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Bervell, Brandford; Umar, Irfan Naufal; Masood, Mona; Kumar, Jeya Amantha; Armah, Justice Kofi; Somuah, Beatrice Asante – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2022
Contemporary distance higher education is hinged on modern technologies to deliver purely online and blended modes of learning mostly through learning management system (LMS). This is to bridge the transactional gap between students and instructors as well as among students themselves. However, the use of technologies such as LMS for dispensing…
Descriptors: Learning Management Systems, Tutors, Blended Learning, Distance Education
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Wilkerson, Luann; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
Four problem-based tutorial groups (n=23 students, n=4 faculty) in Harvard University Medical School's New Pathway track were studied to determine what interactions characterized student-directed discussion. It was found that students selected most topics discussed, that tutors questioned infrequently, provided limited information, and tolerated…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Discussion Groups, Group Dynamics, Higher Education
Thonus, Terese – 1998
A discussion of communication between native English-speaking (NS) tutors and their non-native-speaker (NNS) students draws on a study conducted in the Indiana University writing center and focuses on conflicts between effectiveness in communication and effectiveness in instruction technique. Examples of tutor-student (NS-NNS) interaction are…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communication Problems