Browsing Dr. Terry Anderson by Title
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THE DANCE OF TECHNOLOGY AND PEDAGOGY IN SELF-PACED DISTANCE EDUCATION
(2009-06-23)This paper describes the dance like relationship between pedagogy and technologies that creates distance education programming. Using a dance metaphor, the paper describes earlier generation of distance education and notes ... -
Deciding what kind of course to take: Factors that influence modality selection in accounting continuing professional development
(Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2013-06)This study used a cross sectional sample created by self-selection from a researchers' email invitation to accountants in Canada to determine which modalities accountants preferred when selecting Continuing Professional ... -
Design Patterns for Complex Learning
(Journal of Learning Design, 2006)A complex view of learning recognises that learning cannot be pre-determined by teaching, but is as much defined by circumstances and context as pre-defined learning objectives. Learning designs that accept uncertainty ... -
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 ... -
Design-Based Research: A Decade of Progress in Education Research?
(Educational Researcher, 2012-06)Design-based research (DBR) evolved near the beginning of 21st century and was heralded as a practical research methodology that could effectively bridge the chasm between research and practice in formal education. In this ... -
Designing Mobile Learning Interventions for Language Learners
(2013-09-12)This chapter presents a case of an EDR study completed at a Canadian community college and resulting in the development of an innovative educational intervention, Mobile–Enabled Language Learning Eco-System (MELLES), as ... -
Digital resilience in higher education
(2013-03-21)Higher education institutions face a number of opportunities and challenges as the result of the digital revolution. The institutions perform a number of scholarship functions which can be affected by new technologies, and ... -
Disruptive Pedagogies and Technologies in Universities
(2012-11-19)This paper is a reaction to the increasing high cost of higher education and the resulting inaccessibility for the millions of potential learners now seeking opportunities for quality higher education opportunities. The ... -
Distance Education Delivery Networks - Role in Community and Institutional Development
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Distance learning – Social software’s killer ap?
(the Open & Distance Learning Association of Australia, 2005)This paper discusses the challenges of developing modes of distance education that afford maximum freedom for learners—including the ability to enroll continuously and to pace one’s own learning—and yet still create ... -
The Distant Crowd: Transactional Distance And New Social Media Literacies.
(International Journal of Learning and Media, 2014)Sociality is not just a cultural phenomenon but is embedded in our genes as eusocial creatures (E. O.Wilson 2012). Learning is an innately social activity, and the processes of teaching, the passing of knowledge from one ... -
E-learning in Canada
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The Educational Semantic Web: Visioning and Practicing the Future of Education
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Edusource: Canada's Learning Object Repository Network
(International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 2004)An alliance of Canadian Universities and government agencies pooled their resources to establish a network to share and combine Learning Objects from a variety of sources and further develop this technology. In the process, ... -
Empirical Research on Learners' Perceptions: Interaction Equivalency Theorem in Blended Learning
(European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2010-04-27)This paper reports on an empirical research on the Interaction Equivalency Theorem posited by Anderson (2003a), consisting of the three elements of teacher-student-content interaction. Using an authordeveloped survey, ... -
Ethical Issues in Qualitative E-Learning Research
(International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2007-06)In the mid 1980s education researchers began exploring the use of the Internet within teaching and learning practices, now commonly referred to as e-learning. At the same time, many e-learning researchers were discovering that ... -
Exploring Principals' Perceptions of Applications, Benefits, and Barriers of Alberta's Supernet
(International Electronic Journal For Leadership In Learning, 2007)The Alberta SuperNet, a very high speed, broadband network, was built to bring highspeed connectivity to every school, library, and municipal office in Alberta. This CDN $294 million dollar investment was made based on ... -
Exploring Social Presence In Computer Conferencing
(Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2002)This study explores the relationship between asynchronous, text-based forms of social communication and students' perceptions of the social climate of computer conferences. A 21-item questionnaire was administered to 74 ... -
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, ... -
Feasibility of Course Development Based on Learning Objects: Research Analysis of Three Case Studies
(International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Education, 2004)