Distance education institutions are increasingly using computer-mediated communications (CMC) to deliver undergraduate university courses. It is important that distance educators know who this mode of delivery attracts, ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of trigger messages that initiate discussion in Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) asynchronous text conferencing. A total of one thousand and twenty-eight ...

The rapid growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web has dramatically increased the need for educational practitioners to upgrade their skills and knowledge through professional development activity. This study explores ...

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 ...

This study emerges from past research into learner attributes, individualized learning plans, levels and quality of learner- facilitator interaction, student support, and factors affecting learning outcomes, satisfaction, ...

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 ...

The demand for Health Information Management professionals is growing more rapidly than the supply. Existing educational programs cannot keep pace with the workforce needs of current and future healthcare. Expansion of ...

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 ...

The intent of this study was to analyse and describe the attitudes and decision making criteria utilized by senior decision makers within Alberta's public colleges and how they affect the adoption or rejection of distance ...

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 ...