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Rohr, Linda E.; Costello, Jane; Hawkins, Thomas – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
While the use of Twitter for communication and assessment activities in online courses is not new, it has not been without its challenges. This is increasingly true of high enrolment courses. The use of a Twitter Evaluation application which leverages a Learning Management System's (LMS's) application programming interface (API) provides a…
Descriptors: Design Preferences, Technology Integration, Curriculum Design, Online Courses
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Friesen, Norm; Murray, Judith – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
The mission of Thompson Rivers University Open Learning (TRU-OL) can be understood in terms of three entities: the student, the faculty member and the curriculum content. Their conjuncture--when a TRU-OL student works with TRU-OL courseware and is supported by a TRU-OL faculty member--is where learning, assessment and, ultimately, credentialing…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Electronic Learning, Educational Methods
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Power, Michael – International Journal for Academic Development, 2008
Online learning is expanding rapidly today in many Canadian universities. Fuelled by Canada's unprecedented broadband access, online teaching is creating new challenges for faculty and new responsibilities for educational developers. Although there is adequate literature with regard to faculty thinking about course planning in general, there are…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Instructional Design, Online Courses, Foreign Countries
Burge, Elizabeth J.; Carter, Nicola M. – 1997
At Canada's University of New Brunswick (UNB), adult educators and computer experts jointly identified criteria for designing UNB's new Internet-based distance education delivery system called PSyCo (Presentation System for Courses). The 10 criteria that became the PSyCo blueprint were based on principles from three areas: architecture and design,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Structures, Computer Software Development
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Paquette, Gilbert; Marino, Olga; De la Teja, Ileana; Lundgren­-Cayrol, Karin; Lonard, Michel; Contamines, Julien – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2005
Knowledge management in organizations, the learning objects paradigm, the advent of a new web generation, and the "Semantic Web" are major actual trends that reveal a potential for a renewed distance learning pedagogy. First and foremost is the use of educational modelling languages and instructional engineering methods to help decide…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Database Management Systems, Computer System Design, Courseware