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Romaña Correa, Yeferson – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2015
This article presents the results of a research project on the teaching and learning of English through the use of Skype™ conference calls. The research was carried out with a group of 12 English as a foreign language adult learners in the language institute of Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia. The findings of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teleconferencing, Computer Mediated Communication, English (Second Language)
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Stickler, Ursula; Shi, Lijing – CALICO Journal, 2015
Although online tutorials are becoming commonplace for language teaching, very few studies to date have provided insights into learners' behaviours in synchronous online interactions from their own perspective. This study employs eyetracking technology to investigate ten learners' attention during synchronous online language learning in a…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Attention, Online Courses, Educational Technology
Hare, Courtney; Eaton, Sarah – Online Submission, 2010
Background: iCCAN (Innovative Communities Connecting and Networking) is a not-for-profit provincial network of videoconferencing sites creating unprecedented learning opportunities and greater access to training and professional development for all Albertans, regardless of where they live. Led by a partnership of Community Learning Network,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Tutors
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Chen, Yin-Che; Lin, Chen-Cheng – College Student Journal, 2009
The idea of helping people by the medium of telephone was inspired by Rev. Alan Walker, Superintendent of the Central Methodist Mission in Sydney since 1958. Having made several radio and TV appearances, Rev. Walker found himself being called by people facing difficulties and personal crises. He did not have the time or the energy to give them the…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Foreign Countries, Volunteers, Nonprofit Organizations
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Logdlund, Ulrik – Studies in Continuing Education, 2010
This article explores videoconferencing in the context of local learning centres in Sweden. The practice is described as a "learning space" in which adult learners construct socio-spatial relations. The study goes beyond a sociological apprehension of actors and opposes the idea of the material as neutral, passive and conformed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, Rural Areas, College Instruction
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Macdonald, Janet; Campbell, Anne – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
The introduction of new online technologies in Higher Education brings many challenges for staff, not only in learning new functionality, but in deciding how to use tools in pedagogically effective ways. This case study describes an initiative at the Open University (UK), which set out to provide professional development in the use of an online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Online Courses, Teacher Collaboration
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Dyke, Martin; Harding, Alan; Liddon, Sue – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2008
This article reports the key findings of a project commissioned in 2005 by the UK Department for Education and Skills to consider the use of synchronous digital video for observation, feedback and assessment of teaching practice in post-compulsory education and training. A protocol for the remote observation of teaching is presented that was…
Descriptors: Observation, Compulsory Education, Adult Students, Teaching Methods
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Anderson, Neil – Education in Rural Australia, 2009
This paper and presentation reviews the collective opinion of key Australian researchers concerning the emerging technologies most likely to have a significant impact on learning and teaching in regional, rural and remote areas. It then draws on the conclusions of the Horizon Report (2008) concerning key ICT drivers likely to influence…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Rural Education, Information Technology, Computer Uses in Education
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Miller, Patricia A.; Huijbregts, Maria; French, Esme; Taylor, Denise; Reinikka, Kirsti; Berezny, Laura; Fry, Sherri; Grunin, Anna; Harvey, Melissa – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2008
Introduction: Videoconferencing (VC) is becoming a common method for the delivery of continuing education (CE) to clinicians in remote locations. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness, acceptability, and costs of a full-day training workshop (TW) delivered through two different formats: face-to-face (FTF) and VC. The TW was…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Disabilities, Workshops, Occupational Therapy
Kozaris, Ioannis; Varella, Evangelia A. – Online Submission, 2010
In 2006 and 2008, two large trans-national residential summer schools on conservation science were organized as intensive programs. Learners were not only second/third cycle students in both exact sciences and humanities, but further practicing restorers; consequently their educational background, and even their way of approaching scientific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Summer Schools, Educational Background
Lakkala, Minna; Paavola, Sami; Toikka, Seppo; Bauters, Merja; Markannen, Hannu; de Groot, Reuma; Ben Ami, Zvi; Baurens, Benoit; Jadin, Tanja; Richter, Christoph; Zoserl, Eva; Batatia, Hadj; Paralic, Jan; Babic, Frantisek; Damsa, Crina; Sins, Patrick; Moen, Anne; Norenes, Svein Olav; Bugnon, Alexandra; Karlgren, Klas; Kotzinons, Dimitris – Online Submission, 2008
One of the central goals of the KP-Lab project is to co-design pedagogical methods and technologies for knowledge creation and practice transformation in an integrative and reciprocal manner. In order to facilitate this process user tasks, driving objectives and high-level requirements have been introduced as conceptual tools to mediate between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Programming, Computer System Design, Educational Technology
Mackay, Sandra; Burgoyne, Ursula; Warwick, Diane – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2006
This report comprises a literature review whose purpose is to contextualize current language, literacy and numeracy delivery in Australia, in order to provide a framework for consideration of the current and future professional development needs of the language, literacy and numeracy teaching workforce. The information derived from this literature…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Adult Vocational Education, Numeracy, Literacy
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Thorpe, Mary; McCormick, Robert; Kubiak, Chris; Carmichael, Patrick – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2007
Computer-mediated conferencing has been adopted, particularly for purposes of online course provision, as a method that can deliver community. Widespread interest in a communities-of-practice approach within both informal and formal learning has strengthened perceptions of the value of creating a community online. A case study of asynchronous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Communities of Practice, Computer Mediated Communication
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O'Neill, Kevin D.; Weiler, Mark; Sha, Li – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2005
This article provides an overview of Telementoring Orchestrator[TM] (TMO), a new web-based software tool designed to aid small or large organizations in supporting telementoring programs (also called online mentoring or e-mentoring programs). In this report, we review the research that inspired the design of the software, and survey the major…
Descriptors: Mentors, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Teleconferencing
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Valk, John-Harmen; Rashid, Ahmed T.; Elder, Laurent – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
Despite improvements in educational indicators, such as enrolment, significant challenges remain with regard to the delivery of quality education in developing countries, particularly in rural and remote regions. In the attempt to find viable solutions to these challenges, much hope has been placed in new information and communication technologies…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Outcomes of Education, Educational Quality, Educational Indicators
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