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Storytelling to Enhance Teaching and Learning: The Systematic Design, Development, and Testing of Two Online Courses
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Hirumi, Atsusi; Sivo, Stephen; Pounds, Kelly – International Journal on E-Learning, 2012
Storytelling may be a powerful instructional approach for engaging learners and facilitating e-learning. However, relatively little is known about how to apply story within the context of systematic instructional design processes and claims for the effectiveness of storytelling in training and education have been primarily anecdotal and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Testing, Online Courses
The Swiss Virtual Campus Project NAHRIS: Experiences from a Multidisciplinary E-Learning Project in the Natural Hazard and Risk Management Domain
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Lienert, Christophe; Bischof, Nicole; Hurni, Lorenz – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
The overall goal of the Swiss Virtual Campus project Dealing with Natural Hazards and Risk (NAHRIS) is to create a common educational course program that compiles the most recent knowledge in the field of natural hazards and risk management. Several higher education institutes from all parts of Switzerland were involved in the realization of this…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Risk Management, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions
Self-Actualization and E-Learning: A Qualitative Investigation of University Faculty's Perceived Barriers to Effective Online Instruction
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Oomen-Early, Jody; Murphy, Lynda – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
Much has been written about why university faculty choose to refrain or participate in online instruction (Beaudoin, 1990; Bower, 2001; Clark, 1993; Dillon & Walsh, 1992; McKenzie, 2000; McKinnon, 1998; Paulson, 2002; Rockwell, Scheuer, Fritz, & Marx, 1999; Schifter, 2002; Wilson, 1998). Missing from the empirical knowledge base, however, are…
Descriptors: Technical Support, Distance Education, Integrity, College Faculty
From Competency List to Curriculum Implementation: A Case Study of Japan's First Online Master's Program for E-Learning Specialists Training
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Suzuki, Katsuaki – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
This article describes the creation of a fully online master's program for e-learning specialist training. This program is the first of its kind in Japan. As background information, Japan's general trends in e-learning are described, including activities of the e-Learning Consortium Japan and National Institute of Multimedia in Education. Such…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Curriculum Design, Masters Programs, Foreign Countries
Virtual Workshop Environment (VWE): A Taxonomy and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Framework for Modularized Virtual Learning Environments (VLE)--Applying the Learning Object Concept to the VLE
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Paulsson, Fredrik; Naeve, Ambjorn – International Journal on E-Learning, 2006
Based on existing Learning Object taxonomies, this article suggests an alternative Learning Object taxonomy, combined with a general Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) framework, aiming to transfer the modularized concept of Learning Objects to modularized Virtual Learning Environments. The taxonomy and SOA-framework exposes a need for a clearer…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Classification, Educational Resources, Course Content