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Review of Educational Research Methods in Desktop Virtual World Environments: Framing the Past to Provide Future Direction

This article describes educational research methodologies being used in the investigation and evaluation of desktop virtual world environments (DVWEs) as used to teach a variety of subjects in higher education. Ellis’ research framework on innovations (2005) and Reeves and Hedberg’s research goals (2003) were used as lenses to examine the state of educational research methods […]

Reading and Grammar Learning Through Mobile Phones

This paper describes an ongoing language-learning project, three years into its development. We examine both the feasibility and the limitations of developing English reading and grammar skills through the interface of mobile phones. Throughout the project, reading and grammar materials were regularly sent to students’ mobile phones. Students read or took part in any aspect […]

Embedded Training

“Train as you fight” is the mantra of the most effective training programs. This may be enabled by embedding training tools in the actual weapons, gear, systems and platforms warfighters will use in real combat. Military Training Technology Full Article

Adobe Drives Consistency Across Rich-Content Mobile Apps and Websites

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the integration of its digital publishing platform, Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite (DPS), and Web experience management solution, Adobe Experience Manager, part of Adobe Marketing Cloud. This new integration, in combination with Adobe Analytics, enables publishers and brands to create, deliver and measure experiences across content-rich apps, […]

Desire2Learn Opens Latin American Regional Headquarters in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Desire2Learn, the EdTech company that created the world’s first Integrated Learning Platform, today announced the opening of D2L Brasil Soluções de Tecnologia para Educação’s new regional headquarters in San Paulo. This office will expand the company’s operations in the Latin American region and further Desire2Learn’s mission to support lifelong learning in international markets. Desire2Learn Press […]

Intercultural Blended Design Considerations: A Case Study of a Nordic-Baltic Course in Autism Intervention

Specialized educational programs previously unavailable to many students are now accessible to students spread throughout the world. In particular, this globalization presents new opportunities and challenges for universities educating professionals in the field of autism treatment. The aim of the present case study is to analyse the experiences of students who participated in an intercultural […]

A cultural-historical activity theory investigation of contradictions in open and distance higher education among alienated adult learners in Korea National Open University

Drawing upon cultural-historical activity theory, this research analyzed the structural contradictions existing in a variety of educational activities among a group of alienated adult students in Korea National Open University (KNOU). Despite KNOU’s quantitative development in student enrollment, the contradictions shed light on how the institution’s top-down, bureaucratic pedagogical system collided with individual expectations and […]

Post-secondary distance education in a contemporary colonial context: Experiences of students in a rural First Nation in Canada

Post-secondary distance education gives students and their families living in remote and rural regions the option to stay in their communities while they study instead of moving closer to the universities in cities. Post-secondary distance education is an option in many rural and remote First Nation (Indigenous) communities in Canada; however there are many challenges […]

Introduction to Distance Education: Theorists, and theories — Desmond Keegan

By: Dr. Farhad (Fred) Saba Founder, DistanceEducator.com Desmond Keegan holds a BA in Classical European Civilization from University College Dublin, and an MA from University College Dublin in Medieval European Civilization. His Post-Graduate studies in Education at the University of Adelaide culminated in writing his PhD thesis on The Theory and Practice of Distance Education. This […]

Capacity Building For Online Education In A Dual Mode Higher Education Institution

This paper outlines the strategies employed by the Graduate Programmes Department of the University of the West Indies Open Campus to build capacity among academic staff to facilitate their transition to online teaching and learning. The strategies covered relate to course development and delivery, including activities that emerge at the interface of these two areas. […]

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