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Hsieh, Pei-Chin – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This research study compared the effects of three instructional methods--collaborative synchronous online communication, asynchronous online communication, and independent study as traditional in grammar translation method--in English reading comprehension. A quasi-experimental research design included pre and post reading comprehension tests for…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Independent Study, Management Systems, Asynchronous Communication
Aleksic-Maslac, Karmela; Magzan, Masha; Juric, Visnja – Online Submission, 2009
The study focuses on the use of technology to design an electronic learning community for students. The importance of social experience in education and social participation through communication is examined through discussion boards of two different freshmen courses offered at Zagreb School of Economics and Management (ZSEM). Effectiveness and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Inquiry, Distance Education
MacKinnon, Gregory R.; Aylward, M. Lynn – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2009
Technology offers promising opportunities for creating new types of classroom learning environments. This paper describes three technology models used by teacher education interns: electronic portfolios, negotiative concept mapping, cognote-supported electronic discussions. As implemented in the current study, these models invoke graduated…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Educational Technology, Models, Preservice Teacher Education
Scagnoli, Norma I.; Buki, Lydia P.; Johnson, Scott D. – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2009
The integration of online technologies in educational practice is rendering new opportunities for teaching and learning. It is known that instructors who have taught fully online courses have acquired new skills and have had the opportunity to implement novel pedagogical practices in the online environment. However, it is unclear whether direct…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Teacher Characteristics, Online Courses, Educational Practices
Groth, Randall; Burgess, Claudia – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2009
The purpose of the present study was to examine the nature of the discourse generated by two different online approaches to mathematics teacher professional development. Thirty mathematics teachers participated in online activities involving analysis and discourse about artifacts of teaching practice. Half were randomly assigned to a group that…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Mathematics Education, Models, Educational Change
Kiriakidis, Peter – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2008
This paper discusses the importance of the direct relationship between instructor discourse and learner discourse in the online learning environment during mandatory online discussions. It provides meaningful insights toward pedagogical theory and corresponding instructional practices associated with these two factors: (a) the extent of instructor…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Educational Environment
Wilkinson, Kelly – Journal of Educators Online, 2008
An important component of internships is the connection between students, universities and employers. "High-quality internships... encourage contact between faculty and students as well as develop cooperation among students," (Implementing and Assessing Internships, 2002, 67). This "good practice" must exist to ensure good…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Internship Programs, Business Administration Education, Student Journals
Ostlund, Berit – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
This article investigates distance students' understanding of the prerequisites for interactive learning in asynchronous, computer mediated university distance studies. It encompasses students' attitudes to structure, dialogue and autonomy, and their experience of social presence and what they consider interaction with peer learners signifies for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Interpersonal Relationship, Graduate Students
Xu, Yi – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2007
While many researchers have studied the application of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in peer review activities in L2 composition classes, few have directly compared the effect of asynchronous CMC (ACMC) versus written comments. This paper describes a small-scale project carried out in an ESL composition class to reexamine the effects and…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Peer Evaluation, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication
Lenear, Phoebe E. – Online Submission, 2007
Little research has been conducted on electronic mentoring. Several traditional mentoring models exist; however, due to the novelty of the research area, no theoretical e-mentoring models appear in the literature. Using Moore's Theory of Transactional Distance as the theoretical framework, this research compared mentor-protege interaction,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Interaction, Models, Internet
Rao, Kavita – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2007
In this article, Kavita Rao describes a distance learning course offered to K-8 teachers in Micronesia that focused on the use of synchronous technologies to address cultural learning preferences for face-to-face and real-time communication. Rao presents a case study of the course that was conducted on the islands of Pohnpei and Ebeye.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Distance Education, Exhibits, Foreign Countries
Glassman, Marc; Barbour, Michael K. – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2004
The electronic conference, Bits and Bytes: An Online Symposium on the Evolution of Technology in Education, was a joint initiative of the Faculty of Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Centre for Advanced Placement Education at Discovery Collegiate. The format of this electronic conference (e-conference) was similar to that of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication
Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2010
For the thirty-third year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the national AECT Convention in Anaheim, California. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Research and Development, Educational Technology, Annual Reports
Alepis, Efthymios; Virvou, Maria – Online Submission, 2010
Mobile computing facilities may provide many assets to the educational process. Mobile technology provides software access from anywhere and at any time, as well as computer equipment independence. The need for time and place independence is even greater for medical instructors and medical students. Medical instructors are usually doctors that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Medical Education, Medical Students
Moore, Janet C. – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2010
Encouraging continuous improvement in the quality, scale and breadth of online education, the Sloan Consortium invites practitioners to share effective practices. This report synthesizes effective practices submitted by Sloan-C members to the online collection at http://www.sloanconsortium.org/effective as of November 2010. The synthesis includes…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Special Needs Students, Awards, Academic Support Services