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Social Interaction in Self-paced Distance Education.
(Open Praxis, 2015)In this paper we present a case study of a self-paced university course that was originally designed to support independent, self-paced study at distance. We developed a social media intervention, in design-based research ... -
Social Software survey used with unpaced undergrad -2009
(2010-08-18)Survey used to determine interest and expertise in social software use in unpaced forms of distance education. Results published Terry Anderson, Bruno Poellhuber and Ross McKerlich (2010) Self Paced Learners Meet Social ... -
Standards: it is not just about compliance
(Elearning Reports, 2005-01)On a recent conference tour of the Americas, and before setting off to Australia for CORDRAs and Hawaii for IEEEs PERL workshops, respectively, CanCore’s Norm Friesen and Rory McGreal took a breather to discuss the latest ... -
Stealing the goose: Copyright and learning
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004-11)The internet is the world’s largest knowledge common and the information source of first resort. Much of this information is open and freely available. However there are organizations and companies today that are trying ... -
Stop paying twice for educational material: Online resources, open content make textbooks obsolete
(2009-10-22)Let’s eliminate government waste AND save the environment. Paper-based school textbooks, workbooks, and test materials, not to mention multimedia, videos and educational games are being bought and re-bought or licensed and ... -
Strategic uses of CALL: What learners use and how they react
(Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2003)This paper outlines the findings of a two-year evaluation of learner use of software tools in a multimedia software package for teaching Indonesian listening comprehension and culture. This software package was introduced ... -
Student learning style and asynchronous computer-mediated conferencing.
(American Journal of Distance Education, 2005-01)Abstract: This paper describes a study of the relationship between learning style, as measured by the Kolb Learning Style Inventory, and online communication behavior, as measured by analysis of transcripts of CMC ... -
Student Perceptions of Teaching Presence, Social Presence, and Cognitive Presence in a Virtual World
(Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 2011-09)Presence - or having a sense of active participation - in distance education has increased with the expanding use of and affordances of communications technologies. Virtual worlds have been on the forefront of popular ... -
Student Services In A Networked World
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Students with Disabilities in Distance Education: Characteristics, Course Enrollment and Completion, and Support Services
(Journal of Distance Education, 2004)This study describes the characteristics, enrollment, and completion rates of students with disabilities and the support services they received over a three-year period. Between 1998 and 2001 a total of 604 students with ... -
Students with disabilities: Their experience and success at Athabasca University
(IDCE/CADE Conference, 2002)Preliminary findings of a study examining the experience and success of Athabasca University students with disabilities, over a three-year period, are presented in this session. Student characteristics, including the ... -
A systems analysis of TeleEducation NB - a province-wide distributed distance learning network
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Teaching In An Online Learning Context
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Technologies of online learning (elearning)
(Athabasca University, 2004)This chapter includes an examination of some of the most exciting technologies and features used in online instruction today, and those we may use tomorrow. Education is one of the fastestgrowing economic and social sectors ... -
TeleCampus student numbers survey
(DEOS News, 2000)A survey was undertaken to determine the number of students worldwide currently studying online. The authors surveyed 520 institutions whose courses are listed in the TeleCampus Online Course Directory to obtain enrollment ... -
Telecourse instructor's manual
(TeleEducation NB, 1997)The manual is designed for people who want to develop and deliver a telecourse using various communication tools. Instructions, invaluable advice as well as checklists are included to guide you through your preparation. -
TeleEducation driving the electronic highway: The New Brunswick model
(GLOSAS News, 1994)The principal strength of the initiative in New Brunswick is the high degree of cooperation and collaboration in implementing projects among all sectors. The TeleEducation initiative is being used as a driver to promote ... -
TeleEducation NB and the Telecampus online course database: Building the learning industry in New Brunswick
(Commonwealth of Learning, 1999)The TeleCampus online course database (http://database.telecampus.com) is a project of TeleEducation NB. It has implemented as a comprehensive online course database sponsored by Industry Canada, the World Bank, the ... -
The TeleEducation NB Programme Development Fund: Using distance education to promote economic development
(Canadian Association of Distance Education, 2000)The initial TeleEducation New Brunswick Programme Development Fund (PDF) was a provincial economic development initiative that supported proposals for the design of online distance education courses and programs. It provided ... -
TeleEducation NB: An open, distributed, bilingual Province-wide distance education network
(TeleEducation NB, 1994)Description of TeleEducation NB