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Watkins, Ryan; Corry, Michael; Dardick, William; Stella, Julie – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2015
Do online students take notes when reading lecture content or watching video lectures? Can they benefit from note-taking supports, such as graphic organizers, to improve their study skills? These are among the questions explored in a pilot study with student participants enrolled in a 100% online graduate program. Students were provided academic…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Instructional Materials, Study Skills, Study Habits
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Wash, Pamela D.; Bradley, Gary; Beck, Judy – SRATE Journal, 2014
According to O'Brien, Aguinaga, Hines, and Hartsborne (2011), "Delivery of course content via various distance education technologies (e.g., interactive video, asynchronous and/or synchronous online delivery) is becoming an accepted and expected component of many teacher preparation programs" (p. 3). With the infusion of technology in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Rural Areas, Teacher Education Programs, Distance Education
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Rubin, Beth; Fernandes, Ron; Avgerinou, Maria D. – Internet and Higher Education, 2013
This paper extends the research on the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework of understanding features of successful online learning to include the effects of the software used to support and facilitate it. This study examines how the Learning Management System (LMS) affords people the ability to take actions in an online course. A model is…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Integrated Learning Systems, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
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Kohut, Gary F.; Yon, Maria G. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2013
The global work environment requires graduates to have skills to work collaboratively over distance and time. This pilot study presents the findings of a survey of student perceptions concerning a global virtual team (GVT) experience that used both synchronous and asynchronous collaboration. Our findings revealed that while students experienced…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Distance Education, Electronic Learning
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Gomez, Emilio; Rodriguez-Marciel, Cristina – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
The purpose of this paper was to provide information about the virtual learning environment known as PGDnet (the Spanish acronym for "Plataforma de Gestion Docente" or Educational Management Platform in English), which was developed by the innovative education group at the Technical University of Madrid known as "Nuevas metodologias…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Web Based Instruction
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Slagter van Tryon, Patricia J.; Bishop, M. J. – Distance Education, 2012
Learners' feelings of social connectedness may be a key factor in predicting online course success. However, students attempting to perceive and process the social context in online courses often find themselves engaging in unfamiliar, technology-mediated communication channels. While there have been several empirically based strategies published…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Student Attitudes, Social Environment, Research Tools
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Gregory, Sue; Masters, Yvonne – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Role-plays in a virtual world hold tremendous potential for higher education because they allow synchronous, immersive participation by students located across the globe. They also have the added advantage of allowing students to adopt roles and carry out tasks that are not possible in the real world. In this article, a project that involved…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, On Campus Students, Preservice Teacher Education
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the 13th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2016), October 28-30, 2016, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by the University of Mannheim, Germany, and endorsed by the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Technological Advancement
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Kaur, Ranjit; Sidhu, Gurnam Kaur – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2010
The integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in course offerings in institutions of higher learning (IHLs) is the catalyst towards empowering learners to become autonomous lifelong learners. In an effort to produce quality and independent learners, Learning Management Systems (LMS) are seen as a means to assist educators in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Higher Education, Student Empowerment