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Stewart, Shelley; Cobb-Roberts, Deirdre; Shircliffe, Barbara J. – Journal of Educators Online, 2013
Transforming a face to face course to a computer mediated format in social foundations (interdisciplinary field in education), while maintaining pedagogical integrity, involves strategic collaboration between instructional technologists and content area experts. This type of planned partnership requires open dialogue and a mutual respect for prior…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Delivery Systems, Interdisciplinary Approach, Instructional Design
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Bunn, Michele D. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2001
Provides a framework to categorize distance education planning issues into four distinct program stages and three decision areas. The framework brings to the surface and highlights numerous areas of uncertainty and potential disagreement among decision makers and provides an organizing backdrop to improve the distance education planning process.…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Decision Making, Distance Education, Educational Administration
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Peterman, Thomas W. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2000
Examines experiences of Park College (Missouri) (Park University as of January 1, 2000) in developing an online distance learning program that serves more than 1,700 students per term worldwide. Discusses the pilot course; first terms online; motivations and preconditions necessary for success; profit/nonprofit perspective; leadership; types of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
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Klemm, William R. – Technology Source, 2002
Discusses barriers to threaded-topic discussions in online teaching. Suggests a better way to enhance communication and promote collaborative learning: a jointly prepared, "shared document" format. Describes the development and use of Forum MATRIX, a software program designed to maximize the potential of the shared document format. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software Development, Cooperative Learning
Feyten, Carine M., Ed.; Nutta, Joyce W., Ed. – 1999
The essays in this book, by contributors from around the world, clarify predominant theoretical issues that pertain to virtual instruction, and offer practical suggestions for implementing these programs in any setting. Chapters include: "Mapping Space and Time: Virtual Instruction as Global Ritual" (Joyce W. Nutta and Carine M. Feyten);…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness
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Duncan, Steve – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
One of the most significant events that heralded the Department of Defense's commitment to distance education was the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, which held its kickoff meeting in Washington, DC in 1997. This meeting provided the army and other military services the endorsement that had been lacking relative to implementing…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Costs, Instructional Development, Educational Innovation