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Keramidas, Cathy Galyon – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2012
Online coursework is common across the United States, and many institutes of higher education include it in their strategic plans (Allen & Seaman, 2011). Special education has embraced distance education technology--especially personnel preparation programs that are in rural areas and/or prepare teachers who will work in rural areas.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Online Courses, Comparative Analysis, Electronic Learning
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Hrastinski, Stefan – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2008
An ongoing debate addresses the usefulness of asynchronous versus synchronous e-learning. "Asynchronous e-learning," commonly facilitated by media such as e-mail and discussion boards, supports work relations among learners and with teachers, even when participants cannot be online at the same time. "Synchronous e-learning," commonly supported by…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Asynchronous Communication, Synchronous Communication, Intermode Differences