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Fiock, Holly S. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This article describes a practical approach for implementing instructional strategies in order to build a Community of Inquiry (CoI) into an online course. Online community building has positive effects on the quality of student learning, increases student engagement, and encourages motivation of students in online courses. The CoI is a…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Online Courses, Inquiry, Educational Strategies
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Raspopovic, Miroslava; Cvetanovic, Svetlana; Medan, Ivana; Ljubojevic, Danijela – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
The aim of this paper is to present the learning and teaching styles using the Social Learning Environment (SLE), which was developed based on the computer supported collaborative learning approach. To avoid burdening learners with multiple platforms and tools, SLE was designed and developed in order to integrate existing systems, institutional…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Socialization
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Luo, Tian; Murray, Alexander; Crompton, Helen – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Online learning is increasingly being used in K-12 learning environments. A concomitant trend is found towards learning becoming "authentic" as students learn with tasks that are connected to real world occupations. In this study, 48 pre-service teachers use an online environment to engage in authentic practice as they developed online…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Learning Activities, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Madland, Colin; Richards, Griff – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The study buddy is a learning strategy employed in a graduate distance course to promote informal peer reviewing of assignments before submission. This strategy promotes student-student interaction and helps break the social isolation of distance learning. Given the concern by Arum and Roksa (2011) that student-student interaction may be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Study Habits, Cooperative Learning