Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
Source
| International Review of… | 5 |
Author
| Blaschke, Lisa M. | 1 |
| Brindley, Jane E. | 1 |
| Brown, Abbie | 1 |
| Casey, Gail | 1 |
| Evans, Terry | 1 |
| Harvey, Brian | 1 |
| Luterbach, Kenneth | 1 |
| Starr-Glass, David | 1 |
| Sugar, William | 1 |
| Walti, Christine | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 3 |
| Adult Education | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Australia | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textSugar, William; Brown, Abbie; Luterbach, Kenneth – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
The researchers engaged in cooperative inquiry in order to explore screencasts as online instructional tools. In total, each researcher analyzed 37 screencasts, which provided over two hours of instruction. The content area of these screencasts concentrated on teaching specific computing procedures (e.g., how to install web server software or how…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning, Instructional Materials
Starr-Glass, David – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
The use of a participant survey, administered at the outset of an online course, can provide information useful in the management of the learning environment and in its subsequent redesign. Such information can clarify participants' prior experience, expectations, and demographics. But the very act of enquiring about the learner also signals the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Instructional Effectiveness
Brindley, Jane E.; Walti, Christine; Blaschke, Lisa M. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
Collaborative learning in an online classroom can take the form of discussion among the whole class or within smaller groups. This paper addresses the latter, examining first whether assessment makes a difference to the level of learner participation and then considering other factors involved in creating effective collaborative learning groups.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Distance Education, Online Courses, Cooperative Learning
Casey, Gail; Evans, Terry – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
This paper deploys notions of emergence, connections, and designs for learning to conceptualize high school students' interactions when using online social media as a learning environment. It makes links to chaos and complexity theories and to fractal patterns as it reports on a part of the first author's action research study, conducted while she…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Learning Processes, Classroom Environment
Harvey, Brian – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2005
Reusable learning objects are an approach that is receiving a significant amount of attention in distance-based and online education (see Reports # 11, 40, and 46 in this series). They have the potential to provide cost-effective, personalised instruction with a short development time. Instructional design principles, however, must play an…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Distance Education, Evaluation, Metadata
