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Faculty Adoption of Teaching and Learning Technologies: Contrasting Earlier Adopters and Mainstream Faculty
(Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1998)
The adoption of teaching and learning technologies is an innovation
that challenges the structure, culture and practice of modern research
universities. This paper documents quantitatively and qualitatively the
attitudes, ...
Ontario's Distance Education Network: Contact North/Contact Nord
(Alberta Journal of Continuing Education, 1990)
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 ...
Learning in a Networked World: New Roles and Responsibilties
(Atwood Publishing, 1998)
Adoption and Use of a Computer-Mediated Communication System by Contact North Site Coordinators
(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 ...
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' ...
Distance Education Delivery Networks - Role in Community and Institutional Development
(Athabasca: Athabasca University, 1990)
WWW to Support Classroom Teaching
(Canadian Journal of Educational Communications, 1996)
Abstract: This paper evaluates the usage and perceived usefulness of the World Wide
Web (WWW) to support classroom delivery of University courses. The study used
qualitative and quantitative tools focusing on two ...
Transactional Issues in Distance Education: The Impact of Design in Audioteleconferencing
(American Journal of Distance Education, 1995)
This paper reports the results of a study of student perceptions of learning
via audioconferencing in university-level courses delivered at a distance.
Field observations, interviews, and a focus group were used to ...
Avoiding the Industrialization of Research Universities: Big and Little Distance Education
(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 ...