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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, ...
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 ...
Perceptions of E-Learning Utility-Towards a Canadian Forces Strategy
(2006-08-10)
This qualitative research examines the perceptions of e-learning stakeholders within the Canadian Department of Defence and makes strategy recommendations that may support e-learning adoption. A review of the literature ...
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 ...
The evolution of the ABE e-merge/BCcampus initiative.
(2004-01-01)
The evolution of the Adult Basic Education (ABE) e-merge initiative in British Columbia (BC) is the focus of this historical-comparative analysis. To place this research in context, the ABE e-merge initiative’s design, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Case study of a knowledge-based organization.
(2001-01-01)
This interpretative case study is an attempt to gain insight into the operation of a successful organization working within the new knowledge-based society, with a view to increasing the efficacy of educational interventions ...
Supporting mentoring relationships through distance technology.
(2002-01-01)
The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of mentoring and the reasons why individuals seek mentoring relationships, and to examine how mentoring may be supported through distance education technology. This study ...