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The experience of Gulf Arab students new to e-learning
(2011-05-11)Technology-based initiatives are being implemented around the world as a means of improving quality and expanding access to education. With this implementation, however, it has become apparent that, to be successful in a ... -
Experience with support services of graduate students with disabilities studying at a distance: A Case study
(2011-05-11)This study examines the characteristics of graduate students with disabilities studying at a distance and their experience with formal disability-specific support services. Fourteen respondents completed an online survey ... -
An exploration of the potential of music and narrative song as an instrument for learning, with a focus on distance education.
(2004-01-01)This thesis uses the qualitative research methodologies of Educational Criticism and Grounded Theory to explore whether expressive culture in the form of popular narrative song can play a constructive role as an instrument ... -
Factors Affecting Implementation of Educational Media Casting As an Instructional Resource in Distance Education
(2011-05-11)This study examined the factors affecting the implementation of podcasting within a post secondary educational institution. The institution in the present investigation is a member of iTunes University and has provided ... -
Factors affecting successful student completion in a career oriented program.
(2004-01-01)Research has been conducted over the past several decades to review conceptual models, assessment instruments and other methods to discover factors and find solutions to high rates of lack of completion in distance education ... -
Factors Affecting Users’ Decisions to Migrate from Initial Use of Information Technology to Continuing Use
(2005-09-30)Community college teachers completed survey and interview questions designed to elicit data on reasons for continuing use of web-based educational technology. The data were analyzed in relationship to two models of innovative ... -
Factors influencing acceptance and resistance to elearning in small-to medium-sized enterprises.
(2004-01-01)The increased sophistication of telecommunications technology during the past decade, especially with the incorporation of the use of the Internet into the mainstream of Canadian society, has resulted in a convergence of ... -
Factors Influencing the Process of Critical Thinking Among Health Professionals During Computer Conferencing: A Case Study
(2005-06-17)Despite the growing amount of research evidence regarding effective clinical interventions, rehabilitation health professionals face many barriers in applying this new information to practice. Computer conferencing among ... -
Faculty assessment of the quality and reusability of learning objects.
(2003-01-01)The research explored the process of selecting learning objects and how it differs from choosing learning resources in a traditional teaching environment. The study was designed to identify the challenges educational ... -
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 ... -
The Framework for the Rational Analysis of Mobile Education (Frame) Model: An Evaluation of Mobile Devices for Distance Education
(2006-05-18)Mobile technology is a new and promising area of research in distance education. Currently, there are few if any descriptive models of mobile learning that can be used to develop appropriate pedagogical practices. This ... -
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. ... -
Gendered interactions in computer mediated conferencing: participation, purposive differences, and "list effects".
(2004-01-01)Computer mediated conferencing (CMC) has been widely viewed as a valuable forum for providing opportunities for interaction amongst learners in a distance education setting. This interaction has been identified as a critical ... -
Improving Learner Motivation Through
(2007-08-03)The purpose of this thesis was to examine the relationship between the instructional design methodology used to design and develop a distance learning product and learner motivation. Evidence from readings consulted in ... -
In transition: the journey of adult educators from traditional teaching into teaching online.
(2003-01-01)As adult educators travel the asynchronous, online frontier they face many exciting challenges and opportunities. The realities facing adult educators, new to teaching online, include learning new technologies, adapting ... -
Informal learning: A study of advocacy groups and their use of technologies
(2006-12-05)Informal learning, now greatly supported by information and communication technology, is an area of interest for research. Researchers examine learning outside of formal structures; examples include workplace learning, ... -
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 ... -
Interactive instructional television (IITV) classroom system design: an application and cost comparative analysis.
(1998-01-01)This study identified conditions under which IITV might be an appropriate choice of technology for delivering instruction in the K-12 environment; presented an analysis of different IITV classroom system design applications ... -
The Isolation Of Online Adjunct Faculty And Its Impact On Their Performance
(2011-05-11)Using a grounded-theory, qualitative research approach, this thesis examines the experiences of 28 adjunct faculty members at Beckwith University, exploring their views on whether periodically meeting face to face with ...