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Chat and Instant Messaging Systems (synchronous): Report 2/ 3
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2002-10)
This study extends the earlier review of online chat systems (Report 6), by reviewing a further seven products that provide text-based instant messaging (IM). The functionality of these products in distance education ...
Evaluating Vendor Supplied Information
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2003-04)
Distance educators are not normally equipped by their training or experience for the complex task of evaluating technologies. One of the areas of potential disadvantage is in interpreting information provided by vendors ...
Integrated Collaborative Tools
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2002-10)
Previous reports in this series have featured examples of integrated products that combine into a single software package, techniques offered individually by other products. Increasing acceptance of online collaboration ...
Chat and Instant Messaging Systems (synchronous): Report 3/ 3
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2002-10)
A further set of four text-based instant messaging (IM) products was evaluated: AT&T Anywhere, Parachat, Sonork, and Yahoo Messenger, all available at no cost. Yahoo Messenger was judged to be the most effective of the ...
Interim report 2: ESPORT project evaluation
(2007-10-18)
Multimedia in Open and Distance Learning
(Indira Gandhi National Open University, 2005)
Use of the Bales model for analysis of small group communications in the analysis of interaction in computer-based asynchronous conferences
(International Assocation of Science and Technology for Development, 2004)
Examination of online, text-based interaction in computer
conferences (CMC), for patterns and processes first
detected in the early 1950s in face-to-face groups, showed
some similarities, and several differences. ...
Interim Report 1: Learning Communities Project
(2008-02-27)
Executive summary
This is the first formal report of the Learning Communities Project (LCP), based on results of the evaluation and research activities conducted to date. The major findings of the project, and ...
Interim Report 2: The Views and Preferences of Residents Regarding Post-Secondary Programming in Four Remote Alberta Communities
(2009-01-23)
The western Canadian province of Alberta possesses extraordinary resources in agriculture, forestry, oil and gas, and tourism. Because of its geography (its area is over 255,000 square miles, 661,000 square kilometers), ...
Ethics Review Concerns Of Canada’s Distance Researchers
(2009-01-23)
Ethics review of research involving humans is intended to protect human dignity by balancing harms and benefits. The foci and methods used in reviews vary nationally, but tend, as in Canada, to address core principles ...