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Social Presence in Online Learning (A Special Contribution to D-E.c)

Excerpted on 5/16/2012 from Kemp, S.J. (2012).  “Social Presence in Online Learning,” chapter in Best Practices of Online Education:  A… More »

Intelligent tutoring system for distance education

ABSTRACT This study aims to develop and implement a tool called intelligent tutoring system in an online course to help… More »

New interactive database lets Stanford scholars map a mindset

Mapping Texts, a collaboration between Stanford University and the University of North Texas, allows scholars to explore visualizations of language… More »

The Transition from Distance to Online Education: Perspectives from the Educational Management Horizon

Abstract In Sweden, higher education has moved away from distance education, including physical meetings, to online education with no physical… More »

Surveying Mobile Learning Around the World (part one)

About four years ago, the World Bank’s infoDev program secured funding to do a ‘global survey of the use of… More »

Qualitative research methods to analyze Learning 2.0 processes: Categorization, recurrence, saturation and multimedia triangulation

Abstract The developments of the Web have generated new modalities and contexts of learning, shaping what is nowadays called “Learning… More »

Chalkface; interface; screenface: moving the metaphor of teaching towards the nexus of teaching and learning

This paper provides a nuanced metaphor for teaching and learning, taking into account newer mediated forms of learning that lie… More »

Investigating a relationship between learner control and self-efficacy in an online learning environment

Abstract In both traditional face-to-face and online learning contexts, self-efficacy has been shown to be a key contributor to learner… More »

The relationship between flexible and self-regulated learning in open and distance universities

Flexibility in learning provides a student room for volitional control and an array of strategies and encourages persistence in the… More »

Making science real: photo-sharing in biology and chemistry

Abstract This article presents the findings of a qualitative evaluation on the effect of a specialised software tool on the… More »

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Social Presence in Online Learning (A Special Contribution to D-E.c)

Excerpted on 5/16/2012 from Kemp, S.J. (2012).  “Social Presence in Online Learning,” chapter in Best Practices of Online Education:  A… More »

Intelligent tutoring system for distance education

ABSTRACT This study aims to develop and implement a tool called intelligent tutoring system in an online course to help… More »

Maricopa Community Colleges Chancellor Rufus Glasper Named to National Commission on Distance Education

Dr. Rufus Glasper, Chancellor of the Maricopa Community Colleges, is one of 20 education leaders appointed to a commission to… More »

The Mobile Campus: Ohio State announces plan to transform teaching, learning, and research

The Ohio State University has announced a plan to build an innovative, forward-looking learning environment that will enhance teaching and… More »

New interactive database lets Stanford scholars map a mindset

Mapping Texts, a collaboration between Stanford University and the University of North Texas, allows scholars to explore visualizations of language… More »

The Transition from Distance to Online Education: Perspectives from the Educational Management Horizon

Abstract In Sweden, higher education has moved away from distance education, including physical meetings, to online education with no physical… More »

Surveying Mobile Learning Around the World (part one)

About four years ago, the World Bank’s infoDev program secured funding to do a ‘global survey of the use of… More »

28th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning

TEACH…LEARN…CONNECT 28thAnnual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning August 8-10, 2012 Madison, Wisconsin http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference   Register by July 16 to… More »

Qualitative research methods to analyze Learning 2.0 processes: Categorization, recurrence, saturation and multimedia triangulation

Abstract The developments of the Web have generated new modalities and contexts of learning, shaping what is nowadays called “Learning… More »

Petition Urges White House to Require Public Access to Federally Financed Research

Building off recent momentum behind their cause, a group of public-access advocates has started a petition asking the Obama administration… More »