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Michael Glassman; Shantanu Tilak; Min Ju Kang – Distance Education, 2023
This paper discusses operationalization of open educational practices (OEP) using innovative, Internet-influenced pedagogies to expose dangers of post-truth narratives. The first part reviews interpretations of OEP (associated with open-access and tools, collaboration, problem-centered learning, and democratic pedagogy) and explores possibilities…
Descriptors: Open Education, Educational Practices, Educational Innovation, Internet
Wei, Huei-Chuan; Chou, Chien – Distance Education, 2020
The current study proposes a comprehensive structural model to determine whether online learning perceptions and online learning readiness affect students' online learning performance and course satisfaction. A questionnaire was voluntarily completed by 356 undergraduate students enrolled in a cross-campus, general education, asynchronous online…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Readiness, Student Satisfaction, Online Courses
Kozar, Olga – Distance Education, 2012
Like many other industries, private tutoring is now being transformed by the growth of information and communication technologies (ICT). An increasing number of educational entrepreneurs in different countries are incorporating Internet tools in their professional practice. While the popularity of online tutoring in countries with widespread…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Foreign Countries, Internet, English (Second Language)
Bower, Matt – Distance Education, 2011
Based on a three-semester design-based research study examining learning and teaching in a web-conferencing environment, this article identifies types of synchronous collaboration competencies and reveals their influence on learning processes. Four levels of online collaborative competencies were observed--operational, interactional, managerial,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Synchronous Communication, Teleconferencing
Beckmann, Elizabeth A. – Distance Education, 2010
Many careers involve mobile lifestyles, yet require specialised postgraduate qualifications for career progression. Mobile technologies offer new opportunities by providing more choice in when, where, and how students learn. Experiences in an Australian postgraduate development studies program illustrate the choices. Three key issues are explored:…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
Benson, Robyn; Samarawickrema, Gayani – Distance Education, 2009
The rapidly expanding range of options available for innovative e-learning approaches based on emerging technologies has given renewed importance to teaching and learning issues that have long been familiar to distance educators. These issues arise from the separation between learners, and between teacher and learners, which occurs when learning…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Educational Strategies, Instructional Design
Baggaley, Jon – Distance Education, 2008
Distance education (DE) practices around the world use a wide range of audio-visual technologies to overcome the lack of direct contact between teachers and students. These are not universally adopted by DE teachers, however, nor even encouraged by their institutions. This article discusses the organisational attitudes that can lead to outdated…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Teacher Student Relationship
Sims, Roderick – Distance Education, 2008
In the broad context of adult and higher education, this article argues that to allow the "e" of e-learning to disappear would be to lose the opportunity to grasp the enabling and emergent properties of digital networked technology. Through examining cycles of educational technology, current trends in e-learning research, the practices and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Adult Education, Higher Education, Educational Trends
Fahy, Patrick J. – Distance Education, 2007
Constructivist views of online interaction often refer to the power of stories and the role of storytelling in the sharing and construction of knowledge, and the creation of learning communities. No empirical evidence of the presence or character of stories in online conferences has been systematically reported, however. This study describes the…
Descriptors: Personality, Interaction, Conferences, Graduate Students
Friend Wise, Alyssa; Padmanabhan, Poornima; Duffy, Thomas M. – Distance Education, 2009
This mixed-methods study probed the effectiveness of three kinds of objects (video, theory, metaphor) as common reference points for conversations between online learners (student teachers). Individuals' degree of detail-focus was examined as a potentially interacting covariate and the outcome measure was learners' level of tacit knowledge related…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Teachers, Computer Mediated Communication, Figurative Language
Dennen, Vanessa Paz; Wieland, Kristina – Distance Education, 2007
This article examines the online discourse that took place in representative threads from two classes, seeking to document indicators that students did or did not engage in co-construction of knowledge. Stahl's (2006) social theory of computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is used along with discourse analysis methods to examine these…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Discourse Analysis, Interaction, Learning Processes

Naidu, Som – Distance Education, 1997
Outlines and discusses the design and evaluation of a University of Southern Queensland (Australia) graduate study program in open- and distance learning, accessible exclusively via the Internet. Highlights instruction versus facilitation, learning environment, computer-mediated communication, student projects, and practice-based reflection in a…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperation, Distance Education, Educational Environment
Bishop, Ann – Distance Education, 2002
At first glance, education provided over the Internet appears to be an improvement over that provided face to face. For busy adults juggling careers, courses and family obligations, learning via a Web site looks more convenient than attending classes face to face. Web-based courses are also reputed to educate better. Equity is another…
Descriptors: Internet, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Computer Uses in Education
Howland, Jane L.; Moore, Joi L. – Distance Education, 2002
With the increasing prevalence of Internet-based courses in higher education, it is important to examine students' experiences to provide an optimal learning environment. This research found that students reporting positive attitudes about their online course experience exhibited attributes of constructivist learners, including self-direction.…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Course Content, Constructivism (Learning), Online Courses