The changing context of health care delivery presents challenges for the teaching and learning of nursing students. There is a need to test the utility of new strategies and tools to supervise students' practice at the ...
    • Community of Inquiry Framework: Validation and Instrument Development 

      Arbaugh, Ben; Cleveland-Innes, Martha; Diaz, Sebastian; Garrison, D. Randy; Ice, Phil; Richardson, Jennifer; Shea, Peter; Swan, Karen (2008-02-29)
      Since its publication in The Internet and Higher Education, Garrison, Anderson, and Archer’s (2000) Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework has generated substantial interest among online learning researchers. This presentation ...
    • Designing the Undesignable: Social Software and Control 

      Dron, Jon (2008-02-28)
      In this presentation, Dr. Jon Dron will discuss his recently published article, “Designing the undesignable: Social Software and Control”. In this article, Dr Dron states that social software, such as blogs, wikis, tagging ...
    • EduBlogs as Metaphor 

      Groulx, Glenn (2010-04-21)
      This presentation will discuss a number of recent case studies, contrast examples of private and public edublogs, and explore issues such as learner and instructor roles and responsibilities, learner choices, ethical ...
    • The Effective Use of Synchronous Classes within an Online Graduate Program: Building upon an Interdependent System 

      Groen, Janet; Tworek, Janet; Soos-Gonczol, Maria (2008-06-06)
      In this presentation, Janet Groen, Janet Tworek, and Maria Soos-Gonczol will discuss the implementation of effective synchronous voice communication sessions within a graduate level university program in education from the ...
    • Emotion, Learning and the Online Learning Environment 

      Cleveland-Innes, Martha; Akyol, Zehra (2008-06-20)
      In spite of evidence that more and more students are engaging in online learning experiences (Alan & Seaman, 2006), clarity about the transition to a new learning environment is still at arm’s length (Cleveland-Innes, ...
    • Exploring Distance Education Research 

      Zawacki-Richter, Olaf (2011-01-31)
      This presentation summarizes a series of three studies to explore the field of distance education research. The aim of the first study was to develop a validated classification of research areas to organize the body of ...
    • Implementing Digital Story Telling in a Computers in Education Course 

      McClinton, Jeton (2010-04-21)
      Assessment and the integration of advanced technologies are key themes for the 21st century educator. The electronic portfolio project was developed to explore the possibilities of using web-based technology to store ...
    • International DE opportunities in difficult economic times 

      Baggaley, Jon (2010-04-21)
      The world's current economic crisis is placing serious pressures on distance education. In October 2009, the situation was addressed at an International Summit on Distance Education, held in Beijing. The conference focused ...
    • Learning Issues for Online Graduate Students 

      Edmonds, Kelly (2011-02-01)
      Results are shared from a recent doctoral study that explored the leadership implications for delivering online learning in a mainstream Canadian higher education institution by examining the characteristics, attributes, ...
    • Message Interactions in Online Asynchronous Discussions: The Problem of Being “Too Nice” 

      Roulet, Geoffrey (2011-01-21)
      Much research concerning asynchronous online discussion reports quantitative data such as frequency of posting, time online, and number of characters or words. To effectively understand online discourse within education ...
    • Message Interactions in Online Asynchronous Discussions: The Problem of Being “Too Nice” 

      Roulet, Geoffrey (2011-01-31)
      Much research concerning asynchronous online discussion reports quantitative data such as frequency of posting, time online, and number of characters or words. To effectively understand online discourse within education ...
    • Mobile Learning: Solutions & Challenges 

      Koole, Marguerite; Elsayed Meawad, Fatma; de Waard, Inge (2011-02-01)
      In this session, Marguerite Koole, Fatma Elsayed Meawad, and Inge de Waard will describe two mobile learning projects: 1. A project piloting a Java-based system called “MobiGlam”. Through MobiGlam, students accessed ...
    • Moving Online: taking teaching and learning beyond four walls 

      Stephen, Rowe (2011-01-20)
      In this session, Stephen Rowe shares his experiences developing an entirely online offering of an Australian undergraduate course catering to 200 students enrolled across 3 campuses. The model that was developed serves ...


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