Browsing AU Digital Thesis & Project Room (DTPR) by Title
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Design and support strategies for learning in virtual communities of practice.
(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, ... -
Developing a student model for distance education.
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The effect of web survey design features on user response.
(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 ... -
Faculty attitudes toward interactions in delivering undergraduate distance education.
(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 formative evaluation model for online teachers.
(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 ... -
From Estrangement To Engagement: Information And Communication Technologies For Strong Democracy
(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. ... -
Interaction in satellite-based corporate distance training.
(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 ... -
Learner perceptions of the importance of situated learning design components in a self-study internet-based continuing education program.
(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 ... -
Survey of available online training for Canadian voluntary boards.
(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 ...