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Madland, Colin; Richards, Griff – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The study buddy is a learning strategy employed in a graduate distance course to promote informal peer reviewing of assignments before submission. This strategy promotes student-student interaction and helps break the social isolation of distance learning. Given the concern by Arum and Roksa (2011) that student-student interaction may be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Study Habits, Cooperative Learning
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Baggaley, Jon – Distance Education, 2012
Behind every educational concept an opposing notion is waiting for recognition. Despite their avowed objectives, however, academic debates do not always encourage the discussion of opposing views. A review of sessions at the December 2011 Online Educa Conference illustrates that point and others about academic meetings. Opposing viewpoints may be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Methods, Educational Theories
Janzen, Katherine J.; Perry, Beth; Edwards, Margaret – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2011
How can students in an online classroom of one, often sitting in solitude in front of a computer, experience community? The authors suggest that in part, the answer lies in creating invitational online educational spaces through the use of Artistic Pedagogical Technologies (ATPs), particularly Photovoice (PV) a teaching strategy. A Zen paradox (or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Geographic Isolation, Online Courses
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Anwar, Mohd; Greer, Jim – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2012
An e-learning discussion forum, an essential component of today's e-learning systems, offers a platform for social learning activities. However, as learners participate in the discussion forum, privacy emerges as a major concern. Privacy concerns in social learning activities originate from one learner's inability to convey a desired presentation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Socialization, Learning Activities