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Sang Joon Lee; Kun Huang – International Journal on E-Learning, 2024
The community of inquiry (CoI) framework identifies three essential elements--social, cognitive, and teaching presences--that are crucial for fostering a successful online learning experience. This study utilized the CoI framework to examine whether differences existed in students' perceived CoI presences between online and face-to-face sections…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Information Technology, Online Courses, In Person Learning
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Cerratto-Pargman, Teresa; Jarvela, Sanna M.; Milrad, Marcelo – Internet and Higher Education, 2012
The latest developments of information and communication technologies (ICT) and its large penetration in different sectors of our society pose new challenges and demands in the field of education. This special issue entitled "Designing Nordic technology-enhanced learning (TEL)", presents and discusses how researchers in the Nordic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Literacy, Technology Uses in Education, Learning Modalities
Corso, Keith F. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
There are a growing number of college students who are considered nontraditional and who are utilizing other means than a face-to-face instruction. However, there are still a large number of students who enter college directly or soon after high school and many of these students will face the prospect of learning within a hybrid course or entirely…
Descriptors: College Students, Cognitive Style, Reading Materials, Course Content
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Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2011
Gifted students have unique educational needs. Although gifted students are as varied as other students in terms of their learning styles and preferences, all gifted learners have exhibited unusual performance or potential and they have distinctive characteristics, shared by most of these students, which require effective responses from educators.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Talent, Academically Gifted, Information Technology
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Oblinger, Diana – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2005
A number of factors are prompting higher education's interest in learning spaces: the need to renovate existing space or accommodate additional students, pedagogical advances, a better understanding of learners, and, in some cases, curricular reform. Moving from classrooms to learning spaces involves a conceptual shift as well as a commitment to…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Learning Modalities, Information Technology, Higher Education
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Heinze, Aleksej; Procter, Chris – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2006
Blended Learning, a learning facilitation that incorporates different modes of delivery, models of teaching, and learning styles, introduces multiple media to the dialog between the learner and the facilitator. This paper examines online communication as the link between established theory of learning and literature on e-learning in order to…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Teaching Methods, Models, Computer Mediated Communication
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Portugal, Lisa Marie – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2006
This paper discusses the enormous impact distance learning has had on traditional higher education and addresses emerging leadership roles. The writer will address and discuss qualities that are necessary for leaders and the success of their distance education initiatives. Topics discussed include critical issues relating to the evolution and…
Descriptors: Leadership Role, Distance Education, Higher Education, Electronic Learning
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Olapiriyakul, Kamolbhan; Scher, Julian M. – Internet and Higher Education, 2006
Hybrid learning, or blended learning, has become an interesting learning delivery method in recent years. Many universities have sought to develop their own hybrid learning courses as another option for students and instructors who prefer to replace some portion of traditional face-to-face meeting time with online instruction. This paper provides…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Distance Education, Learning Modalities, Course Content