Centre for Distance Education: Recent submissions
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The Self-Reported Impact of Graduate Program Completion on the Careers and Plans of Graduates
(2009-01-23)Abstract The Centre for Distance Education, Athabasca University, commenced a survey of all graduates of its two programs, the Master of Distance Education (MDE) degree, and the Graduate Diploma (GD) in Technology, in ... -
An Evaluation of the Commonwealth of Learning section on Elearning for International Organisations
(2008-10-31)This report includes an evaluation of the work of the Commonwealth of Learning’s (COL) eLearning with International Organisations (eLIO) section. Participants in the investigation included representative samples of the ... -
The feasibility of using mobile devices in nursing practice education
(International Association for Mobile Learning, 2008-10-08)This paper focuses on an exploratory evaluation of the use of m-learning in nursing education. We report on Stage 2 of the formative evaluation of a project to integrate mobile learning into the Bachelor of Science Nursing ... -
Research Experience and Agreement With Selected Ethics Principles From Canada’s Tri-Council Policy Statement—Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans
(Canadian Network for Innovation in Education, 2004)An online survey was conducted of students, instructors, and researchers in distance education regarding principles for the ethical treatment of human research subjects. The study used an online questionnaire based on ... -
The mind of a plagiarist
(Taylor & Francis Group LTD, 2005-03)The ease with which material may be "copied and pasted" from the Internet into written work is raising concern in educational institutions, and particularly in those disciplines that use online courses and methods in their ... -
Factors Affecting the Development and Use of Learning Objects
(Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006)This study explored barriers and facilitating factors affecting the development and use of learning objects in developing instructional materials and their use in supporting individualized learning. Over a two-month period, ... -
The Personalized System of Instruction: Review and Applications to Distance Education
(International Review Research in Distance and Open Learning, 2003)The present paper (a) outlines the basic features of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI); (b) provides a brief history of PSI; and (c) describes the application of PSI to distance education. Some common misconceptions ... -
Reflecting on CALL Effectiveness: Conditions & Implications
(Proceedings of TEDI Conference ‘Effective courses/Effective teaching at university: Reflection on practice/ Practice for reflection’ 1-2nd November 1999, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 1999)This paper outlines the preliminary findings of an evaluation of learner use of software tools in a multimedia software package for teaching Indonesian listening comprehension and culture. This software package was introduced ... -
A Model for Listening and Viewing Comprehension in Multimedia Environments
(Language Learning and Technology Journal, 1999)This paper proposes an instructional design model appropriate for humanistic multimedia Computer-Enhanced Language Learning (CELL) in a self-access environment for second language learning through listening and viewing ... -
Instructional Design for Multimedia: Towards a Learner-Centred CELL (Computer-Enhanced Language Learning) Model
(Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium, 1997)Designers and users of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) software have long been aware of the difficulties inherent in trying to design the means whereby a machine can provide an effective environment for a learner ... -
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 ... -
Designing for disruption: Remodelling a blended course in technology in (language) teacher education
(Australasian Society of Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, 2006)This study employs a case study model to documenting the evolution over three semesters of a Masters course in technology and language learning for in-service teachers using a social constructivist pedagogical approach ... -
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 ... -
CALL-ing the learner into focus: Towards a learner-centred model for CALL
(Swets & Zeitlinger, 1999)With the extension of the presence of computers in learning environments to include computer-mediated communications (CMC), such as electronic mail or the Internet, we must now devise models for computer-enhanced pedagogy ... -
Networking to Learn: Blogging for Social and Collaborative Purposes
(World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2007, 2007)This study employs a case study model to documenting the evolution of a Masters course in technology and language learning for in-service teachers using a social constructivist pedagogical approach, from completely ... -
Developing a collaborative community: Guidelines for establishing a computer-mediated language learning project with a developing country.
(Springer Verlag, 2008)Proficiency in a second language and intercultural awareness are seen as important personal and professional assets as we take an increasingly global perspective. In Australia, Indonesian is one of the priority languages, ... -
The affordances of technology for student teachers to shape their teacher education experience
(CALICO: <https://calico.org/p-288-%20Calling%20on%20CALL.html>, 2007)This chapter describes a case study model to document the evolution over three semesters of a Masters course in technology and language learning for in-service teachers using a social constructivist pedagogical approach ... -
Inclusiveness – Community, Distance Education and Produsage
(2008-07-10)Keynote talk delivered at 2nd Conference of African Association of Distance Education held in Lagos Nigeria, July 2008 -
A Methodology for Developing Learning Objects for Web Course Delivery
(IGI Publishing, 2008-07)This paper presents a methodology for developing learning objects for Web-based courses using the IMS LD (Learning Design) specification. We first investigated the IMS LD specification, determining how to use it with ... -
Characteristics of interactive online media
(2008-06-11)This chapter describes technologies used to overcome distance in online learning. Online learning media are tools for cooperation, collaboration, and communication. These devices allow for provision of individual amounts ...