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Social Networking with Web 2.0: A Comparative Study of On-Campus and On-line Students
(2010-04-21)
In this presentation Barbara Frey and Lorna Kearns summarize a study of back channel communication that took place at the University of Pittsburgh among on-campus and online learners enrolled in the Master of Library and ...
Moving Online: taking teaching and learning beyond four walls
(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 ...
Exploring Distance Education Research
(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 ...
Mobile Learning: Solutions & Challenges
(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 ...
Three Generations of Distance Education Pedagogy
(2011-01-20)
In this presentation Terry defines three pedagogical models that have defined distance education programming - behavioural/cognitive, constructionist and connectivist. He talks about the challenges and opportunity afforded ...
Students Perceptions of Effective Teaching in Higher Education: Face-to-face and at a Distance
(2011-02-01)
Using a unique online approach to data gathering, students were asked to isolate the characteristics they believe are essential to effective teaching at the university level. An open-ended online survey was made available ...
Learning Issues for Online Graduate Students
(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, ...
Problems and Little Victories in Transcript Analysis
(2008-03-01)
While computer-mediated communications (CMC) is increasingly common in online teaching, research intended to show how CMC works, and what makes it effective, has been plagued by some persistent problems. These include ...
Re-Thinking E-Learning Research
(2010-03-16)
In education, novel practices, applications, and forms-- from bulletin boards to Webcasts, and from online educational games to open educational resources -- have been proliferating rapidly. However, research of these ...
Message Interactions in Online Asynchronous Discussions: The Problem of Being “Too Nice”
(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 ...