Browsing Centre for Distance Education by Title
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Communicating and interacting: An exploration of the changing roles of media in CALL/CMC
(Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium, 2006)The sites of learning and teaching using CALL are shifting from CD-based, LAN-based or stand-alone programs to the internet. As this change occurs, pedagogical approaches to using CALL are also shifting to forms which ... -
Community Building and Computer-Mediated Conferencing
(Journal of Distance Education, 2008)This study examined the relationship between community cohesion and computer-mediated conferencing (CMC), as well as other variables potentially associated with the development of a learning community. Within the context ... -
Comparing Weblogs to Threaded Discussion Tools in Online Educational Contexts.
(International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Education., 2006-11)Weblogs or blogs are being heralded as the “next big thing” in education. In this article we examine the advantages and disadvantages of this form of Internet-based interaction using the Community of Inquiry model with its ... -
A comparison of AU Press with traditional university presses: Two years later
(ElPub, 2012-06)This paper followus up on an analysis conducted in 2010 comparing an open access press with traditional university presses based on Amazon rankings. The findings support the previous research that there is no significant ... -
Comparison of the attitudes of learners taking audiographic teleconferencing courses in secondary schools in Northern Ontario
(InterPersonal Computing and Technology Journal, 1994)A comparison of attitudes between different distance learning and on site students shown no significant difference. -
Conference Connections: Rewiring the Circuit.
(EDUCAUSE Review, 2008-03)In late 1971, several entirely forgettable messages were sent between two machines (today we would call them computers, but the word machines more accurately reflects their size at that time) located only a few feet from ... -
Considerations in Planning for Online Technology in Open and Distance Learning
(Global E-Journal of Open and Flexible Learning, 2001)Online technologies, especially computer-based communications tools, potentially permit greater flexibility for users. Preceding these potential advantages, however, are important questions about communications and ... -
Contact North: linking community learners and educational institutions
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Continuing Professional Education in a Rural Context: Does Interactive, Distance Education Meet the Need?
(International Journal of Continuing Education Practice, 1995)This paper reports the results of an investigation into the use of interactive distance education to meet the need for continuing professional education. Using a mixed-method research design, the study evaluated students' ... -
Conversation as Inquiry: A conversation with instructional designers
(Journal of Learning Design, 2006)Instructional designers regularly engage in a process of professional and personal transformation that has the potential to transform the culture of institutions through faculty-client relationships. Instructional ... -
Copyright wars and learning objects
(International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2005-08)Learning object developers need to understand that presently there are powerful organizations of “intellectual property” owners, and vendors of music, videos, books and software that are making a concerted attack on ... -
Course developers' guidelines
(TeleEducation NB, 1995)This guide has been created to provide World Wide Web course developers with a set of common standards and guidelines for publishing courses on line. Some of the standards make eminent sense to everyone, others have been ... -
Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education
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Critical Thinking and Computer Conferencing: A Model and Tool to Assess Cognitive Presence
(American Journal of Distance Education, 2001)This article describes a practical approach to judging the nature and quality of critical discourse in a computer conference. A model of a critical community of inquiry frames the research. A core concept in defining a ... -
Critical thinking in distance education: Developing critical communities in an audio teleconference context
(Higher Education, 1995)Distance education has long been associated with independent study and delivery of prepackaged learning materials. These characteristics effectively deny distance education students the opportunity to participate in ... -
The critical, relational practice of instructional design in higher education: an emerging model of change agency
(Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2009)This paper offers an emerging interpretive framework for understanding the active role instructional designers play in the transformation of learning systems in higher education. A 3-year study of instructional designers ... -
Critically Examining Distance Education Practice
(Information Series 393 Ohio State University., 2003)his document reviews the history of distance education (DE) in the United States beginning with the early years of correspondence study, radio, and television. It chronicles the rise of DE universities internationally, the ... -
Curriculum Vitae
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