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Download full textVelayo, Richard – 2001
There is evidence of the pedagogical effectiveness of online teaching and the teaching styles that work best with it. However, few studies have looked at the specific pedagogical approaches in relation to specific learning variables such as cognitive components, motivational components, and social components, and the online teaching features that…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software Evaluation, Core Curriculum
Johnson, Trav – 2002
This study focused on response rates to online student ratings of faculty at Brigham Young University, Utah, where concerns about response rates have contributed to a long period for testing and implementation of the online system (more than 5 years). The first pilot study, in 1997, included 36 courses and yielded a response rate of about 40%. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
McEwen, Laura April; Sclater, Jennifer – 2002
This study examined the relationship between the quality of intra-group online collaboration among groups of undergraduate learners on the quality of products produced. The quality of online collaboration was assessed by the instructor and Teaching Assistant with the computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) process assessment tool. The…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning
Rincon, Lilian; Parker, Drew – 2002
Online learning is coming of age in both postsecondary education and industry. The courses now offered online range from kinesiology to mathematics to complete M.B.A. programs. The growing popularity of online education has created a need to reduce costs without diminishing the value of the edification. In response to this need, an instructional…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Content, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Allen, Robert B.; Murray, G. Craig; Yang, Hedong – 2002
WQ is a Web-based system that reflects some of the ideas found in WebQuests. This paper analyzes the characteristics that make the WebQuests so popular and determines which of their components give them the greatest educational value. The WQ system, which the authors have implemented, presents sites to be browsed and searched. It allows students…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Information Retrieval
Douglas, Charlene – 2002
The University of Wisconsin System (UWS) has attempted to establish a well-defined set of support services for Internet-based teaching and learning for its 27 campuses and LI (Learning Innovations, a UWS organization that focuses on total online programs). The objectives of these services are: to provide all University of Wisconsin (UW) campuses…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Courseware, Distance Education, Educational Development
McLoughlin, Catherine; Luca, Joe – 2002
The needs of learners are changing rapidly and continually in response to an environment that is characterized by change at economic, political and technological levels. There is greater pressure on universities to work more closely with employers in contributing to the process of economic development through the creation of a skilled workforce.…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education, Educational Change, Experiential Learning
Pearson, E. J.; Koppi, Tony – 2002
This paper discusses issues that are central to accessible online education. A recent research project investigated the accessibility of online courses for students with disabilities by evaluating existing courses, developed by academics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). The evaluation revealed evidence that some aspects of the courses…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Assistive Technology, Disabilities, Distance Education
Barclay, Donald A. – 2000
This book, while necessarily concerning itself with computer technology, approaches technology as a tool for providing public-service and helps librarians and others effectively manage public-access computers. The book is organized to progress from more technological to more managerial topics. The first chapter--which answers the question, "What…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Information Services, Information Systems
Kennedy, Cathleen A. – 1998
This paper ties technologies used in education to purposes of education by correlating technologies with structures and structures with purposes. The paper begins with an exploration of the history of higher education structures, showing how technological innovation is a key component of major improvements in access to education. Next, the debate…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Distance Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality
Lapadat, Judith C. – 2000
The purpose of this paper is to examine some of the ways in which graduate students engage in interactive online university courses and use discussion as a tool for thinking and for socially negotiating meaning. In particular, it investigates the idea that discursive interaction in asynchronous, text-based, online courses may be uniquely suited to…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Mediated Communication, Critical Thinking, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Gallo, Gail; Wichowski, Chester P. – 1999
This second of two guides on Netscape Communicator 4.5 contains six lessons on advanced searches, multimedia, and composing a World Wide Web page. Lesson 1 is a review of the Navigator window, toolbars, and menus. Lesson 2 covers AltaVista's advanced search tips, searching for information excluding certain text, and advanced and nested Boolean…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Downloading
Blandford, Ann; Stelmaszewska, Hanna; Bryan-Kinns, Nick – 2001
Digital libraries are moving from research and development into commercial use. If they are to realize their full potential, however, the experiences of end users need to be taken into account from the earliest stages of design. Those end users are typically individuals who have no particular skills in information retrieval, and are accessing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval
Schnitzer, Marcy H. – 1999
The Service-Learning Center (SLC) at Virginia Tech has developed a home page that has been cited in national publications and serves as a virtual center for linking more than 1,000 students across the university with the information and resources they need to fulfill course-based service-learning components. The home page was developed with the…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Information Networks, Information Services
Stephenson, John, Ed. – 2001
This book looks at the developing understanding of approaches to online teaching and the emergence of pedagogies that will ensure online teaching and learning materials are effective. Contributors to this volume were participants at an expert seminar held at the International Center for Learner Managed Learning at Middlesex University, London, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Development
