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A study of distance education students choosing computer-mediated communications as a function of cultural capital: perceptions, access, and barriers revisited.
(1998-01-01)
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, ...
Trigger analysis in computer mediated conferencing.
(2003-01-01)
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 ...
Distance Education in Alberta public colleges.
(1999-01-01)
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 ...
Affect as a Presence in the Community of Inquiry Model
(2006-06-30)
This interpretive approach to a mixed-method study examines the likelihood that an awareness of the role of emotion as presented by Damasio and LeDoux enhances individual student participation in computer-mediated conferencing. ...
Student experiences with computer mediated conferencing: a case study.
(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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Persistence of adult learners in distance education.
(2001-01-01)
The purpose of this thesis was to examine the relationship between persistence in distance education and resilience, life events, and external commitments. Previous studies in persistence in distance education have largely ...