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The Search For Learning Community In Learner Paced Distance Education: Or, 'having Your Cake And Eating It, Too!'
(Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2005)
University distance and e-learning programs generally follow one of two models.
Most dual mode institutions and some open universities follow a model of cohort
learning. Students start and terminate each course at the ...
Online Education Innovation: Going Boldly Where Others Fear To Thread
(Education Technology Publications., 2005)
Design-based Research and its Application to a Call Centre Innovation in Distance Education
(Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2005)
Design-based research is proposed as a strategy to address the need for innovation in educational contexts. The article argues the case for increased and more effective research and development in education, and then ...
Mobile technologies and the future of global education
(Indira Gandhi Open University, 2005-11-15)
Optimism for the future lies on the diminishing “cost” of the production and dissemination of
knowledge. This must be differentiated from the “price”. The cost reductions are based on the
increased power of technology ...
Planning for multimedia learning.
(Indira Gandhi National Open University., 2005-06)
Effective uses of multimedia in open and distance learning (ODL) depend upon various factors, some intrinsic to the media themselves, and others related to the differing pedagogic tasks and organizational environments into ...
Two methods for assessing critical thinking in computer-mediated communications (CMC) transcripts.
(International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning., 2005-03)
Abstract:
Critical thinking, though critical in education, is especially difficult to detect in online learning and teaching based on computer-mediated communication (CMC). As a latent construct, critical thinking must ...
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 ...
The Athabasca University Digital Reading Room: Library resources for mobile students
(IADIS, 2005-06)
This project has been designed to test the boundaries of Mlearning and to begin to build a platform for AU to raise an effective m-library. Building on the research conducted in Canada and abroad, the researchers are ...
Development principles for online courses: A baker's dozen
(ELearn Magazine, 2005-11-29)
Course development on the World Wide Web is becoming more sophisticated as instructors and course specialists become more familiar with the environment. Most course development principles for online courses have been ...
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 ...