E-Learn 2002--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education
2002
Editors
Margaret Driscoll; Thomas C. Reeves
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 678
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Knowledge as Relationship and E-learning
Luca Botturi, USI-ICeF, Switzerland
The shift to new paradigms in education pushed by new media has initiated a critical re-thinking of the way we talk of and practice teaching and learning which is still open. Some concepts of the... More
pp. 144-153
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A Framework for Adaptive E-Learning Based on Distributed Re-usable Learning Activities
Hemanta Nijhavan & Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh, United States
This paper argues that a way to the new generation of powerful E-learning systems starts on the crossroads of two emerging fields: courseware re-use and adaptive educational systems. This paper... More
pp. 154-161
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Perceived Organizational Climate and Internet Self-Efficacy: Identifying the Best Climate to Promote E-Learning
Dale Burnett, University of Lethbridge, Canada
This report describes a research project designed to investigate the relationship between perceived organizational culture and the current general level of Internet self-efficacy as well as with... More
pp. 162-167
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Distance Education Quality: The Resources—Practices—Results Cycle and the Standards
Cathy Cavanaugh, University of North Florida, United States
The development and implementation of effective distance education happens in an iterative cycle. The three stages in the cycle are (1) procurement and preparation of the resources necessary to... More
pp. 168-173
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Thinking Outside the Circle: the Design of Face-to-Face Collaborative Learning facilities
Robert Cavenagh, Dickinson College, United States
Learners working on collaborative assignments using computers (which may also involve blended/hybrid learning) must engage in social as well as intellectual tasks. Indeed, at the residential... More
pp. 174-180
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A Case and Implications of Implementing and Evaluating an Online Virtual Learning Community Environment
Chi-Cheng Chang, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
The knowledge distributed web-based learning community (KnowDisLC) based on knowledge sharing for college students has been constructed, implemented and evaluated. The system helps students form a ... More
pp. 181-188
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Assessing the Usability of MOA Interface Designs
Yaowen Chang, Columbia University, United States
This study evaluates the usability of the proposed MOA (mouse-over-abstract) interfaces that could be implemented in web-based or stand-alone applications. The MOA designs provide users with an... More
pp. 189-195
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Ethical Issues in E-learning: Insights from the Application of Stakeholder Analysis in three e-Learning Cases
Nancy Pouloudi, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece; Polyneikis Chozos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece, Greece; Miltiaidis Lytras, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece
The application of emerging digital technologies such as e-mail, the World Wide Web (WWW) and the Internet in the educational setting has received wide acceptance all over the world. Both corporate... More
pp. 196-203
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Science Education in the Web Era
Leon Combs, Kennesaw State University, United States
Although education has been in the web era for some years, choosing a direction for educational institutions in this era has been a difficult problem. This talk will attempt to give some direction... More
pp. 204-209
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Towards a Standards-based Approach to e-Learning Personalization using Reusable Learning Objects
Declan Dagger, Vincent Wade & Owen Conlan, Trinity College, Ireland
e-Learning systems that produce personalized course offerings for the learner are often expensive, both from a time and financial perspective, to develop and maintain. Learning content personalized... More
pp. 210-217
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A New Tool for Managing Students Self-Evaluations in Traditional and Distance Education Courses
Arthur Edwards Block & Juan Contreras-Castillo, Universidad de Colima, Mexico
This paper describes a web-based question-answering system called E-teacher that can be used in both traditional and distance learning courses to review academic contents. E-teacher is a self... More
pp. 218-223
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Considerations for Building a Common Platform for Cooperative and Collaborative Authoring Environments
Alexandra Cristea, Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands
This paper reports on considerations about the common basic functions and components for building a collaborative authoring environment. We aim to specify and systematize the technological issues... More
pp. 224-231
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ODL Education Environments based on Adaptivity and Adaptability
Alexandra Cristea, Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands
Now-a-days the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is becoming essential for the rapid dissemination of information. In this context, Open and Distance Learning (ODL) has a... More
pp. 232-239
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AHA! Version 2.0, More Adaptation Flexibility for Authors
Ad Aerts, David Smits, Natalia Stash & Paul De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
AHA! is a simple Web-based adaptive hypermedia system. Because of this simplicity it has been studied and experimented with in several research groups. This paper identifies shortcomings in AHA!... More
pp. 240-246
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Group and Task Experience: Implications for Computer-Mediated Groupwork in the Workplace
Christina Dehler, Cal Poly Pomona, United States
Groupwork carried out via CMC are now a fact of life in the work place. This study investigates the effects of group membership and task experience on asynchronous computer-mediated groupwork.... More
pp. 247-253
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Evaluation of a High-end Distance Delivery MBA Program
Dennis Dicks, Concordia University, Canada
The John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, in partnership with IATA, addresses the need for new skills in aviation management through its International Aviation MBA, an... More
pp. 254-261
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Developing Online Emergency Room Case Study Role Play For Medical Students
Gilles Doiron, National University of Singapore, Singapore
In the face of panic and life-threatening situations in a hospital emergency room (ER), doctors must rely on well-defined procedures to assess the situation and respond appropriately. Since... More
pp. 262-267
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Evaluating assessment using n-dimensional filtering
Chris Boyne & Jon Dron, University of Brighton, United Kingdom; Richard Mitchell, Inferdata Corp., United States
This paper describes the use of the CoFIND (Collaborative Filter in N Dimensions) system to evaluate two assessment styles. CoFIND is a resource database which organises itself around its users'... More
pp. 268-274
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A Framework for Evaluation & Selection of E-Learning Solutions
Deniz Eseryel, Syracuse University / IDD&E, United States
In the last years of the twentieth century, the world of education changed. Use of the Internet grew dramatically in training and education. Internet and related technologies have changed the way... More
pp. 275-282
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Supporting E-Knowledge-building in teacher education: The use of computer-mediated-communication
Brian Ferry, University of Wollongong, Australia
This study investigated how different types of computer-mediated communication (CMC) such as asynchronous forums, synchronous forums and e-mail were used to support an alternative approach to... More
pp. 283-290