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Minton, Tara M.; Willett, Lois Schertz – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2003
The University of Florida's Indian River Research and Education Center (IRREC) has offered on-site and distance education courses in agribusiness management, horticultural sciences, and agricultural education and communication since 1998. A survey of current and potential students at IRREC was recently conducted which examines preferences for…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Course Content, Distance Education, Higher Education
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Lavooy, Maria J.; Newlin, Michael H. – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2003
Explores the different forms and potential applications of computer mediated communication (CMC) for Web-based and Web-enhanced courses. Based on their experiences with three different Web courses (Research Methods in Psychology, Statistical Methods in Psychology, and Basic Learning Processes) taught repeatedly over the last five years, the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Course Content, Distance Education
Terheggen, Sara; Lubinescu, Edward S. – 2001
The design of instructional text is an important consideration when attempting to design a successful learning environment. With the rising involvement in online distance education, it is becoming even more important to adhere to good principles of text design. The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework of possible instructional systems…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Course Content, Design Preferences, Distance Education
Alhalabi, Bassem; Hamza, M. Khalid; Hsu, Sam; Romance, Nancy – 1998
Many United States institutions of higher education have established Web-based educational environments that provide higher education curricula via the Internet and diverse modalities. Success has been limited primarily to virtual classrooms (real audio/video transmission) and/or test taking (online form filing). An extensive survey was carried…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Course Content, Distance Education
Wang, C. Y. Janey; Resta, Paul E.; Miller, Phyllis – 2001
This paper describes a constructivist and collaborative approach to transforming a traditional face-to-face on-campus course into an entirely Web-based course. The major objectives of this computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) course are for students to experience, learn and design online collaborative learning. This paper is based on…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Course Content
Phipps, Ronald; Merisotis, Jamie – 2000
This study identifies 24 benchmarks considered essential to ensuring excellence in Internet-based distance learning, as used by the following six institutions which are leaders in distance education: Brevard Community College (Florida); Regents College (New York); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Maryland University…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction