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A Leadership Challenge: Transforming Classrooms in Higher Education to On-Line Virtual Learning Environments
Joyce Pittman; Samantha Mercanti-Anthony
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1301–1307
This paper reports theoretical perspectives about bringing technology to learning places in higher education, how classrooms should be redesigned to support diverse learning and pedagogical approaches to make learning conducive in virtual...
Topics: Instructional Design, Implementation Examples & Issues, Policy Issues
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Preface to MOOCs and Open Education Special Issue: The Power of Four
Curtis Bonk; Mimi Lee; Thomas Reynolds; Thomas Reeves
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 14, No. 3 (July 2015) pp. 265–277
In April of 2001, the president of MIT, Charles Vest, announced the establishment of a project for placing MIT course contents on the Web for free. In effect, this announcement started the OpenCourseWare (OCW) movement. Since that time, massive open ...
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A Theoretical Analysis of Social Interactions in Computer-based Learning Environments: Evidence for Reciprocal Understandings
Sanna Jarvela; Curtis J. Bonk; Erno Lehtinen; Sirpa Lehti
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 21, No. 3 (1999) pp. 363–88
Presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of social interactions in computer-based learning environments. Explores technology use to support reciprocal understanding between teachers and students based on three technology-based learning...
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The Pedagogical TICKIT: Web Conferencing To Promote Communication and Support during Teacher Professional Development
Curtis J. Bonk; Lee Ehman; Emily Hixon; Lisa Yamagata-Lynch
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 10, No. 2 (2002) pp. 205–33
Discusses the online activities used in the Teacher Institute for Curriculum Knowledge about the Integration of Technology (TICKIT), a school-based professional development program involving K-12 teachers from rural Indiana schools that was...
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Content Analysis of Online Discussion in an Applied Educational Psychology Course
Noriko Hara; Curtis J. Bonk; Charoula Angeli
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 28, No. 2 (2000) pp. 115–52
This study analyzed discussion in an online conference that supplemented class discussion using an instructional method called the starter-wrapper technique within a graduate level educational psychology course. Describes use of a model for content...
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Digital Trends among Japanese University Students: Podcasting and Wikis as Tools for Learning
Yayoi Anzai
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 8, No. 4 (October 2009) pp. 453–467
English education has entered a new era. Bonk (2008) boldly proclaims that “the World is Open” for learning. It is somewhat obvious that opportunities for learning have expanded with the emergence of Web 2.0 technologies. Now we can interact,...
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A Model of Teacher Professional Development To Support Technology Integration
Lee H. Ehman; Curtis J. Bonk
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2002 (April 2002)
During the 1998-1999 school year faculty from Indiana University's School of Education (Bloomington) began in in-service teacher education program, Teacher Institute for Curriculum Knowledge about Integration of Technology (TICKIT). TICKIT was...
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World Forum Communications: Analyses of Student and Mentor Interactions
William A. Sugar; Curtis J. Bonk
1995 Annual National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), (1995)
This study analyzed new forms of student social interaction and dialogue within asynchronous communications of six middle schools and six high schools participating in the World Forum. In the World Forum, students discussed, questioned, and debated...
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Classroom Lectures to iTunes U: How Professors Can Distribute Lectures Through iTunes
Kunio Mitsuma
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1093–1096
This paper describes how professors can make a video of each lecture, save it onto an iPod in real time while they are in the classroom, and later distribute the video through iTunes U—a special free iTunes service customized for each participating...
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Tools for Constructing Targeted Feedback in Online Instruction
William Jerome; John Rinderle; Diana Bajzek
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3753–3759
This paper describes a new assessment software platform which provides assessment authors the ability to more tightly integrate content with assessment along with significant flexibility evaluating assessments according to criteria specified by the...
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Developing Students Communicative Competence
Ying Gui
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2192–2199
With the rapid development of information technology, foreign language teaching has been conducted in distance education. However, how to develop students’ communicative competence in distance environment remains a big challenge. With the case of...
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What are students learning from educational robotics? - Different Approaches to Educational Robotics
Amy Eguchi
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2164–2171
The purpose of this paper is to introduce three approaches used with educational robotics - goal-oriented, thematic integrated curriculum, and project-based approaches, and the influence on student’s learning outcome by different approach. The...
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Developing an Online Collaborative Platform to Support Professional Development in Rural Schools
John Ophus; Jason Abbitt; Michael Odell; Mitchell Klett
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1165–1166
In order to increase the availability and decrease to cost of providing professional development opportunities to a large and rural geographic area, the East Texas STEM center is currently developing a model for providing high quality online...
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Enhancing Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Students’ Learning with a Learning Management System (LMS)
Li-Ling Chen; Cris Epperson
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3634–3638
With the popularity of online education, the use of Learning Management System (LMS) is gaining tremendous attention by educators. LMS is known to be able to deliver contents with a variety of formats, such as audio, video, text, photos, and so on. ...
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Moodle-ing skill acquisition: a constructivist collaborative approach to translation teaching
Manuela Motta
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1097–1102
Operating in a blended socio-constructivist student-centered collaborative learning environment for the teaching of conference interpreting proved a successful and stimulating experience, so that when the author was offered to teach a course in...
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Evaluation of an Online Social Constructivist Tool Based on a Secondary School Experience in a Middle East Country
ayse kok
International Journal of Education and Development using ICT Vol. 4, No. 3 (Oct 25, 2008)
This paper presents the "Moodling" (Moodle, 2005) experience within a secondary school in a Middle East country, namely Turkey. The study reveals that secondary school teachers are willing to participate in a virtual learning environment in addition ...
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The Effects of Convergent and Divergent Computer Software on Children's Critical and Creative Thinking
Curtis J. Bonk
This study was undertaken to determine whether convergent or divergent computer software better enhances children's critical and creative thinking skills. Subjects were 40 elementary students (4th, 5th, and 6th grades), who were randomly assigned to ...
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Evaluation Criteria for the Educational Web Information System
Soonhwa Seok
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1242–1247
The author of this brief paper believes that the effective educational information system can be built when the three criteria of accessibility, adaptability, and clarity of communication are implemented into the design of the educational...
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SCMC Interaction and Writing Revision: Facilitative or Futile?
Mei-Ya Liang
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2886–2892
This study examined whether and how SCMC interaction facilitates the writing revisions of EFL university students. Through analyses of chatroom transcripts and writing drafts, the author found that group dynamics had an impact on the quality and...
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Mobile Photo Note-taking to Support EFL Learning
Yayoi Anzai
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2012–2020
We take photos to reinforce our memory in our daily life. However, it is not so common to take photos in language classrooms, in spite of the fact that mobile phones are a device almost all students have, and taking photos with mobile phones is...
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E-Learning and Port Security: Designing and Developing an Advanced Web-based Training Curriculum Using the Latest Instructional Strategies and Technology
Aubteen Darabi
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1535–1540
Creating a successful e-learning experience that provides learners with effective learning strategies embedded in a rich instructional content has always been challenging. The challenge becomes greater when this experience requires a performance...
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Using Asynchronous Conferences to Support Wiki Skills Training and Development of Distance Learning Lessons
Sanjaya Mishra
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2231–2240
This paper reports on the findings of a study to analyze the nature of online support provided through asynchronous conferences used in wiki skills training and development of distance learning materials in an Asian developing country. With a...
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Sustainability of Learning in 21st Century: Handle the Present and Lead the Future
Madhumita Bhattacharya
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 260–266
This paper discusses the potential of using personalized approach in learning in 21st century. This paper will focus mainly on the advantages of implementation of eportfolio in programs where learners are distributed. ePortfolio could be created for ...
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How Are Chinese Student Teachers Prepared to Use Technology? Their Computer Knowledge, Computer Attitudes, and Computer Utilization
Jun Li
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3451–3455
This paper presents descriptive data from a survey of 47 Chinese student teachers. Participants were asked to evaluate their abilities of computer technologies at college, their computer attitudes, and their computer experience in teaching practice. ...
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Managing Change in Educational Media Production
Andrew Reilly
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2266–2271
Distance education is changing and the requirements of media production to support distance learning are changing with it. The author is a manager in the media production unit of The Open University in the UK. The shift in Open University learning...
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Reorganizing Schools to Engage Learners through Using Learning 2.0
Nada Mach
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3466–3470
Certain processes mediate the impact of the cognitive consequences of technology in the school setting. As Seymour Papert proposed, it is critical to shift from learners engaging with institutional procedures to the institution engaging with the...
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Secondary Students Perceptions of Web-Based Learning
Michael Barbour; Angelene McLaren; Lin Zhang
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2486–2495
In this paper, the authors presents the results of a survey study of secondary students’ perceptions of useful and challenging characteristics (the follow-up interview study analysis is not quite ready at the time of this proposal). Data were...
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Open Courses, Informal, Social Learning and Mobile Photography
Mark McGuire
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 8, No. 4 (October 2016) pp. 17–33
This paper provides an overview of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and contextualizes them within the broader trends of open, informal and mobile learning. It then discuss Phonar Nation, a free, open, non-credit five-week photography course that ...
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Adding Some TEC-VARIETY: 100+ Activities for Motivating and Retaining Learners Online
Curtis J. Bonk; Elaine Khoo
(2014) pp. 1–368
Many ideas and events led to the development of the TEC-VARIETY framework and the 100+ activities for motivating and retaining online learners described in this book. Much of it has its roots in the mid-1980s, long before most educators had ever...
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Use of Technology for Learning: Impact on Cognition and Culture
Madhumita Bhattacharya
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 607–606
This panel session focuses on different aspects of present day learners and the learning process. Emphasis is given to the learning process and the learner characteristics in technology enhance learning environment. Main consideration is placed on...
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Learner Issues With WWW-Based Systems
Curtis J. Bonk; Vanessa Dennen
International Journal of Educational Telecommunications Vol. 5, No. 4 (1999) pp. 401–417
This paper reports the results of a breakout session focused on learner issues within the context of the ED-MEDIA '99 Seminar on WWW-based course-support systems. The authors summarize a large number of points that were discussed by the participants ...
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Preface: A Special Passage Through Asia E-Learning
Curtis J. Bonk; Mimi Miyoung Lee; Thomas Reynolds
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 8, No. 4 (October 2009) pp. 438–445
As Internet access increases in Asia and the rest of the world, the use of e-learning has expanded to offer formal as well as informal educational opportunities that were previously not possible to hundreds of millions of learners. As access widens, ...
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A Survey of E-Learning in the Workplace: Checking the Status, Reporting the Future
Curtis J. Bonk; Kyong-Jee Kim; TingTing Zeng
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 4443–4448
As e-learning creates new challenges and opportunities for professional training, there is a need to document how different emerging technologies, learning formats, and training innovations are impacting workplace learning. In response, a 49-item...
Topics: Training
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Future Directions of Blended Learning in Higher Education and Workplace Learning Settings
Curtis J. Bonk; Kyong-Jee Kim; TingTing Zeng
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 3644–3649
After more than a decade of extensive learning on the Internet, especially the use of it to supplement and extend learning, it is time to push ahead with new data and predictions related to blended learning. We begin by sharing the results of two...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Introducing a Wiki in EFL Writing Class
Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 547–552
A wiki is a powerful online writing tool with revising and editing functions. Learners can participate, interact and collaborate on Wiki. These special functions of Wiki are claimed to be very useful for EFL students. Furthermore, it also has a...
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OOPS, Turning MIT Opencourseware into Chinese: An analysis of a community of practice of global translators
Mimi Lee; Meng-Fen Lin; Curtis J. Bonk
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 8, No. 3 (Dec 05, 2007)
An all-volunteer organization called the Opensource Opencourseware Prototype System (OOPS), headquartered in Taiwan, was initially designed to translate open source materials from MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) site into Chinese. Given the recent plethora ...
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A systematic review of small group communication in post-secondary online courses
Namsook JAHNG
Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning Vol. 16, No. 2 (2012) pp. 26–40
The purpose of this systematic review is to establish a comprehensive understanding of research trend and findings of the current studies focused on small group communication in post-secondary online courses. Comprehensive searching electronic...
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Improving the Online Learning Experience: Design, Production, Delivery and Support of Online Courses
Anne-Rae Vasquez; Joseph Khalil
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2035–2038
Providing learners with the best online learning experience can be a challenge for instructors to do on their own. Our team of experts provides services in design, production, delivery and support of online courses to our university faculties and...
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A Systematic Review of MOOC Research Methods and Topics: Comparing 2014-2016 and 2016-2017
Meina Zhu; Annisa Sari; Curtis Bonk
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 1673–1682
This research examines research paradigms and massive open online courses (MOOCs) topics to increase our understanding of the MOOC phenomenon and methodological issues. We reviewed 197 studies published from October 2014 to July 2017 in two phases....
Topics: Innovative online learning and educational programming, Open courses, open learning, and open educational resources, Lifelong, informal, and nontraditional learning
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A Special Passage Through Asia E-Learning
Curtis J. Bonk; Mimi Miyoung Lee; Thomas Reynolds
(2009) pp. 1–155
As Internet access increases in Asia and the rest of the world, the use of e-learning has expanded to offer formal as well as informal educational opportunities that were previously not possible to hundreds of millions of learners.As access widens,...
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The Challenges and Successes of Wikibookian Experts and Want-To-Bees
Suthiporn Sajjapanroj; Curtis J. Bonk; Mimi Lee; Grace Lin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 2329–2333
Wikis are purposefully created to provide an open environment to users who want to share ideas and virtually collaborate on their work. One emerging Wiki technology, the Wikibook, is an interesting phenomenon finding its way into various educational ...
Topics: Educational Technology
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The Use of Weblogs in Learning and Assessment in Chinese Higher Education: Possibilities and Potential Problems
WeiChao Chen; Curtis J. Bonk
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 7, No. 1 (January 2008) pp. 41–65
Weblogs are beginning to be used in educational settings in China, sending hope for changes in both learning and assessment. This article summarizes two recent Weblogs studies involving new ideas of student assessment in China. While these case...
Topics: Interaction, Instructional Design, Assessment, Educational Technology, eLearning, Communication, Portfolios, Teaching Methods, Information Communication Technologies
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Pedagogical TICKIT: Web Conferencing to Promote Communication and Support During Teacher Professional Development
Curtis J. Bonk; Lee Ehman; Emily Hixon; Lisa Yamagata-Lynch
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 10, No. 2 (2002) pp. 205–233
This article discusses the online activities used in the Teacher Institute for Curriculum Knowledge about the Integration of Technology (TICKIT) during 1998-1999. TICKIT is a school-based professional development program involving 25-30, K-12...
Topics: Schools, Curriculum, Professional Development, Integration, Teachers
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Blended Learning: An Asian Perspective
Raymond Tham; Lesley Tham
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 684–691
This paper examines the current stage of development of blended learning in higher education in China, Korea and Japan, with a comparison to the city state of Singapore. It is noted that blended learning and e-learning are introduced at institutes...
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Online Orientation Redesign Incorporates Web 2.0 Technologies and the Affective Domain
Victoria Hall
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 71–77
The Loretto Heights School of Nursing recently revamped the online orientation. The redesign included an interactive tutorial in Adobe Presenter, and a format consistent with other courses in the program. In addition to addressing the tools of the...
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A Simple “Wrapper” Enhancement for Collaborative Writing
Helge Hoivik
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 92–96
Using readily available writing and filing tools from a Web 2.0 provider (Google Docs), a group of authors faced the task of writing an intermediate-sized report. While the online tools give ample support for writing the primary texts, there is less ...
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A Model of Teacher Professional Development to Support Technology Integration
Lee Ehman; Curtis J. Bonk; Lisa Yamagata-Lynch
AACE Journal Vol. 13, No. 3 (July 2005) pp. 251–270
The purpose of this paper is to report on the professional development model of Teacher Institute for Curriculum Knowledge about Integration of Technology (TICKIT). This paper will situate the TICKIT model with past findings from professional...
Topics: technology, Technology integration, k-12, teacher education, Integration, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum, teacher training, Professional Development, faculty development, problem based learning, Inclusive Education
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What about MOOCs for language learning?
Yayoi Anzai
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 557–561
This paper reports a study on English as a foreign language (EFL) instruction integrating Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). There is a high demand for university students to study aboard to enhance their English proficiency. The students, now,...
Topics: Instructional Design, Implementation Examples & Issues
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The Use of E-Learning Platform for Multi-Tasks Group Projects: An Experimental Study in Higher Education in Taiwan
Chianyi Ju; Shu-chien Pan
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2868–2872
With the help of information technology, E-Learning has become a commonly used way of delivering learning. How the E-Learning environment been constructed and how instructors and students use it should be well planned and evaluated. Taiwan is famous ...
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Using OpenCourseWare to Enhance On-Campus Educational Programs
Jason Caudill
TCC Worldwide Online Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 43–47
The OpenCourseWare movement has generated excitement in many circles through its potential contributions to both lifetime learning and ubiquitous learning. These courses are certainly beneficial to such groups, but OpenCourseWare can also make...