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Full-Text Articles in Online and Distance Education
The Truth Claims Of Online Higher Education A Social Constructionist Analysis, Thomas Wells Brignall Iii
The Truth Claims Of Online Higher Education A Social Constructionist Analysis, Thomas Wells Brignall Iii
Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Automated, Web-Based, Second-Chance Homework, Randall W. Hall, Leslie G. Butler, Saundra Y. Mcguire, Sean P. Mcglynn, Gary L. Lyon, Ron L. Reese, Patrick A. Limbach
Automated, Web-Based, Second-Chance Homework, Randall W. Hall, Leslie G. Butler, Saundra Y. Mcguire, Sean P. Mcglynn, Gary L. Lyon, Ron L. Reese, Patrick A. Limbach
Randall W. Hall
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 77, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 77, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.
- Hall, Rex. Fewer Get Student Insurance
- Moore, Brian. Access Denied – Football
- Holm, Hollan. Student Government Association Dissenters Spark New Discussions
- Hoang, Mai. City Gets Unexpected Boost
- Phi Kappa Phi to Hold Open House Tomorrow
- Group for Non-Traditional Students Holds Seminar – Women in Transition
- Five Students Compete in Math Contest
- Play Closes Tonight – Caucasian Chalk Circle
- Stay Healthy Until Health Center Fixed
- Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: Health Services
- Plugging In, Looking Ahead & Moving UP – Virtual Education
- Brown, Steve. College Heights Herald Gets a Red …
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 77, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 77, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.
- Warren, Brandy. Virtual Enrollment Explodes
- Corbin, Brett. DUIs Decrease While Drug Arrests Climb
- Hall, Rex. Western Gets Replies to Lawsuit – Collegiate Health Care
- Hall, Rex. Additional Funding Devoted to Health Center
- More Winners Joining the Hill – Soccer
- Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: Soccer
- Saber, Mary. Thank You, Boys – Sigma Alpha Epsilon
- Miller, Patricia. Let’s Be Friends – Disabled Persons
- Woodring, Judy. College Heights Herald Gets a Bottom
- Corbin, Brett. Founding Dean of Potter College of Arts & Letters Dies – Paul Hatcher
- Lord, Joseph. Laptops Could …
The Data Game: Colorado State University’S Animated Library Research Tutorial, Polly Thistlethwaite
The Data Game: Colorado State University’S Animated Library Research Tutorial, Polly Thistlethwaite
Publications and Research
The Data Game, produced by Colorado State University (CSU) Libraries, is a web-based multimedia tutorial designed to teach basic research skills. Using interactive contests and animated presentations, The Data Game introduces and reinforces essential ideas. This paper discusses the tutorial's design, construction, and implementation.
An Analysis Of Distance Education Learner Demographics At Morehead State University, Barry Pelphrey
An Analysis Of Distance Education Learner Demographics At Morehead State University, Barry Pelphrey
Morehead State Theses and Dissertations
A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Science and Technology at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Vocational Education/Technology by Barry Pelphrey on May 11, 2001.
Telecollaborators Wanted: More Than Seek & Find, Judi Harris
Telecollaborators Wanted: More Than Seek & Find, Judi Harris
School of Education Articles
One of the most challenging, yet intriguing, aspects of designing and directing curriculum-based telecollaboration is finding virtual partners to co-create powerful educational experiences at a distance.How does a teacher with a great telecollaborative project idea find others to participate?
Education In The Age Of The Internet: The Euphoria Of Technology, Lily Kong
Education In The Age Of The Internet: The Euphoria Of Technology, Lily Kong
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
In an earlier commentary (Kong, 1999), I raised the issue of distance from the 'centre' as a barrier to a researcher's participation in the academic circuit, despite the advent of technology and the possibilities it brings of decreasing relative distance. In this commentary, I wish to focus on what technology may and may not do for teaching and learning, and thus to balance some of the overstated claims about the imminent replacement of classrooms and lecture halls with virtual campuses.
Web Based Distance Learning Management Systems, Kevin Okon Okonna
Web Based Distance Learning Management Systems, Kevin Okon Okonna
World Maritime University Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Reflections On Evaluating Online Learning And Teaching, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena
Reflections On Evaluating Online Learning And Teaching, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena
University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications
In this chapter, I will discuss my decade of evaluation activities relating to online learning experiences, with a focus on methods. These online experiences range from setting up online networks for social interaction, facilitating collaborative learning experiences among graduate students in several universities, moderating worldwide online professional development activities, and teaching entirely online. Most of my online experiences relate to my role as a professor at the University of New Mexico where I teach graduate level courses in distance education and educational telecommunications. In this respect, I would like to acknowledge the valuable lessons I have learned from many students …
Experiencing Technology: Integrating Learning Technology Within The Experiential Learning Cycle Of A Pg Certificate In Third Level Learning And Teaching., Roisin Donnelly
Experiencing Technology: Integrating Learning Technology Within The Experiential Learning Cycle Of A Pg Certificate In Third Level Learning And Teaching., Roisin Donnelly
Conference papers
This paper will discuss how a PG Certificate Course in Third Level Learning and Teaching for lecturers in higher education has adopted a particular approach in teacher education. In light of the findings put forth by Collis (1999), the paper will explain the practical aspects of how Learning Technology (LT) is fully integrated into both core Learning and Teaching modules of a PG Certificate Course for academic staff. As an important aspect of the successful integration and use of learning technology is the way in which it effectively reflects and articulates a given learning model, this PG Certificate Course has …
Combining An Online And Problem-Based Approach: With Learning As The Common Denominator, Roisin Donnelly
Combining An Online And Problem-Based Approach: With Learning As The Common Denominator, Roisin Donnelly
Conference papers
This paper describes the design and delivery of a specialised Online Learning (OL) module in a Postgraduate Diploma in Third Level Learning and Teaching for academic staff at a higher education institute in Ireland. It is designed and delivered online with the WebCT Online Learning Environment using a Problem-based Learning (PBL) approach, with an emphasis on group learning in a real life multi-disciplinary learning environment for the module participants. The aim of the OL/PBL module is to enable the academic staff participants to become aware of the practicalities of developing, co-ordinating, supporting and evaluating an online course in their own …
Strategies To Improve Critical Thinking Skills In High School Students, Alan Smith
Strategies To Improve Critical Thinking Skills In High School Students, Alan Smith
Perspectives In Learning
At this time, there is no abstract.
A Psychoeducational And Support Group For Parents Of Add/Adhd Children, Kenya Gilmore
A Psychoeducational And Support Group For Parents Of Add/Adhd Children, Kenya Gilmore
Perspectives In Learning
The purpose of the group for ADHD parents is to (1) educate the parents on the symptoms ofADHD, (2) teach the parents some behavior management techniques, (3) help the parents to understand the ADHD child so that they can manage them, (4) provide a safe place for disclosure and support for the parents. The group will be set up as a psychoeducation / support group because it will be held in an educational setting with its main goals to educate parents and to provide a source of support to these parents.
Assumptions Of Qualitative Research Methods, Craig H. Walters
Assumptions Of Qualitative Research Methods, Craig H. Walters
Perspectives In Learning
Many characteristics make up the collective term of qualitative research, Methods used specify a certain framework in which researchers operate, Within this framework, there are two major assumptions in which I believe take precedence, Inductive reasoning and topic specificity are the two characteristics that I believe define qualitative research, Inductive reasoning is the epitome of qualitative research design. Researchers seek information out of the data that is gathered; they do not proceed to a project looking for specific findings, Maxwell (1996) states that qualitative research allows researchers to examine explanations and data - not to prove a self-fulfilling prophecy, Inductive …
Leadership Styles Of Park And Recreation Professionals In Grpa, Chris Bryant, Trannie Carter, Larry Coates, Robert Dwyer, Kelly Folden, Gary Mccormick, Trevor Mccarthney, Michaell K. Taylor
Leadership Styles Of Park And Recreation Professionals In Grpa, Chris Bryant, Trannie Carter, Larry Coates, Robert Dwyer, Kelly Folden, Gary Mccormick, Trevor Mccarthney, Michaell K. Taylor
Perspectives In Learning
Undergraduates in the Park and Recreation program at Columbus State University conducted a temperament survey using the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II to identify the temperaments/leadership styles of 50 randomly chosen Park and Recreation professionals within GRPA (Georgia Recreation and Park Association). The Keirsey divides individuals into four main temperaments: Guardian, Artisan, Idealist, and Rational. It is the duty of every leader to evaluate himself or herself in recognizing strengths, weaknesses, capabilities, and limitations. Of the 33 respondents, 73% tested as Guardians, 12% as Artisans, 6% as Idealists, and 3% as Rational. Twenty-seven percent (27%) are more specifically described as Guardian …
World Wide Campus 2001-2002 Course Catalog, Taylor University Fort Wayne
World Wide Campus 2001-2002 Course Catalog, Taylor University Fort Wayne
Institute of Correspondence Studies
The 2001-2002 catalog of the World Wide Campus at Taylor University Fort Wayne.
Supporting Students With Learning Difficulties In A School Of The Air, Judith Rivalland, Mary Rohl, Pru Smith, Centre For Inclusive Schooling Learning Difficulties Team, Department Of Education
Supporting Students With Learning Difficulties In A School Of The Air, Judith Rivalland, Mary Rohl, Pru Smith, Centre For Inclusive Schooling Learning Difficulties Team, Department Of Education
Research outputs pre 2011
This project was funded by Edith Cowan University and the Centre for Inclusive Schooling (Department of Education, formerly Education Department of Western Australia) as an Institute for the Service Professions Collaborative Grant. It was carried out in order to examine the following questions:
• What are the ways in which identification, assessment and teaching processes make provision for students with learning difficulties who are enrolled in a School of the Air?
• In what ways do Support Officers Learning Difficulties support these children, their home tutors and their teachers?
Attitudes, Perceptions, Behaviors And Responses Of Elementary Teachers With Varying Computer Proficiencies Toward A Technology Learning Model, Matthew S. Shoemaker
Attitudes, Perceptions, Behaviors And Responses Of Elementary Teachers With Varying Computer Proficiencies Toward A Technology Learning Model, Matthew S. Shoemaker
Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to assess the attitudes, perceptions, behaviors, and responses of teachers with varying computer skills after exposure to the Technology Learning Model (TLM), as well as to assess the overall impact of the staff development experiences. The TLM was comprised of a researcher-designed, 10-session, 15- hour training implementation over 8 weeks. The two research questions of the study were: How will participants with varying computer skill levels respond to the TLM? How does the TLM affect participants' attitudes toward integration of computer technology into professional responsibilities?
The purposeful sample was drawn from teachers at …
Global Engineering In An Interconnected World: An Upper Division General Education Cluster At Old Dominion University, Sushil Chaturvedi, Gary Crossman, William Swart, Joseph Betit
Global Engineering In An Interconnected World: An Upper Division General Education Cluster At Old Dominion University, Sushil Chaturvedi, Gary Crossman, William Swart, Joseph Betit
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications
The “Global Engineering in an Interconnected World” cluster of courses fosters among students an awareness and understanding of global technology, quality assurance standards, and differences in cultural, communication, and business practices and their impact on a global work environment. This cluster will prepare the growing numbers of students who will accept employment with global firms or find themselves part of a merger or strategic alliance involving multinational corporations. This newly approved cluster of five courses described in the paper has been approved by the University for satisfying University upper-division general education requirements. As a consequence, students choosing this route to …
Distance Education, Kathleen E. Krug
Distance Education, Kathleen E. Krug
Graduate Research Papers
Distance education has helped to reach many students regardless of geographic location and differences in learning styles. Interactive classrooms, for example the ICN, have helped to eliminate barriers regardless of the distance between locations. Still the concern remains with finding a way to address the different learning styles of the student. This paper will examine both the institutional and situational barriers and how K-12 district administrators in one area of Iowa and the nearby community college are addressing the issues.
E-Mail Response Journals As A Tool For Facilitating Critical Reflection Of Diversity Issues, Virginia E. Causey
E-Mail Response Journals As A Tool For Facilitating Critical Reflection Of Diversity Issues, Virginia E. Causey
Perspectives In Learning
Teacher educators face a daunting task. As school populations diversify (Hill, 1989; Protheroe and Barsdate, 1991), the demographic trend among preservice teachers is toward more homogeneity (Cuellar and Huling-Austin, 1991; Jordan, 1995; Zimpher and Ashbum, 1989). In addition, these predominantly White, middle-class college students enter teacher education with limited experiences with persons from another ethnicity or social class (Banks, 1991; Finney and Orr, 1995; Garcia, 1993; Grant, 1991; Irvine, 1990 and 1992; Jordan, 1995; Ladson-Billings, 1991; Zimpher and Ashburn, 1989). These largely monocultural prospective teachers need structured opportunities to confront and reflect upon critical issues related to diversity. Electronic mail …
Asynchronous Course Delivery: Instructor And Student Views, Polly Adams, J. Dugas, R. Fleck, T. Mcqueen
Asynchronous Course Delivery: Instructor And Student Views, Polly Adams, J. Dugas, R. Fleck, T. Mcqueen
Perspectives In Learning
Accompanying the projected growth in computers, bandwidth improvements will make Internet use a more satisfying experience, leading to increased usage. It follows that faculty in higher education will explore strategies that increase student achievement and satisfaction in asynchronous teaching and learning. Use of the Internet for course and program delivery will increase. The potential of the Web as both a set of tools and a medium for course delivery offers limitless possibilities for creating innovative course design that can be more effective than some classroom experiences (Hafner & Oblinger, 1998). There is evidence that building an online community begins with …
My First Day Of School, Martha Hall
My First Day Of School, Martha Hall
Perspectives In Learning
Dr. Martha Hall shares the reflections of a five year old girl regarding her first day of school. The details tell the reader that the first day of school for the girl happened in the distant past: Sawdust on the floors, new feed sack dress, etc. Perhaps the girl's observations can be understood by students of every generation.
Teacher Education And Teacher Training In China, Chen Xiaoduan
Teacher Education And Teacher Training In China, Chen Xiaoduan
Perspectives In Learning
Like other countries, Teacher Education is very important in Chinese education. It involves the great task to foster teachers for all levels of Chinese education. Since 1978 when China opened her door to reform, great changes have taken place in many aspects of Teacher Education. Government officials more often recognize that we must train good teachers to fostering good students. Only excellent teachers can educate excellent students. Teachers are being asked to improve their knowledge and skills. We are committed to reform the old system of teacher education and teacher training so that it can foster better teachers for our …
Philosophy And Staff Editorial Board
Focus On Writing: Collaborative Action Research In The Classroom, Carol Marchel, Dianne Whitaker
Focus On Writing: Collaborative Action Research In The Classroom, Carol Marchel, Dianne Whitaker
Perspectives In Learning
In higher education, professors are expected to provide quality instruction, although rewards are often based on research activities. For those who value teaching for its own sake, it is difficult to balance the competing demands of life within academe with the demands of teaching. As teachers, we seek to understand student needs to improve our classroom practice. More importantly, we want to show students how to improve their own skills. This article describes how we combined both research and instruction to improve the quality of instruction while providing students with a way to improve their skills. We utilized this approach …
Self-Selected Vs. Assigned Writing Topics: The Effects Topics Have On First Graders' Writing Performance, Kelia P. Buchanan
Self-Selected Vs. Assigned Writing Topics: The Effects Topics Have On First Graders' Writing Performance, Kelia P. Buchanan
Perspectives In Learning
When asked about early writing experiences in school, many adults have memories of writing papers on topics such as “What I Want to Learn in School This Year” or “My Favorite Trip.” The teacher probably thought that if the topic was of interest to her students, they would become motivated to write. In essence, the purpose for writing most often comes from the teacher, and not the students. Rarely are students allowed to choose their own topics for writing assignments. The focus of writing instruction is usually, therefore, is teacher-centered rather than child-centered. It has historically been the child's task …
Negotiating A Labyrinth: Uncovering Meaning Through Biography, Floretta Thornton-Reid
Negotiating A Labyrinth: Uncovering Meaning Through Biography, Floretta Thornton-Reid
Perspectives In Learning
Biographical method is one of “several intellectual disciplines that make use of life writing” (Smith, 1994, p. 286). However, biographies are probably better described as an interdisciplinary methodology that incorporates several approaches to qualitative research including but not limited to life history, narrative analysis, case study, historical social science, grounded theory and ethnography (Marshall & Rossman, 1999; Riessman, 1993; Atkinson, 1998). In laymen’s terms, a biography can be understood as the written history of a person’s life. Thus the life history or narrative story of a person is a key biographical concept. Controversy has long surrounded life history. Runyan (1982a) …