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Blackmon, Stephanie J. – Journal of Educators Online, 2012
Online discussion boards are often used in traditional courses, hybrid courses, and fully online courses. Online chats and discussions can be particularly useful in fully online courses, as these communication connections are often students' only means of connecting with each other and sharing ideas in an open forum. While traditional face-to-face…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Blended Learning
Moore, Janet C. – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2012
Encouraging continuous improvement in the quality, scale and breadth of online education, the Sloan Consortium invites practitioners to share effective practices. This report synthesizes effective practices submitted by Sloan-C members to the online collection at http://www.sloanconsortium.org/effective as of December 2011. The synthesis includes…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Educational Practices, Synthesis, Educational Improvement
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Charlier, Bernadette – American Journal of Distance Education, 2011
This article describes and analyzes actors' experiences of distance learning systems in a wide variety of cultural and organizational contexts. In line with the project of this special series of issues, results of research, much of which is longitudinal, allow us to suggest answers to the following questions: Who are the actors of distance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Trends, Educational Technology
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Schleich, Jean-Marc; Dillenseger, Jean-Louis; Houyel, Lucile; Almange, Claude; Anderson, Robert H. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2009
Learning embryology remains difficult, since it requires understanding of many complex phenomena. The temporal evolution of developmental events has classically been illustrated using cartoons, which create difficulty in linking spatial and temporal aspects, such correlation being the keystone of descriptive embryology. We synthesized the…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Cartoons, Pediatrics, Embryology
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Ferdig, Richard E.; Cavanaugh, Cathy; DiPietro, Meredith; Black, Erik W.; Dawson, Kara – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2009
The number of students taking online courses in K-12 has increased exponentially since the inception of virtual schools in 1996. However, K-12 virtual schooling is a relatively new concept for those involved in teacher education. As teacher education departments build pre-service preparation programs, in-service professional development…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Standards, Best Practices, Educational Research
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Magjuka, Richard J.; Liu, Xiaojing; Lee, Seung-Hee – Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
KD Toolkit shows a representative synthesis of the best practices learned by world-renowned instructors in a top ranked online MBA program in the United States. This article will share and discuss the pedagogical implications of this learning technology and the leadership and innovative effort of the program that afforded the development of KD…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Synthesis, Best Practices, Online Courses