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Wang, Qiyun; Huang, Changqin – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
In this study, a blended synchronous learning environment (BSLE) was designed from pedagogical, social and technical perspectives. It was created for a group of master's students to attend lessons in the classroom and at the same time allow a few of them to join the identical sessions using video conferencing from different sites. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Synchronous Communication, Educational Experience, Learning Activities
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Macdonald, Janet; Campbell, Anne – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
The introduction of new online technologies in Higher Education brings many challenges for staff, not only in learning new functionality, but in deciding how to use tools in pedagogically effective ways. This case study describes an initiative at the Open University (UK), which set out to provide professional development in the use of an online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Online Courses, Teacher Collaboration
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Shen, Ruimin; Wang, Minjuan; Pan, Xiaoyan – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
Chinese classrooms, whether on school grounds or online, have long suffered from a lack of interactivity. Many online classes simply provide recorded lectures to which students listen after downloading. This format only reinforces the negative effects of passive non-participatory learning. At the e-Learning Lab of Shanghai Jiaotong University…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Blended Learning, Electronic Learning, Instructional Development
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Lin, ShinYi; Overbaugh, Richard C. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
In the context of hybrid instruction, this study was designed to explore whether gender has an influence on learners' preferences for synchronous or asynchronous modes of computer-mediated communication, and whether this decision impacts learners' self-efficacy (SE) towards knowledge acquisition. The participants were 180 teacher-education…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Self Efficacy, Online Courses