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Essel, Harry Barton; Osei-Poku, Patrick; Tachie-Menson, Akosua; Opoku-Asare, Nana Afia – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Submission of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) by postgraduate students has become a common phenomenon in learning environments globally. The purpose of ETDs is to train postgraduate students as knowledge workers in online publishing and also extend their skills beyond word processing. The challenge however, is that many postgraduate…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Pacing, Multimedia Instruction, Courseware
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Churchill, Daniel; Wang, Tianchong – Educational Media International, 2014
Mobile devices (e.g. iPads or galaxy tab) are increasingly being used in educational contexts. There has been growing investment in higher education institutions in Hong Kong by the HKSAR Education Bureau in relation to educational uses of mobile technology. However, current research into educational applications of this technology is limited.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Qualitative Research
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Rahayu, Endang Yuliani; Februariyanti, Herni – English Language Teaching, 2015
The current study reports a two-year research project funded by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia through a competitive research scheme. The aim is basically to respond to the fact most university students have very low interests in reading activities, such as finding out important information for their term papers as assigned by the…
Descriptors: Reading Interests, Reading Tests, Online Courses, Program Implementation
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Hsiung, Liang-Yuan; Lai, Mu-Hui – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2013
This study intends to solve the problem that schools in Taiwan lack of the equipment for color management and inspection instruction and seek ways to improve learning results and reduce cognitive load. The researchers developed 3D courseware for color management and inspection through a research and development process. To further scrutinize the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Courseware, Visual Aids, Color
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Toland, Sean; White, Jeremy; Mills, Daniel; Bolliger, Doris U. – JALT CALL Journal, 2014
Learning Management Systems (LMSs) have become important tools in higher education language instruction, which can facilitate both student learning and the administration of courses. The decision regarding which LMS a particular university adopts is a complicated process where the needs and opinions of several stakeholders, including…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Technology, Usability, Relevance (Education)
Parker, Preston Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examines perceived benefits and costs of instructors who contributed to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) OpenCourseWare (OCW) project. While previous research has investigated the benefits and costs of OCW from the perspectives of the users and institution, the instructor's perspective is the focus of this qualitative…
Descriptors: Courseware, Open Source Technology, College Faculty, Qualitative Research
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Reynolds, Barry Lee – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
In the age of "publish or perish," publishing academic journal articles is a must, not only for professors but also for graduate students in Taiwan. Increasingly, Taiwanese research universities are requiring masters and PhD students to write theses and dissertations in English, with an added caveat for PhD students to publish two or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Universities, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
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Martin, Florence; Parker, Michele; Allred, Beth – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2013
This is a case study of faculty adoption and use of Horizon Wimba Virtual Classroom in online courses at a Southeastern University in the United States. The purpose of this case study was to explore faculty adoption and use of Horizon Wimba in their online courses. This inquiry is based on Yen et al. (2010) adoption factors (organizational,…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Case Studies, Synchronous Communication, Adoption (Ideas)
Covington, Keisha Casan Danielle – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Student perceptions of e-learning are potential causes of student dropout in online education. The social cognitive theoretical view was used to investigate the relationship between perceived e-learning environments, self-regulated learning (SRL), and academic performance in online education. This mixed methods study used a quantitative…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Electronic Learning, Academic Achievement, College Students
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Ma, Angela Kit Fong; O'Toole, John Mitchell – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
The study described in this paper investigated how the major stakeholders of a teacher education institution responded to a particular suite of educational products that involved video-based educational learning objects. It aims to look into stakeholder attitudes to potential technological development in fostering student-centred learning in…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Stakeholders
Roh, Jaemin – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation sought to evaluate the potential of a customized, video-based instructional method, the Cultural Video Project (CVP), which was designed to meet the needs of both heritage and non-heritage students learning Korean as a second language in a university setting. The goal of this study was to design and create the CVP, document the…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Cultural Awareness, Courseware, Listening Skills
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Bossu, Carina; Bull, David; Brown, Mark – Distance Education, 2012
This article discusses the role of open and distance learning to widen participation and promote social inclusion within Australian higher education, as well as the benefits that open educational resources (OER) could bring to that context. It also explores some of the most relevant social inclusion policies and related initiatives developed in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Informal Education, Distance Education
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Nikoi, Samuel; Armellini, Alejandro – Distance Education, 2012
Success in open educational resources (OER) has been reported by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA and the Open University in the UK, among others. It is unclear, however, how valuable OER are in learning and teaching. Approaches to OER policy and sustainability are just two other key aspects that remain unresolved across the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Open Universities, Educational Resources
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Carson, Stephen; Kanchanaraksa, Sukon; Gooding, Ira; Mulder, Fred; Schuwer, Robert – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
The free and open publication of course materials (OpenCourseWare or OCW) was initially undertaken by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and other universities primarily to share educational resources among educators (Abelson, 2007). OCW, however, and more in general open educational resources (OER), have also provided well-documented…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Courseware, Open Source Technology, Outcome Measures
Walsh, Taylor – Princeton University Press, 2011
Over the past decade, a small revolution has taken place at some of the world's leading universities, as they have started to provide free access to undergraduate course materials--including syllabi, assignments, and lectures--to anyone with an Internet connection. Yale offers high-quality audio and video recordings of a careful selection of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses
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