Browsing Dr. Patrick J. (Pat) Fahy by Title
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Evaluating Vendor Supplied Information
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2003-04)Distance educators are not normally equipped by their training or experience for the complex task of evaluating technologies. One of the areas of potential disadvantage is in interpreting information provided by vendors ... -
Final Report: ESPORT project evaluation.
(2006-11-30)This is the final report of the ESPORT project. Two interim reports were produced, in July 2005, and February 2006 (Fahy, 2005, 2006). A full description of the project’s origins and rationale, including an explanation ... -
Indicators of Support in Online Interaction
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2003-04)Peer-to-peer interaction using computer-mediated communication (CMC) would appear to be a promising source of timely and cost-effective student support, but little empirical evidence regarding actual participant support ... -
Integrated Collaborative Tools
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2002-10)Previous reports in this series have featured examples of integrated products that combine into a single software package, techniques offered individually by other products. Increasing acceptance of online collaboration ... -
Interim report 1: ESPORT project evaluation
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Interim Report 1: Learning Communities Project
(2008-02-27)Executive summary This is the first formal report of the Learning Communities Project (LCP), based on results of the evaluation and research activities conducted to date. The major findings of the project, and ... -
Interim report 2: ESPORT project evaluation
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Interim Report 2: The Views and Preferences of Residents Regarding Post-Secondary Programming in Four Remote Alberta Communities
(2009-01-23)The western Canadian province of Alberta possesses extraordinary resources in agriculture, forestry, oil and gas, and tourism. Because of its geography (its area is over 255,000 square miles, 661,000 square kilometers), ... -
Interim Report: A case study of Internet-based distance education program development in Vietnam
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Investigating Triggers in CMC Text Transcripts
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2003-10) -
Learning communities in the oil sands, and in remote and rural Alberta.
(2008-05-27)This presentation updates information about the learning needs and interests of workers in remote work camps, as part of the Learning Communities Project. The presentation contains information gathered in the period ... -
The Learning Communities Project: Bringing distance education to Alberta's remote work camps and rural areas.
(2008-05-27)This presentation adds more information about the learning interests of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. employees and contractors, working at the company Horizon site, north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. -
Media Characteristics and Online Learning Technology
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Multimedia in Open and Distance Learning
(Indira Gandhi National Open University, 2005) -
The occurrence and character of stories and story-telling in a computer conference.
(Distance Education, 28(1), pp. 45 – 63. (Australian Journal.), 2007-03)Abstract: Constructivist views of online interaction often refer to the power of stories and the role of story-telling in the sharing and construction of knowledge, and the creation of learning communities. No empirical ... -
Online and face-to-face group interaction processes compared using Bales’ Interaction Process Analysis (IPA).
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Patterns of Interaction in a Computer Conference Transcript
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2001-07)An analysis of the interaction patterns in an online conference from a distance education graduate course was conducted, using an approach that focused on the transcript's interactional and structural features. A new tool ... -
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 ... -
Post-Secondary Learning Priorities of Workers in an Oil Sands Camp in Northern Alberta
(2008-05-27)This paper reports results to date of a three-year project by Athabasca University, intended to determine the education and training needs and interests of employees in a work camp in northern Alberta’s oil sands. (Future ... -
Problems and Little Victories in Transcript Analysis
(2008-02-27)Transcript analysis requires researchers to recognize the value of CMC transcripts as a way of understanding the psychosocial dynamics of groups, and in the process to address issues of validity, ethics, and practice. This ...