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 ...

There is the feminist assumption that connections and relations are the primary method of learning for women as opposed to solitary knowledge-building. In spite of the many articles that assert that distance education is ...

This thesis examines instructional strategies available to teachers of students enrolled in college-level audio teleconferencing courses delivered by distance education. Using the techniques of qualitative research, this ...

The majority of research on mentoring that has been conducted in academic, business, and health care settings involves examining supportive relationships that have been cultivated in a face-to- face environment. This thesis ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...