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Rideout, Glenn; Bruinsma, Robert; Hull, John; Modayil, Jacob – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2007
This paper examines the impact of the implementation of an online learning management system (LMS) on pre­-service teachers during their major pre-­service practicum. The LMS enabled students to remain connected to peers, professors, and supervisors while new relationships were formed with in­school personnel such as mentor teachers, principals,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Management Systems, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education
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Daniel, Ben; Schwier, Richard A.; McCalla, Gordon – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2003
Social capital has recently emerged as an important interdisciplinary research area. It is frequently used as a framework for understanding various social issues in temporal communities, neighbourhoods and groups. In particular, researchers in the social sciences and the humanities have used social capital to understand trust, shared…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Interdisciplinary Approach, Electronic Learning, Communities of Practice
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Zhang, Zuochen – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2004
As new technologies become less expensive, provide greater access to various forms of multimedia, and are integrated into all aspects of everyday life, online learning environments are becoming more prevalent. Online education, as experienced through course management systems, is being heralded as meeting the needs of students' lifestyles by…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Management Systems