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Powering up Technology from Passive Access to Active Integration
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Taylor, Shay – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2015
For many educators, working with students who were deaf or hard of hearing was the need to have "access." Access to technology was the tool of choice for providing integration that has come to be so much more than gadgets. It is intercurricular--math software incorporates reading, science websites support language skills. It is…
Descriptors: Deafness, Partial Hearing, Access to Computers, Critical Thinking
A Comparison of Interaction in AV-based and Internet-based Distance Courses.
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Landis, Melodee – Educational Technology & Society, 2001
Describes a study conducted at the University of Nebraska at Omaha that used questionnaires and interviews to compare and contrast the interaction that occurred in distance learning courses offered via two-way, fully interactive audio-video classrooms and online instruction through the Internet or World Wide Web. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Comparative Analysis, Distance Education, Higher Education
Comparing Student Satisfaction with Distance Education to Traditional Classrooms in Higher Education: A Meta-Analysis.
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Allen, Mike; Bourhis, John; Burrell, Nancy; Mabry, Edward – American Journal of Distance Education, 2002
Describes a meta-analysis that indicated a slight student preference for a traditional educational format over a distance education format in higher education, and little difference in satisfaction levels, even when considering presence and type of interaction. Discusses meta-analysis as a method for synthesizing literature. (Contains 53…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Distance Education, Higher Education
Structuring Communications To Facilitate Effective Teaching and Learning Online.
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Hughes, Chris; Hewson, Lindsay – Computers in the Schools, 2001
Discussion of adapting established classroom practices to new online environments identifies the instructional strategies that lead to successful classroom teaching and describes an online system, WebTeach, that provides structured teacher-learner interactions and is used at the University of New South Wales. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Conventional Instruction, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries
A Case-based Approach to Professional Development: A Comparison of Traditional and Distance Education Formats.
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Carlson, Helen L.; Karp, Joan M. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2000
Describes a study that compared two formats, traditional and distance education, for a case analysis/case writing model in a graduate course in professional development. Discusses media theory; media attributes of realism, interactivity and feedback, and interface; knowledge acquisition; skill development; confidentiality; and networking.…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Comparative Analysis, Confidentiality, Conventional Instruction
Log On and Deliver, but Rest First (An Article about Teaching via the Internet).
Byxbee, William E. – TECHNOS, 2001
Discusses issues involved in teaching a master's degree course online via the World Wide Web. Highlights include distance education; course construction; content; basing online courses on existing traditional courses; interaction among students and with the instructor; and the importance of timely communication. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Conventional Instruction, Course Content, Course Organization
The Web's Impact on Student Learning.
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Meyer, Katrina A. – T.H.E. Journal, 2003
Discusses studies that investigated the impact of the Web on student learning and compared Web-based with traditional courses. Focuses on individual differences, including gender differences and generational differences; instructional design, including interaction and electronic learning communities; and skills that are enhanced by online…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Critical Thinking, Gender Issues
ICCE Newsletter. Volume 9, Number 1.
ICCE Newsletter, 1979
The three main articles describing "sub-projects" of the European Home Study Council (EHSC) research project, "Two-Way Communication in Correspondence Education," are short versions of papers presented by researchers at the University of Lund, Sweden, at the EHSC spring 1979 workshop. "Postal Two-Way Communication in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Autoinstructional Aids, Communication (Thought Transfer)