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Ontario's Distance Education Network: Contact North/Contact Nord
(Alberta Journal of Continuing Education, 1990)
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, ...
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)
Distance Education Delivery Networks - Role in Community and Institutional Development
(Athabasca: Athabasca University, 1990)
Online Social Interchange, Discord, and Knowledge Construction
(Journal of Distance Education, 1998)
Online forums provide potential for new
forms of collaborative work, study, and
community that reduce barriers of time
and distance. Yet the types of interaction
and means by which individuals create
new knowledge in ...
On-Line Forums: New Platforms for Professional Development and Group Collaboration
(JCMC, 1997-12)
This study evaluated the output, level of participation and perceptions of effectiveness and
value among participants in a virtual forum. Twenty-three experts in the field of adult
education and community development ...
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 ...
International Computer Conferencing for Professional Development: The Bangkok Project
(American Journal of Distance Education, 1993)
The Bangkok Project, which recently linked educational computer networks
world wide, was a successful application of the new international
electronic mail and computer conferencing networks to support professional
development ...