Browsing Centre for Distance Education by Author "Anderson, Terry"
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Adopting Disruptive Technologies In Traditional Universities: Continuing Education As An Incubator For Innovation.
Archer, Walter; Garrison, D. Randy; Anderson, Terry (Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 1999) -
Adoption and Use of a Computer-Mediated Communication System by Contact North Site Coordinators
Sweet, Robert; Anderson, Terry; Halenda, Martha (Journal of Distance Education, 1991)This paper describes some of the factors underlying successful use of the CoSy computer-mediated communication system in the Ontario Govern-ment's Contact North/Contact Nord Distance Education Project by 11 women who, in ... -
Agoraphobia and the modern learner.
Dron, Jon; Anderson, Terry (Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2014-03)Read/write social technologies enable rich pedagogies that centre on sharing and constructing content but have two notable weaknesses. Firstly, beyond the safe, nurturing environment of closed groups, students participating ... -
Analysis Of A Global Online Debate And The Development Of An Interaction Analysis Model For Examining Social Construction Of Knowledge In Computer Conferencing
Anderson, Terry; Gunawardena, Charlotte N.; Lowe, Constance A. (Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1997)This study attempts to find appropriate interaction analysis/content analysis techniques that assist in examining the negotiation of meaning and co-construction of knowledge in collaborative learning environments ... -
Assessing Social Presence In Asynchronous Text-based Computer Conferencing
Rourke, Liam; Anderson, Terry; Garrison, D. Randy; Archer, Walter (Journal of Distance Education, 1999)Instructional media such as computer conferencing engender high levels of student-student and student-teacher interaction; affectively into a community of inquiry. A template for assessing social presence in computer ... -
Assessing Teaching Presence in a Computer Conferencing Context
Anderson, Terry; Liam, Rourke; Garrison, D. Randy; Archer, Walter (Journal of the Asynchronous Learning Network, 2001)This paper presents a tool developed for the purpose of assessing teaching presence in online courses that make use of computer conferencing, and preliminary results from the use of this tool. The method of analysis is ... -
The Athabasca University edusource Project: Building An Accessible Learning Object Repository
Anderson, Terry; Cleveland-Innes, Martha; McGreal, Rory; Friesen, Norman; Ally, Mohamed; Graham, Rodger; Tin, Tony; Moisey, Susan D.; Petrinjak, Anita; Schafer, Steve (Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2005)Athabasca University - Canada's Open University (AU) made the commitment to put all of its courses online as part of its Strategic University Plan. In pursuit of this goal, AU participated in the eduSource project, a ... -
Avoiding the Industrialization of Research Universities: Big and Little Distance Education
Anderson, Terry; Garrison, D. Randy (American Journal of Distance Education, 1999)The pressure to increase access to higher education while reducing costs raises serious questions with regard to the purpose and goals of the traditional research-intensive university. Moreover, there is considerable ... -
Book Review of Delivering Digitally by Inglis, Ling and Joosten
Anderson, Terry (IRRODL, 2002-10)We know that significant organizational change must have roots both at the top of an organization and “in the trenches” amongst those who must implement the change. In the middle lies a critical group of middle managers, ... -
Case Study: eduSource and the Athabasca University Digital Library Project
McGreal, Rory; Anderson, Terry; Hubrick, Chris; Lin, Fuhua (Oscar); Sosteric, Michael; Tin, Tony; Yasynska, Oksana (E-Learning Network News, 2005) -
COI in Virtual Worlds - Survey
McKerlich, Ross; Anderson, Terry (2011-09-01)This is a copy of the online survey questionnaire used in a research study on COI indicators in virtual worlds. The results will be published in Fall 2011 issue of Journal of Online Learning and Teaching -
Collaboration in distance education: Contact North/Contact Nord
Anderson, Terry; Nelson, Connie (Athabasca: CSSE/Athabasca University Press., 1989) -
Comparing Weblogs to Threaded Discussion Tools in Online Educational Contexts.
Cameron, Donna; Anderson, Terry (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 ... -
Conference Connections: Rewiring the Circuit.
Siemens, George; Tittenberger, Peter; Anderson, Terry (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 ... -
Contact North: linking community learners and educational institutions
Anderson, Terry (Open Learning, 1991) -
Continuing Professional Education in a Rural Context: Does Interactive, Distance Education Meet the Need?
Anderson, Terry (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' ... -
Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education
Garrison, D. Randy; Anderson, Terry; Archer, Walter (Internet in Higher Education, 2000) -
Critical Thinking and Computer Conferencing: A Model and Tool to Assess Cognitive Presence
Garrison, D. Randy; Anderson, Terry; Archer, Walter (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
Anderson, Terry; Garrison, D. Randy (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 ... -
Critically Examining Distance Education Practice
Anderson, Terry (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 ...