Browsing Dr. Patrick J. (Pat) Fahy by Title
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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 ... -
Research experience and agreement with selected ethics principles from Canada’s “Tri-Council Policy Statement – Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans.”
(Journal of Distance Education, 2004-08)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 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 ... -
Student learning style and asynchronous computer-mediated conferencing.
(American Journal of Distance Education, 2005-01)Abstract: This paper describes a study of the relationship between learning style, as measured by the Kolb Learning Style Inventory, and online communication behavior, as measured by analysis of transcripts of CMC ... -
Two methods for assessing critical thinking in computer-mediated communications (CMC) transcripts.
(International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning., 2005-03)Abstract: Critical thinking, though critical in education, is especially difficult to detect in online learning and teaching based on computer-mediated communication (CMC). As a latent construct, critical thinking must ... -
Use of Linguistic Qualifiers and Intensifiers in a Computer Conference
(The American Journal of Distance Education, 2002)Previous research in text-based computer conferencing has reported that analysis of transcripts of online discussions can reveal how participants network socially, exchange information, and attempt to construct knowledge. ... -
Use of the Bales model for analysis of small group communications in the analysis of interaction in computer-based asynchronous conferences
(International Assocation of Science and Technology for Development, 2004)Examination of online, text-based interaction in computer conferences (CMC), for patterns and processes first detected in the early 1950s in face-to-face groups, showed some similarities, and several differences. ... -
Uses of published research: An exploratory case study
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013-01)Academic publications are too often ignored by other researchers. There are various reasons: researchers know that conclusions may eventually be proved wrong; publications are sometimes retracted; effects may decline ... -
Video-Conferencing with Audio Software
(The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006)An online conference is illustrated using the format of a TV talk show. The conference combined live audio discussion with visual images spontaneously selected by the moderator in the manner of a TV control-room director. ... -
Web-Based Training
(2008-05-27)Current Web-based training (WBT) is based on accumulated research and experience with strategies for improving learning and instruction, beginning in the early part of the twentieth century and continuing to the present. ... -
Web-based training
(John Wiley and Sons, 2008)Current Web-based training (WBT) is based upon accumulated research and experience with strategies for improving learning and instruction, beginning in the early part of the 20th century and continuing to the present. Use ... -
Web-Based Training
(John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2004)Current Web-based training (WBT) is based upon systematic research and experience with strategies for improving learning and instruction, beginning in the early part of the 20th century and continuing to the present. Use ...