The authors conducted a comparative analysis to examine learners' interaction in the Web-based learning environment of 2 distance education institutions. The interaction was critically analyzed based on social, procedural, expository, explanatory, and cognitive dimensions, across 7 categories of exchanges between course coordinator to groups,…

The present study is an analysis of 17 case studies on innovation, organized by the Council for Educational Research and Innovation for the Council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The general purpose of the case studies is to achieve more understanding of the change process in education in relation to political,…

Management education is struggling with two distinct approaches: an objective approach, the professional education model, which emphasizes theory, academic assessment, breadth of subject matter, and technical problem-solving; and an interpretive approach, action learning, which values practice, managerial assessment, depth of subject matter, and…

The whole language approach to reading instruction emphasizes a literature-based program rather than the traditional skills-related approach. The principles and practices of whole language have engendered both educational and political debate for the following reasons: whole language challenges the traditional educational power arrangement, giving…

In Korea, e-learning is becoming increasingly prevalent and spreading into various aspects of human resources development. Korea's Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MOEHRD) and Ministry of Labor (MOL) have been especially active in establishing the legal basis and institutional framework to make e-learning a reality.…

Electronic learning, also known as e-learning, is generally defined as instruction and learning experiences that are delivered via electronic technology such as the Internet, audiotape and videotape, satellite broadcast, interactive television, and CD-ROM. Web-based learning, computer-based learning, and virtual classrooms are some of the…