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Dewhurst, Dale; Keyes, John Mark; Zariski, Archie – Journal of Distance Education, 2013
This paper discusses a current project to develop open educational resources (OER) for legislative counsel in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. The project is the latest step in a 20-year old distance education program for those professionals. The paper explores best practices for investment in freely available OER for use by professionals…
Descriptors: Open Source Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Best Practices, Professional Education
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Francis-Poscente, Krista; Moisey, Susan Darlene – Journal of Distance Education, 2012
This paper discusses students' experiences with the use of identification codes in a graduate course delivered asynchronously via the Internet. While teaching an introductory masters level graduate course in distance learning, the authors discovered that the learning management system, Moodle, was programmed to display identification codes rather…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Web Based Instruction, Electronic Learning
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Weerasinghe, Thushani Alwis; Ramberg, Robert; Hewagamage, Kamalanath Priyantha – Journal of Distance Education, 2012
This paper discusses findings of a study investigating how students, in four online courses, engaged in inquiry-based learning with and without support from a facilitator. The investigation was conducted by analyzing discussions of the online courses using the community of inquiry model. The results of the study imply that students in online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Online Courses, Inquiry