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Marín-Diaz, Veronica; Vázquez Martínez, Ana Isabel; McMullin, Karen Josephine – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
The evolution of the media and the Internet in education today is an unquestionable reality. At the university level, the use of Web 2.0 tools has become increasingly visible in the new resources that professors have been incorporating both into the classroom and into their research, reinforcing the methodological renewal that the implementation…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Web 2.0 Technologies, Faculty Development, Cooperative Learning
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Mbatha, Blessing – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
This article reports on the pedagogical value of Web 2.0 tools at Unisa (i.e., whether these tools can improve teaching and learning). A quantitative approach was used to conduct the study, with a questionnaire as a data collection instrument. The sample size was 301 lecturers drawn using stratified sampling, with proportional allocation drawn…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Computer Uses in Education, Web Based Instruction, Distance Education
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Blaschke, Lisa Marie – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
Heutagogy, a form of self-determined learning with practices and principles rooted in andragogy, has recently resurfaced as a learning approach after a decade of limited attention. In a heutagogical approach to teaching and learning, learners are highly autonomous and self-determined and emphasis is placed on development of learner capacity and…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Self Determination, Independent Study, Learning Theories
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Kear, Karen; Donelan, Helen; Williams, Judith – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
This paper presents a study of the use of wikis to support online group projects in two courses at the UK Open University. The research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a wiki in supporting (i) student collaboration and (ii) tutors' marking of the students' collaborative work. The paper uses the main factors previously identified by the…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Student Projects
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Tomberg, Vladimir; Laanpere, Mart; Ley, Tobias; Normak, Peeter – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
Various tools and services based on Web 2.0 (mainly blogs, wikis, social networking tools) are increasingly used in formal education to create personal learning environments, providing self-directed learners with more freedom, choice, and control over their learning. In such distributed and personalized learning environments, the traditional role…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Journal Writing, Teacher Role
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deWaard, Inge; Abajian, Sean; Gallagher, Michael Sean; Hogue, Rebecca; Keskin, Nilgun; Koutropoulos, Apostolos; Rodriguez, Osvaldo C. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
In this paper, we look at how the massive open online course (MOOC) format developed by connectivist researchers and enthusiasts can help analyze the complexity, emergence, and chaos at work in the field of education today. We do this through the prism of a MobiMOOC, a six-week course focusing on mLearning that ran from April to May 2011. MobiMOOC…
Descriptors: Internet, Online Courses, Access to Education, Electronic Learning
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Chen, Baiyun; Bryer, Thomas – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
Despite the high popularity of personal use of online social media, a low percentage of students and instructors use them for educational purposes. This qualitative study explores the use of social media among faculty in the discipline of public administration in the United States. Eight instructors participated in telephone interviews about their…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Networks, Web 2.0 Technologies, Informal Education
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Meishar-Tal, Hagit; Kurtz, Gila; Pieterse, Efrat – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
This paper describes a pilot study in using Facebook as an alternative to a learning management system (LMS). The paper reviews the current research on the use of Facebook in academia and analyzes the differences between a Facebook group and a regular LMS. The paper reports on a precedent-setting attempt to use a Facebook group as a course…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis
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Kawka, Marta; Larkin, Kevin; Danaher, P. A. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
Emergent learning describes learning that occurs when participants interact and distribute knowledge, where learning is self-directed, and where the learning destination of the participants is largely unpredictable (Williams, Karousou, & Mackness, 2011). These notions of learning arise from the topologies of social networks and can be applied to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Education Courses, Schools, College Freshmen
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Poellhuber, Bruno; Anderson, Terry – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
In recent years, there has been a rapid growth in the use of social networking tools (e.g., Facebook) and social media in general, mainly for social purposes (Smith, Salaway & Caruso 2009). Many educators, including ourselves, believe that these tools offer new educational affordances and avenues for students to interact with each other and…
Descriptors: Expertise, Social Integration, Distance Education, Questionnaires