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Participation and non-participation in computer mediated conferencing: a case study.
(1998-01-01)Interaction amongst learners has been identified as a critical element in the learning process. It has been argued that distance education practice, because of geographical separation and dependence upon media for communication ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The prevalence of cohesive learning communities in online health information technology programs.
(2004-01-01)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 ... -
Quality assurance in the in-service teacher education program in Northern Namibia: a case study.
(2003-01-01)This study examined the in-service department of a college of education to find out the measures used for quality assurance. This four-year diploma program is offered to the unqualified and under-qualified teachers in ... -
The Relationship Between Learning Style And Student Success In A Distance Education Program
(2011-05-11)Learning styles theory has contributed to educational research in that the various measurements of learning style provide a framework on which to create learning models that may contribute to student success for the largest ... -
Relationships among transactional distance variables in asynchronous computer conferences : A correlational study.
(2004-01-01)The purpose of this exploratory study with quantitative data was to examine the relationships, in the context of computer-mediated asynchronous conferences, among indicators for the main variables in Moore’s Theory of ... -
SideBars: Case study of an online community approach to professional development.
(2004-01-01)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 ... -
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 ... -
Student-Student Interaction In An Online Continuing Professional Development Course: Testing Anderson's Equivalency Theorem
(2011-05-11)Continuing education programs for laboratory professionals benefit from the creation of a community of inquiry which encourages students to think critically and learn deeply. Student-student interactions are an essential ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Valuing perspectives: a grounded theory of mentoring in a distance education environment.
(2001-01-01)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 ... -
Web design for effective online training and instruction.
(2001-01-01)The following is a research/experimental thesis that surveys and examines web-design for effective online training and instruction. The purpose of the thesis is to create -- from a variety of relevant learning theories and ... -
When Online Student Discussions Become Cheating: Perceptions of Academic Integrity
(2011-05-11)The primary objective of this study was to investigate the varying perspectives of academic integrity in relation to online learning and the use of Web 2.0 technologies. The study design was an explanatory mixed methods ... -
Women, Distance Education and Solitude: A Feminist Postmodern Narrative of Women's Responses to Learning in Solitude.
(2004-01-01)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 ...