CDE: Recent submissions
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Attention deficit disorder in adults and distance education.
(1998-01-01)Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) affects not only children but adults; one third to one half of children with ADD do not outgrow this disorder. The number of adults with ADD (ADDults) will increase as the children diagnosed ... -
The lived experience of being a distance learner.
(1999-01-01)The intent of this study is to explore purposefully the “being and becoming” a distance learner. The aim is to inquire into the meaning and significance of distance learning by asking “what?” is distance learning as ... -
A distance delivery model to improve accessibility to post-diploma baccalaureate level dental hygiene education.
(2000-01-01)Dental hygiene practice is grappling with change as it adapts to the rapidly evolving health care delivery system, and dental hygiene education must respond to the changing needs of its graduates. Dental hygienists and the ... -
Factors Influencing the Process of Critical Thinking Among Health Professionals During Computer Conferencing: A Case Study
(2005-06-17)Despite the growing amount of research evidence regarding effective clinical interventions, rehabilitation health professionals face many barriers in applying this new information to practice. Computer conferencing among ... -
Interaction in satellite-based corporate distance training.
(2002-01-01)Maintaining an educated, high performance workforce has become a particularly daunting challenge in the highly volatile knowledge-based economy. A growing number of companies currently use one-way video, two-way audio ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Faculty assessment of the quality and reusability of learning objects.
(2003-01-01)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 ... -
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 ... -
In transition: the journey of adult educators from traditional teaching into teaching online.
(2003-01-01)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 ... -
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, ...