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Mauricio E. Reyes; Ricardo Cruz; Ivan Meza – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
In this work, we study the feeling of membership in undergraduate students who interact with their higher education institution through a virtual environment. We explore the "Centro de Investigaciones en DiseƱo Industrial" (CIDI) case, in which a virtual environment was built using the Roblox platform to enhance the online experience…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Distance Education, Electronic Learning
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Joshi, Omkar; Chapagain, Binod; Kharel, Gehendra; Poudyal, Neelam C.; Murray, Bryan D.; Mehmood, Sayeed R. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2022
Many land-grant institutions with agriculture and natural resource programs in the United States offer online courses to meet student demand. The goal of this study was to understand how major educational stakeholders, including instructors and students, perceive the benefits and limitations of online teaching and learning in agriculture and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Web Based Instruction
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Browne, Tom; Jenkins, Martin; Walker, Richard – Interactive Learning Environments, 2006
Between 2001 and 2005 the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA) and the Joint Information Systems Council (JISC) conducted surveys into issues relating to the acquisition, use, management, and support of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs). A number of other studies provide information on these issues during this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Environment, Higher Education
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Hrastinski, Stefan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2006
Achieving student participation, it has been argued, is one of the most important challenges in distance education. This explorative study examines whether a synchronous communication medium, instant messaging (IM), may enable students to participate more actively in online group work. When comparing two groups that adopted IM with two groups that…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Distance Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Social Networks
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Bronack, Stephen; Riedl, Richard; Tashner, John – Interactive Learning Environments, 2006
Web-based technologies are the medium of choice for most universities as they move their offerings off campus and online. As we continue to move our own programs online we are challenged to consider what elements of our traditional experiences to preserve online, and which ones to modify, and to recognize the impact of the tools we use on our…
Descriptors: Internet, Educational Environment, Online Courses, Constructivism (Learning)
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Aydin, Belgin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
This study focuses on a synchronous e-class project which was developed to increase the effectiveness of a second year advanced reading course within the Distance English Language Teacher Training (DELTT) program in Turkey. The aim of the study is to explore the perceptions of learners who participated in the e-class application and the impact of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Distance Education, Program Effectiveness, Diaries
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Veen, Jan; Collis, Betty; Jones, Val – Interactive Learning Environments, 2003
Group-based learning is being introduced into many settings in higher education. Is this a sustainable development with respect to the resources required? Under what conditions can group-based learning be applied successfully in distance education and in increasingly flexible campus-based learning? Can networked support facilitate and enrich…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Identification, Sustainable Development, Distance Education