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The Expatriate And Transnational Distance Student Phenomenon: A Series Of Investigations, William H. Stewart Iii
The Expatriate And Transnational Distance Student Phenomenon: A Series Of Investigations, William H. Stewart Iii
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
The scale and scope of distance education has changed significantly over the last 250 years. Technology, from the early days of correspondence courses to radio, television and satellite broadcasting, has continually increased the scope, scale, and access potential to education. Distance courses and programs, however, were typically serving local, regional, or national communities. The Internet, by contrast, has transformed distance education by enabling access to education by virtually anyone, anywhere in the world. Students are no longer limited or constrained by geography or residency, yet how such potential has been conceptualized, identified, and subsequently researched has been limited by homogenous …
Student Perceptions Of Instructor Immediacy In Online Program Courses, Anthony Charles Saba
Student Perceptions Of Instructor Immediacy In Online Program Courses, Anthony Charles Saba
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
The first online course was taught over 30 years ago. Over that time, instructors have primarily used text-based asynchronous communication in the online courses they teach. However, advances in technology over the last ten years have given rise to more opportunities to use new synchronous and semi-synchronous communication technologies (e.g., video, mobile and social networking technologies) in online courses. These advances in technology are likely to not only influence how instructors today communicate in the online courses they teach but ultimately influence their instructor immediacy. Instructor immediacy is the degree of psychological closeness students perceive there to be with their …