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Online Teaching in International Contexts: Towards a Sociocultural Perspective of Teaching Presence
(2008-03-29)
In this presentation, Tannis Morgan shares her doctoral research that looks at cases of teaching presence in international online distance courses. Cultural historical activity theory (Engestrom, 1999, 2001) is adopted as ...
The Use of Whiteboards in Synchronous Online Drop-In Tutorials in Distance Delivered Courses
(2008-03-14)
Online whiteboard technology has seen limited application in the practice of distance education. This technology is particularly suited to disciplines that are communicated and taught visually and symbolically, which ...
WikiEducator: A return to the traditions of the academy?
(2008-10-22)
The Open Education Resource (OER) movement shows considerable potential to reduce cost, improve quality and widen access to educational opportunities. Facilitated by the power of social software in a connected world as ...
Adoption of Technology Enhanced Learning in Higher Education
(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 ...
The Effective Use of Synchronous Classes within an Online Graduate Program: Building upon an Interdependent System
(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
(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, ...
Assessing the Quality of K-12 Online Content: A sample assessment rubric
(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 ...
2010 State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada
(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 ...
A Snapshot State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada
(2010-03-15)
In this session, Dr. Michael Barbour and Robin Stewart will discuss the state of K-12 online learning in Canada based upon an abbreviated study. The presenter will provide a province by province, territory by territory ...
Message Interactions in Online Asynchronous Discussions: The Problem of Being “Too Nice”
(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 ...