Design-based Research and its Application to a Call Centre Innovation in Distance Education

Terry Anderson; Terry Anderson

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 31, No. 2 (Jun 15, 2005)

Design-based research is proposed as a strategy to address the need for innovation in educational contexts. The article argues the case for increased and more effective research and development in education, and then presents a discussion of design...

A Response and Commentary to: A Review of e-Learning in Canada

Terry Anderson; Terry Anderson

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 32, No. 3 (Oct 15, 2006)

The Little eLearn Centre with a Big Impact

Terry Anderson

Educational Technology Vol. 53, No. 6 (2013) pp. 42–45

The Open University of Catalonia (UOC) was established as public, online university and thus has grown quickly with the global interest in online courses. However, like other dedicated distance-education institutions, UOC has had challenges adapting ...

Thanksgiving

Terry Anderson

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 11, No. 3 (Oct 13, 2010)

Empowering Professional Openness through Groups, Networks and Collectives

Terry Anderson

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning Vol. 2009, No. 1 (Oct 28, 2009)

In this session Terry overviews the affordances associated with the web and especially web 2.0 tools. By looking at the applications of groups, networks and collectives, he shows how we are provided with the capacity to expand and improve our...

The Hidden Curriculum in Distance Education: An Updated View

Terry Anderson

Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning Vol. 33, No. 6 (2001) pp. 28–35

Addressing recent criticism of distance education, explores the distinctive hidden curriculum (supposed "real" agenda) of distance education, focusing on both its positive and negative expressions. Also offers an updated view of the hidden...

Teaching the Crowd

Terry Anderson

Global Learn (Apr 16, 2015)

This presentation examine the social groups - from groups to nets to sets, that enliven, animate and propel both our teaching and our learning. It then matches the most cost and learning effective pedagogies technologies to these social form, with a ...

Distance Learning in Higher Education: A Programmatic Approach to Planning, Design, Instruction, Evaluation, and Accreditation

Terry Anderson

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb 23, 2009)

Open access scholarly publications as OER

Terry Anderson

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 14, No. 2 (May 09, 2013) pp. 81–95

This article presents the rationale, common practices, challenges, and some personal anecdotes from a journal editor on the production, use, and re-use of peer-reviewed, scholarly articles as open educational resources (OER). The scholarly and...

The architecture of productive learning networks by Lucila Carvalho and Peter Goodyear

Terry Anderson

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr 01, 2014)

Book review

Utilizing Disruptive Technologies in the University: Confessions of an Agent Provocateur

Terry Anderson

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 1999 (1999) pp. 22–30

This paper overviews the programming and facilities at a large research University that is designed to assist faculty in maximizing their effective use of educational technologies. Different programs developed by a university-wide "new media...

Topics: Educational Technology

Distance Education Delivery Networks: Role in Community and Institutional Development

Terry Anderson

Contact North is a provincially funded distance education network designed to increase access to educational opportunities for residents of northern Ontario, Canada. Educational needs of this region include basic education and skills, management...

Is Videoconferencing the Killer App for K-12 Distance Education?

Terry Anderson

The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 22, No. 2 (2008) pp. 109–123

This paper overviews a multi-mode research study of Internet Protocol (IP) videoconferencing applications in five early adopter school divisions in Alberta, an oil-rich province located in Western Canada. The applications exploited the affordances...

Cooperation and Collaboration in Distance Education: The Contact North/Contact Nord Experience

Terry Anderson

This paper describes Contact North/Contact Nord, a pilot project that attempts to improve strategies for distance education in Northern Ontario, Canada. The goals of the program include meeting ongoing and future educational needs of rural Canadians ...

A Rose by Any Other Name: Still Distance Education--A Response to D. R. Garrison--"Implications of Online and Blended Learning for the Conceptual Development and Practice of Distance Education"

Terry Anderson

The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 23, No. 3 (2009) pp. 111–116

This article presents the author's response to Randy Garrison's article titled, "Implications of Online and Blended Learning for the Conceptual Development and Practice of Distance Education." Garrison's article seems to have missed many important...

Getting the Mix Right Again: An Updated and Theoretical Rationale for Interaction

Terry Anderson

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 4, No. 2 (Oct 01, 2003)

No topic raises more contentious debate among educators than the role of interaction as a crucial component of the education process. This debate is fueled by surface problems of definition and vested interests of professional educators, but is more ...

The Ratings Game

Terry Anderson

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 10, No. 3 (May 27, 2009)

Athabasca University's Open Access Week Presentations

Terry Anderson

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 10, No. 5 (Oct 14, 2009)

Online professional development conferences: An effective, economical and eco-friendly option

Lynn Anderson; Terry Anderson; Terry Anderson

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 35, No. 2 (May 11, 2010)

In order to stay current within their field, many professionals regularly attend conferences and training events in distant locales. Travel to these conferences costs professionals, and their sponsor organizations, both time and money. In the past...

Three generations of distance education pedagogy

Terry Anderson; Jon Dron

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jan 11, 2011) pp. 80–97

This paper defines and examines three generations of distance education pedagogy. Unlike earlier classifications of distance education based on the technology used, this analysis focuses on the pedagogy that defines the learning experiences...

Community of Inquiry and Learning in Immersive Environments

Ross McKerlich; Terry Anderson

Online Learning Journal Vol. 11, No. 4 (Jan 04, 2008)

In higher education institutions around the world, educators and administrators are actively engaged in sometimes lively discussions about immersive environments and their application for learning. Innovative educators are excited about the...

Agoraphobia and the Modern Learner

Jon Dron; Terry Anderson

Journal of Interactive Media in Education Vol. 2014, No. 1 (2014)

Read/write social technologies enable rich pedagogies that centre on sharing and constructing content but have two notable weaknesses. Firstly, beyond the safe, nurturing environment of closed groups, students participating in more or less public...

Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Intelligence, Networking Technologies

Collectives, Networks and Groups in Social Software for E-Learning

Jon Dron; Terry Anderson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 2460–2467

: A number of writers have identified (and argued about) the importance of either the group or the network as a significant player when social software is used for e-learning. This paper examines the two competing perspectives of network and group...

The Interaction Equivalency Theorem

Terumi Miyazoe; Terry Anderson

Journal of Interactive Online Learning Vol. 9, No. 2 (2010) pp. 94–104

This paper examines the key issues regarding The Interaction Equivalency Theorem posited by Anderson (2003a), which consists of the three interaction elements found in formal education courses among teacher, student, and content. It first examines...

Validity in Quantitative Content Analysis

Liam Rourke; Terry Anderson

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 52, No. 1 (2004) pp. 5–18

Over the past 15 years, educational technologists have been dabbling with a research technique known as quantitative content analysis (QCA). Although it is characterized as a systematic and objective procedure for describing communication, readers...

Why Do Teachers Get to Learn the Most?: A Case Study of a Course Based on Student Creation of Learning Objects

Terry Anderson; Norine Wark

E-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology Vol. 7, No. 2 (2004)

A common report from anecdotal writing over many generations of educators is that it is the teacher who usually learns the most during the process of gathering content materials, designing, teaching and evaluating student performance. In this...

Disruptive Pedagogies and Technologies in Universities

Terry Anderson; Rory McGreal

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 15, No. 4 (2012) pp. 380–389

This paper is a reaction to the increasing high cost of higher education and the resulting inaccessibility for the millions of potential learners now seeking opportunities for quality higher education opportunities. The paper examines the cost...

Design Patterns for Complex Learning

Shanta Rohse; Terry Anderson

Journal of Learning Design Vol. 1, No. 3 pp. 82–91

A complex view of learning recognises that learning cannot be pre-determined by teaching, but is as much defined by circumstances and context as pre-defined learning objectives. Learning designs that accept uncertainty help us to envision classrooms ...

Interaction Equivalency in an OER, MOOCs and Informal Learning Era

Terumi Miyazoe; Terry Anderson

Journal of Interactive Media in Education Vol. 2013, No. 1 (2013)

This theoretical paper attempts to clarify design issues that the field of education has encountered in the context of OER (Open Educational Resources), Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and increased emphasis on informal learning, as examined...

Topics: Interaction, Learning Management Systems

Making a Match: Aligning Audience, Goals, and Content in Online Adjunct Training

Julie Shattuck; Terry Anderson

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Vol. 16, No. 3 (2013)

As increasing numbers of higher education students take online courses, there is a corresponding need for additional instructors to teach these students. The research literature indicates that there are different instructor roles, competencies, and...

The Virtual Conference: Extending Professional Education in Cyberspace

Terry D. Anderson

International Journal of Educational Telecommunications Vol. 2, No. 2 (1996) pp. 121–135

This paper describes the use of Internet based tools to support professional interaction and education in a format known as the virtual conference. The paper discusses characteristics of the virtual conference and presents data from a case study in...

Topics: Interaction, Distance Education

Exploring Social Communication in Computer Conferencing

Liam Rourke; Terry Anderson

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 13, No. 3 (2002) pp. 259–275

This study explores the relationship between asynchronous, text-based forms of social communication and students' perceptions of the social climate of computer conferences. A 21-item questionnaire was administered to 74 students from 4 faculties....

Topics: Social Studies, Students, Communication

Distance Students' Readiness for Social Media and Collaboration

Bruno Poellhuber; Terry Anderson

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 12, No. 6 (Sep 22, 2011) pp. 102–125

In recent years, there has been a rapid growth in the use of social networking tools (e.g., Facebook) and social media in general, mainly for social purposes (Smith, Salaway & Caruso 2009). Many educators, including ourselves, believe that these...

International Computer Conferencing for Professional Development: The Bangkok Project

Terry Anderson; Robin Mason

American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 7, No. 2 (1993) pp. 5–18

Describes the Bangkok Project, a successful application of electronic mail and computer conferencing networks to support professional development in the field of distance education. The development of the computer conference to supplement a face-to...

Learning Technology through Three Generations of Technology Enhanced Distance Education Pedagogy

Terry Anderson; Jon Dron

European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning Vol. 2 (2010)

This paper updates earlier work in which we defined three generations of distance education pedagogy. We then describe emerging technologies that are most conducive to instructional designs that evolve with each generation. Finally we discuss...

Learning in a Distance Teaching Community: A Case Study

Jon Dron; Terry Anderson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 402–413

Athabasca University (AU) is an open and distance university. This distance applies not only to students but to the staff, who are distributed over thousands of kilometres across Canada and, in some cases, beyond. The consequences of this...

Empirical Research on Learners' Perceptions: Interaction Equivalency Theorem in Blended Learning

Terumi Miyazoe; Terry Anderson

European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning Vol. 1 (2011)

This paper reports on an empirical research on the Interaction Equivalency Theorem posited by Anderson (2003a), consisting of the three elements of teacher-student-content interaction. Using an author-developed survey, the paper reports the priority ...

Development of Disruptive Open Access Journals

Terry Anderson; Brigette McConkey

Canadian Journal of Higher Education Vol. 39, No. 3 (2009) pp. 71–87

Open access (OA) publication has emerged, with disruptive effects, as a major outlet for scholarly publication. OA publication is usually associated with on-line distribution and provides access to scholarly publications to anyone, anywhere-...

Digital Resilience in Higher Education

Martin Weller; Terry Anderson

European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning Vol. 16, No. 1 (2013) pp. 53–66

Higher education institutions face a number of opportunities and challenges as the result of the digital revolution. The institutions perform a number of scholarship functions which can be affected by new technologies, and the desire is to retain...

Using Peer Teams To Lead Online Discussions

Liam Rourke; Terry Anderson

Journal of Interactive Media in Education Vol. 1 (2001)

Investigates a graduate-level online course in which groups of four students were used to lead online discussions. The teams were examined for their ability to bring instructional design, discourse facilitation, and direct instruction to the...

Using Web-Based, Group Communication Systems to Support Case Study Learning at a Distance

Terry Anderson; Liam Rourke

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 3, No. 2 (Oct 01, 2002)

This study explored the capacity of Web-based, group communication systems to support case-based teaching and learning. Eleven graduate students studying at a distance were divided into three groups to collaborate on a case study using either a...

Anonymity in Blended Learning: Who Would You like to Be?

Terumi Miyazoe; Terry Anderson

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 2 (2011) pp. 175–187

This paper examines the learning outcomes associated with implementing discussion forums and blog writings using pseudonyms in blended learning. Although anonymity or masking one's identity has been used as a teaching strategy designed to induce...

Learning Outcomes and Students' Perceptions of Online Writing: Simultaneous Implementation of a Forum, Blog, and Wiki in an EFL Blended Learning Setting

Terumi Miyazoe; Terry Anderson

System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics Vol. 38, No. 2 (June 2010) pp. 185–199

This paper examines the effectiveness of three different online writing activities in formal university education: forums, blogs, and wikis. Constructivism--reflective and collaborative learning fostered by scaffolding--provides a main support for...

Online Social Interchange, Discord, and Knowledge Construction

Heather Kanuka; Terry Anderson

The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 13, No. 1 (1998) pp. 57–74

Presents the results of an exploratory multi-method evaluation study and transcript analysis of an online forum. Highlights include use of a constructivist interaction analysis model to help understand and assess online learning; social interchange; ...

An investigation of collaborative problem solving using different communications modes in Distance Education

Liam Rourke; Terry Anderson

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 48–50

This paper reports results of a mixed method, multiple case study of collaborative problem solving by distance education students. Four groups of students were assigned to solve a multifaceted task and write a comprehensive solution report using the ...

Topics: Students, Distance Education, Educational Technology

Using a design-based research study to identify principles for training instructors to teach online

Julie Shattuck; Terry Anderson

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 14, No. 5 (Oct 31, 2013)

Within the overall framework of design-based research, this paper reports on a study that focused on evaluating an online training course for online instructors. This intervention was designed as a possible solution to the problem facing some higher ...

Integrating learning management and social networking systems

Terry Anderson; Jon Dron

Italian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jan 11, 2018) pp. 5–19

Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become ubiquitous tools in support of bothclassroom and distance education programming. They bring significant advantages that digitize andautomate many of the functions and pedagogical activities of...

Representing and Promoting Family Literacy on the World Wide Web: A Critical Analysis

Jim Anderson; Jodi Streelasky; Terry Anderson

Alberta Journal of Educational Research Vol. 53, No. 2 (2007) pp. 143–156

The purpose of this study was to examine critically how family literacy is promoted and represented through the images and written texts on Web sites developed by providers of family literacy programs. Naturalistic research over the last 20 years or ...

The Geography of Distance Education--Bibliographic Characteristics of a Journal Network

Olaf Zawacki-Richter; Terry Anderson

Distance Education Vol. 32, No. 3 (2011) pp. 441–456

The publication of the results of research in distance education in peer-reviewed journals is an important means of communication, dissemination, discourse and reporting of practice in the field. This study is an attempt at analyzing the...

Are the Most Highly Cited Articles the Ones That Are the Most Downloaded? A Bibliometric Study of IRRODL

Raidell Avello Martínez; Terry Anderson

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 16, No. 3 (Jun 19, 2015) pp. 18–40

Publication of research, innovation, challenges and successes is of critical importance to the evolution of more effective distance education programming. Publication in peer reviewed journal format is the most prestigious and the most widespread...