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Arinto, Patricia B. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
Many open universities and distance education institutions have shifted from a predominantly print-based mode of delivery to an online mode characterised by the use of virtual learning environments and various web technologies. This paper describes the impact of the shift to open and distance e-learning (ODeL), as this trend might be called, on…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Open Universities, Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning
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Belair, Marley – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
Virtual schooling is an increasing trend for secondary education. Research of the communication practices in virtual schools has provided a myriad of suggestions for virtual school policies. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the activities and processes involved in the daily rituals of virtual school teachers and learners…
Descriptors: High Schools, Virtual Classrooms, Investigations, Educational Practices
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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
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Rao, Kavita; Giuli, Charles – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
Access to higher education in the U.S-affiliated Pacific Islands is limited. The island nations and territories in this Pacific region are geographically dispersed and separated by thousands of miles of ocean. Although local and regional colleges offer undergraduate degrees (associate's and bachelor's levels), islanders who seek graduate-level…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Distance Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
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Cunningham, Una; Fagersten, Kristy Beers; Holmsten, Elin – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
At Dalarna University, Sweden, modes of communication are offered at many points of Kenning's continuum with a web-based learning platform, including asynchronous document exchange and collaborative writing tools, e-mail, recorded lectures in various formats, live streamed lectures with the possibility of text questions to the lecturer in real…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Seminars, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
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Anderson, Bill; Simpson, Mary – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
This study was designed to evaluate the use of asynchronous discussion in distance education in terms of student perceptions of its value for learning and for affective support. At the end of the third and sixth years of a distance delivered teacher education programme, students completed a survey to determine the extent to which the nature and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Asynchronous Communication, Virtual Classrooms, Student Attitudes