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Making Web3D Less Scary: Toward Easy-to-Use Web3D e-Learning Content Development Tools for Educators
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de Byl, Penny – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2009
Penny de Byl argues that one of the biggest challenges facing educators today is the integration of rich and immersive three-dimensional environments with existing teaching and learning materials. To empower educators with the ability to embrace emerging Web3D technologies, the Advanced Learning and Immersive Virtual Environment (ALIVE) research…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Virtual Classrooms, Computer Software Reviews, Courseware
Occasional Papers in Distance Education: Number 12, Charles Sturt University.
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Donnan, Peter, Ed. – 1992
The five papers in this edition address issues of general interest in distance education. In the first paper, "Study Methods and Study Notes: Interim Report," Stephen Relf and Terry Geddes report on a study designed to identify patterns of use and trends in the ways in which distance students use their study notes. In the second paper,…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Design
Distance Education and Open Learning--Implications for Professional Development and Retraining.
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Scriven, Bruce – Distance Education, 1991
Discusses the increasing need for professional development and retraining in Australia, especially for inservice teacher education, and describes new methods that may be more effective than traditional methods. Highlights include open learning; the modularization of courses and programs; the adaptation of instructional materials; and distance…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Evaluation of a Third Year Distance Education Course: Monetary Economics. Working Papers in Distance Education, No. 1.
Stanford, J. D.; Imrie, B. W. – 1981
An evaluation of Monetary Economics, a course offered to distance education students of the University of Queensland in 1979 and 1980, was conducted in 1981. Monetary Economics is an innovative course designed and prepared using principles of educational technology specifically for distance education, and for the planning of effective interaction…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, College Juniors, Course Evaluation, Distance Education
The S-Star Trial Bioinformatics Course: An On-line Learning Success
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Lim, Yun Ping; Hoog, Jan-Olov; Gardner, Phyllis; Ranganathan, Shoba; Andersson, Siv; Subbiah, Subramanian; Tan, Tin Wee; Hide, Winston; Weiss, Anthony S. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2003
The S-Star Trial Bioinformatics on-line course (www.s-star.org) is a global experiment in bioinformatics distance education. Six universities from five continents have participated in this project. One hundred and fifty students participated in the first trial course of which 96 followed through the entire course and 70 fulfilled the overall…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, College Science, Biotechnology
Report on the Teaching and Learning on the Internet Projects--RMIT TAFE.
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Armstrong, Laurie – 1996
This paper reports on the initial stages of developing training modules for study by students on the Internet in a course on local government. These training modules and their development are part of the "Teaching and Learning on the Internet Project" at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) (Australia). Some of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Costs