Browsing by Subject: Faculty
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Humanizing and Establishing Presence in an Online Course: The Role of Introductory Videos in Distance Learning
Paula Jones, ABD, MaryAnn Kolloff, EdD & Fred Kolloff, PhD, Eastern Kentucky University, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 1247–1254
Some faculty may find it difficult, if not impossible, to provide a similar classroom experience online as is provided typically in a face to face class. Faculty members can find it even more... More
pp. 1247-1254
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Social Networking Goes To Medical School: The Creation of an Online Community to Facilitate Faculty-Student Interaction
Paul Zobitz, Mayo Medical School, United States; Melissa Rethlefsen, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, United States; Colin Segovis, Andrew Norgan, Christo Philip, Babatunde Adekola & John Kitsteiner, Mayo Medical School, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 1014–1020
The Mayo Medical School is implementing a web-based social networking system as a tool to facilitate interaction between students and faculty mentors. The goal of the project is to provide a forum... More
pp. 1014-1020
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Two-Triangular Change: Redesign of Biology 100 at BYU
Richard Swan, Stephanie Burdett, Samuel Smith & Brigham Dye, Brigham Young University, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 943–948
In general, faculty believe in active learning modes, and promoting higher-order thinking. In many cases, they believe that they are already trying to accomplish both goals, but in reality the... More
pp. 943-948
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Expansion of Learning Community Using Mobile Phones
Makiko Takenaka, Centre for Research in Education and Human Development, Oita University, Japan; Shigenori Inagaki, Faculty of Human Development, Kobe University, Japan; Hideko Kuroda, Sumiyoshi Elementary School Attached to Faculty of Human Development, Kobe University, Japan; Masahiko Ohkubo, Faculty of Human Development, Kobe University, Japan; Akiko Deguchi, Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Science, Kobe University, Japan
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 943–942
We developed a field study support system using mobile phones and introduced this system into classroom activities. In these experimental classes, one of the most significant comments, deserving of... More
pp. 943-942
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Blogs: Different Uses of New Technology in Both Traditional and Online Classes
Jeffrey V. Stewart, III, Macon State College, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 933–936
Web logs, better known as BLOGS, are currently used in traditional and online classrooms by both students and faculty members. In many college courses today, time constraints prohibit students... More
pp. 933-936
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Exploring Best Practices: Taking Your "Innovative Teaching" Temperature
Kathy Siedlaczek & Valia Spiliotopoulos, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) p. 917
Innovation in teaching takes a spirit of exploration, time, and support. At the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Vancouver, faculty have been engaging in projects as part of the... More
p. 917
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Faculty Collaboration Issues in the Internet-based Intercultural Language Learning and Teaching Projects
Yu-Chih Doris Shih, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 910–916
The purpose of this study is to identify the issues related to the faculty-coordinators and school administrators that contribute to successful and unsuccessful telecommunications projects. In an... More
pp. 910-916
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An online community to support doctoral research
William Sadera & Paul Jones, Towson University, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) p. 885
The creation of new doctoral programming at Towson University's College of Education highlighted the need to strengthen the research community at both the students and faculty levels. One of... More
p. 885
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Multi-Faceted Training and Support for Faculty Teaching Hybrid Courses
Sallie Reissman & Sheila Sharbaugh, Wilmington College, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 878–882
Building a multi-faceted hybrid training program for faculty requires strategy, resources, and communication. In this paper we will share examples of support components provided to faculty in a... More
pp. 878-882
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The Extended Classroom: Providing on-campus and off-campus students with a comparable and rich learning experience
Tamara Rabinovich & Ruth Horwitz, Bentley College, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) p. 856
Bentley College has been extending its physical campus classrooms into cyberspace since 2001. Traditional, on-campus courses are offered concurrently to online students via the web. In the extended... More
p. 856
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If You Want Them to Move Forward, Hire the Right Faculty Member: A Study of Faculty Motivation and Leadership in Technology Use
Joe Kortz & Janice Nath, University of Houston-Downtown, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 674–678
This study will focus on university faculty members who have gone through a rapid change in technology use during the course of one year. The main focus in this advancement centers upon a newly... More
pp. 674-678
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Teaching with Technology: Facilitating the Process
Ric Keaster & Leroy Metze, Western Kentucky University, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 648–653
Abstract: The paper deals with the need to provide faculty not only with the technological tools for enhancing instruction but also with the knowledge of how to best use these materials in... More
pp. 648-653
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Student and Faculty Support for Online Learning
Nancy Haas, Tracy Johnson, Cuyler Reid, Robert Kilman & Karla Gable, Arizona State University, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 560–568
Appropriate support is critical in online learning so that students and faculty have somewhere to turn for advice, complaints and comments about their online experiences. Without the support... More
pp. 560-568
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Managing the Integration of Video from an Information Technology Administrator's Perspective
Julie Dent, Western Kentucky University, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 483–485
While policy dictates that we provide more opportunities for faculty and staff to receive multimedia training, we must consider current obstacles that prevent faculty and students from embracing... More
pp. 483-485
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Very Large Scale E-Learning Practices in the Open Education System at Anadolu University
Engin Atac, Anadolu University, Turkey, Turkey; M.Emin Mutlu, Anadolu University, Turkey
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 339–344
Abstract: In Turkey, the open education opportunities for higher education are provided by Anadolu University. The basic instructional materials were books, TV programs and face-to-face tutorials... More
pp. 339-344
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Faculty Technology Longitudinal Study
Mary Nell McNeese, Lin Harper & Elizabeth C. Smith, University of Southern Mississippi, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 222–227
In 2001, in preparation for writing a Title III-A grant and in the midst of the implementation of a PT3 grant, staff from The University of Southern Mississippi implemented a technology survey of... More
pp. 222-227
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Environments for Change in a Faculty of Arts: The Impact of Teaching Off Campus
Geraldine Lefoe & Rebecca Albury, University of Wollongong, Australia
AACE Review (formerly AACE Journal) Vol. 14, No. 3 (2006) pp. 269–285
** Invited as a paper from ED-MEDIA 2004 ** For a university in regional Australia, a new degree program offered through a remote campus and access centres, provided a supportive environment for... More
pp. 269-285
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Advanced Web Delivery of Courses: Effective Utilization of Streaming Media
María Victoria Pérez Cereijo, Paul L. Schlieve & Jon I. Young, University of North Texas, United States
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 2000 (2000) pp. 978–979
Faculty members in the Department of Technology and Cognition at the University of North Texas, are using new technologies to deliver class instruction across the Internet. Faculty post their class... More
pp. 978-979
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Equipping the Online Faculty Member's Toolbox: Engendering High Tech/High Touch in the Online Learning Environment
Theodore Stone, University of Maryland University College, United States
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2006 (June 2006) pp. 2885–2886
The year 2006 marks the 10th anniversary of the emergence of online web-based distance education as a practical delivery methodology for higher education. The first decade of web-based education... More
pp. 2885-2886
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A Learner-Adaptive Semantic Reasoning System for Learning Materials
Keisuke Nakamura, Graduate School of Hokkaido Information University, Japan; Kenji Saito, Faculty of Business Admin. and Information Science, Hokkaido Information University, Japan; Hajime Saito & Takashi Maeda, Faculty of Information Media, Hokkaido Information University, Japan
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2006 (June 2006) pp. 2728–2733
In recent years, there has been increased interest in the use of e-learning in the educational world. Learners want to accurately obtain knowledge which relates to their learning objectives and... More
pp. 2728-2733