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Lim, Sze Chung Raymond; Cheung, Wing Sum; Hew, Khe Foon – New Horizons in Education, 2011
Background: In the last decade, asynchronous online discussion forums have become a primary focus of many educational researchers. Some advocates believed that the process of typing out messages in itself can promote in-depth critical thinking skills. Nevertheless, empirical research has not provided much support for this claim in natural…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Opinions, Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking
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Profeta, Patricia C. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2007
The provision of equitable library services to distance learning students emerged as a critical area during the 1990s. Library services available to distance learning students included digital reference and instructional services, remote access to online research tools, database and research tutorials, interlibrary loan, and document delivery.…
Descriptors: Research Tools, Distance Education, Academic Libraries, Reference Services