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Green, Brent A.; Lung, Ying Suet Michelle – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2021
In this commentary, we describe the English language placement adaptations we were required to make due to the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic. It includes a brief description of our placement test battery which was adapted to address our institution's move to a remote teaching/learning mode. A discussion of the major challenges we experienced, their…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Saultz, Andrew; Fusarelli, Lance D. – Journal of School Choice, 2017
In this controversy piece, we portray online learning as growing too fast for existing regulatory structures to oversee and generally as having failed to live up to its potential. Operators, particularly for-profit operators, have generally not produced successful schools. We urge reforms of cyber schooling funding mechanisms, data systems, and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Administration
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American Journal of Distance Education, 2011
Larry Johnson has been the CEO of the New Media Consortium (NMC) for nearly a decade, and he has worked in higher education for more than twenty-five years. Before joining NMC, he served in roles that include faculty member, dean, provost, and president. In this interview, he talks about the position of NMC in distance education and the challenges…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Administrators, Interviews, Consortia
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Taylor, Carol A.; Dunne, Mairead – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2011
This article considers some of the ways in which the transformative power of Web 2.0 digital technology is reconfiguring learning, knowledge and academic identities in the contemporary university. Through a focus on five specific examples, we consider the impact of virtualization processes on spatiality, materiality and embodiment, and pedagogic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Internet, Computer Uses in Education
Powell, William – T+D, 2002
A new generation of e-learning companies is bringing the qualities of live role play to computer simulation. Successful simulations require authentic and relevant scenarios, situations that tap emotions and force actions, unrestricted options, and replayability. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Simulation, Distance Education, Training
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Landsberger, Joe – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
This article presents an interview with Jeremy Koester, an eighth grade math teacher and football coach at Alamo Heights Junior School in San Antonio, Texas. In this interview, Koester describes his use of technology in his classes and describes his dream of advancing Second Life (SL) as a distance education environment. SL is a "3-D virtual…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Distance Education, Mathematics Teachers, Junior High Schools
Campbell, J. Olin – Journal of Instruction Delivery Systems, 1995
Discussion of the changing economic environment and the resulting restructuring of society focuses on changes in education needs. Highlights include evaluative simulations, interactive distance learning in the home and in the workplace using interactive media, and a list of World Wide Web information sources for distance education. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Distance Education, Economic Change, Educational Change
Aldrich, Clark – Online Learning, 2001
Presents responses of leaders from six simulation companies about challenges and opportunities of soft-skills simulations in e-learning. Discussion includes: evaluation metrics; role of subject matter experts in developing simulations; video versus computer graphics; technology needed to run simulations; technology breakthroughs; pricing;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Simulation
Barrett, John, Ed.; Hedberg, John, Ed. – 1987
The 63 papers in this collection include two keynote addresses: "Patient Simulation Using Interactive Video: An Application" (Joseph V. Henderson), and "Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Practice Opportunities and Explanatory Models" (Alan Lesgold). The remaining papers are grouped under five topics: (1) Artificial Intelligence,…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Simulation
Bates, A. W. – 1986
Arguing that television has a very important role to play in distance education courses, this paper outlines some of the unique roles that television can play and gives examples of how television can provide learning material not otherwise available to distance learners and help in the development of thinking and learning. Examples of how…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cable Television, Case Studies, Cognitive Processes
Development Communication Report, 1988
Four issues of this newsletter focus primarily on the use of communication technologies in developing nations to educate their people. The issues included in this collection are: (1) No. 60 (1988-1), which features articles on the recent emergence of intercountry networks of collaboration (resulting in the sharing of staff, equipment, and…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Simulation, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Miller, Erez Cedric – 1993
This paper discusses some of the potential benefits and hazards that virtual reality holds for exceptional children in the special education system. Topics addressed include (1) applications of virtual reality, including developing academic skills via cyberspace, vocational training, and social learning in cyberspace; (2) telepresence and distance…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Hawkridge, David – 1989
This paper examines the use of computers and communication technology for the storage, retrieval, dissemination, creation, analysis, and transformation of information. Examples are provided of the use of compact disks for the storage and retrieval of counselling and research information. To demonstrate the role of information technology in…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Simulation, Desktop Publishing, Distance Education
Educational Technology, 1993
Reviews theories of anchored instruction and addresses issues related to learning, transfer, and assessment. Highlights include video-based macrocontexts; videodisc anchors versus computer-based simulations; cooperative learning; transfer outside the classroom; authenticity; visual anchors versus verbal anchors; situated cognition; and using…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education
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Simonson, Michael R., Ed.; Jurasek, Karen A., Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1992
The papers in this collection of 71 individual papers and 3 symposiums represent some of the most current thinking in educational communications and technology. For the first time, a selected number of development papers sponsored by the Division for Instructional Development are included. Topics discussed include the effects of various conditions…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction