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Harrison, Michelle – Open Praxis, 2018
Over the past decade we have seen a rise in the adoption and proliferation of social technologies, and along with these a move to build on the capacity to embrace new pedagogies and practices that can open our boundaries for both teaching and learning. How do we determine what we mean by space specifically in online environments and how can we…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Online Systems
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Hay, Lyn; Pymm, Bob – Education for Information, 2011
Following a review of the online delivery of distance education programs within the School of Information Studies (SIS) program at Charles Sturt University, a team of academics worked with an external consultant to design a purpose built SIS Learning Centre in Second Life (SL), a 3D virtual world environment in which people (via their avatars) may…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Teaching Methods, Web 2.0 Technologies, Online Courses
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Caron, Philippe; Beaudoin, Gregg; Leblanc, Frederic; Grant, Andrew – International Journal on E-Learning, 2007
This article describes an architecture for the implementation of a lifelong online learning environment (LOLE). The stakeholder independent architecture enables the development of a LOLE system to fulfill the complex requirements of the different actors involved in lifelong education. A particular emphasis is placed on the continuation of a…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Administration, Computer System Design
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Burd, Stephen D.; Seazzu, Alessandro F.; Conway, Christopher – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2009
Current technology enables schools to provide remote or virtual computing labs that can be implemented in multiple ways ranging from remote access to banks of dedicated workstations to sophisticated access to large-scale servers hosting virtualized workstations. This paper reports on the implementation of a specific lab using remote access to…
Descriptors: Workstations, Educational Technology, Computer System Design, Computer Networks
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Spaeth, Sebastian; Haefliger, Stefan; von Krogh, Georg; Renzl, Birgit – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2008
Introduction: Virtual communities play an important role in innovation. The paper focuses on the particular form of collective action in virtual communities underlying as Open Source software development projects. Method: Building on resource mobilization theory and private-collective innovation, we propose a theory of collective action in…
Descriptors: Innovation, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Computer System Design
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Rotem, Abrham; Oster-Levinz, Anat – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2007
Although school websites have existed on the Internet for over fifteen years, in practice the website is not integrated into the organizational-pedagogical system of the school. Against the challenging background of the modern education system and the theoretical facets of realizing a learning environment, this paper will present an online…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Web Sites, Educational Environment, Relevance (Education)
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Duan, Bing; Hosseini, Habib Mir M.; Ling, Keck Voon; Gay, Robert Kheng Leng – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2006
Internet-based learning systems, or e-learning, are widely available in institutes, universities, and industrial companies, hosting regular or continuous education programs. The dream of teaching and learning from anywhere and at anytime becomes a reality due to the construction of e-learning infrastructure. Traditional teaching materials and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Virtual Classrooms, Electronic Learning, Computer System Design