• From Estrangement To Engagement: Information And Communication Technologies For Strong Democracy 

  Christiansen, Jo-An S. (2007-10-02)

  This research essay is a critical review and synthesis of extensive research on e-democracy (electronic democracy) as a means to strengthen the democratic relationship between citizens, their government and elected officials. ...

• Learner perceptions of the importance of situated learning design components in a self-study internet-based continuing education program. 

  Wright, Dale S. (1999-01-01)

  Situated learning in which knowledge is gained in the context of problem situations reflecting its use in practice, is one approach recommended to help professionals in continuing education programs acquire tricks of the ...

• Developing a student model for distance education. 

  Tsinakos, Avgoustos (2000-01-01)

• Analysis of graduate student attitudes towards computer-mediated communication. 

  Skelton, Stan (2000-01-01)

  Computer-Mediated Communication is a relatively new methodology in the arsenal of universities in their quest to educate graduate students. It has advantages and disadvantages, all documented in some detail in the prevailing ...

• Conversational audio in online distance education. 

  Pearce, Helen (2001-01-01)

  This thesis explores the effectiveness of convenient audio in online education. Conversational audio is defined as structured, but not scripted, conversations between the instructor and colleagues, students, subject matters ...

• Application of Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf to Adult Literacy Instruction in the Hearing Community 

  Sweeney, Michael R. (2006-04-28)

  Illiteracy remains a serious problem in Canada with a significant proportion of the adult population still unable to read and write. Illiteracy is a particularly serious problem in rural areas because a variety of factors ...

• Faculty attitudes toward interactions in delivering undergraduate distance education. 

  Thiessen, Janice K. (2001-01-01)

  Interaction is a common theme in distance education. While distance learners, and the uses of various technologies and tools, have been studied extensively, faculty have received less attention in the literature. The purpose ...

• A case study in the planning of interaction in the conversion of an existing course for online delivery. 

  Murphy, Lawrence Arthur (2001-01-01)

  The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the effects of planning learning activities intended to encourage online student interaction. The investigation targeted several pivotal decision-making points ...

• A comparative study of multi-media enhanced distance education and conventional instruction of a core paramedical psychomotor skill. 

  Morrison, Barrie (2002-01-01)

  Emergency Medical Service (EMS) organizations are turning to distance education as an alternative to the traditional face-to-face classroom setting. EMS employees require a broad range of core competencies to perform their ...

• A formative evaluation model for online teachers. 

  Main, Edward J. (2003-01-01)

  Teachers are often frustrated with conventional evaluation practices normally used to establish their effectiveness, permanent status and promotion. Educators tend to take a dim view of evaluation because ultimately it is ...

• Design and support strategies for learning in virtual communities of practice. 

  Hunter, Jane (2002-01-01)

  To face the challenges of their profession, individuals need to learn quickly to meet new issues, to develop new knowledge in their organizations and to share the knowledge with others in their community. Increasingly, ...

• Survey of available online training for Canadian voluntary boards. 

  Halpenny, Heather (2001-01-01)

  There is a revolution underway in the voluntary section in a number of overlapping arenas. After years of benign neglect government, political and academic attention has been directed to the information vacuum that surrounds ...

• The effect of web survey design features on user response. 

  Guttek, Ingrid S. (2002-01-01)

  The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of two web survey designs on the response time of novice and of expert computer users. This thesis replicated two studies: (1) Dillman, Tortora, Conradt, and Bowker ...

• Interaction in satellite-based corporate distance training. 

  Chamberlain, Sonja (2002-01-01)

  Maintaining an educated, high performance workforce has become a particularly daunting challenge in the highly volatile knowledge-based economy. A growing number of companies currently use one-way video, two-way audio ...

• Student experiences with computer mediated conferencing: a case study. 

  Campbell, Karen B. (2000-01-01)

  Computer conferencing provides students with the opportunity to interact with each other and with the instructor with greater ease and more flexibility than ever before. The literature indicates that conferencing was ...

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