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Direct linkTuire Oittinen – Classroom Discourse, 2024
This paper investigates the accomplishment of highlighting in multiparty video-mediated learning activities. The focus is on moments of screen sharing and the verbal, embodied, and digital resources participants deploy to draw joint attention to a referent on screen. Drawing on screen recorded data (90 h) from an adult education setting (i.e.…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Adult Education, Learning Activities, Attention
Janakiraman, Shamila; Watson, Sunnie Lee; Watson, William R. – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2018
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are offered on diverse topics in an attempt to reach global audiences. MOOCs have helped address limitations to educational access, yet the dropout rates are notoriously high. Many argue that high attrition in MOOCs is because the instructional design often does not align with the needs of adult learners. Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Large Group Instruction, Online Courses
Romero, Liz; Orzechowski, Agnes; Rahatka, Ola – Educational Technology, 2014
The availability of technological tools is promoting a shift toward more student-centered online instruction. This article describes the implementation of a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) model and the technological tools used to meet the expectations of the model as well as the needs of the students. The end product is a hybrid course with eight…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking, Skill Development
Chang, Dian-Fu; Lin, Sung-Po – Educational Gerontology, 2011
This study analyzed the survey on adults administered by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan in 2008, and logistic regression analysis showed a close relationship between learning motivations of older adults. The finding revealed that the higher age or the lower education attainment of older adults, the lower their learning motivation. The…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Online Courses, Learning Motivation
Download full textVasinda, Sheri, Ed.; Szabo, Susan, Ed.; Johnson, Robin D., Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2015
The theme for the 58th annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) was Bridging Cultures Through Literacy. In the first section of the Yearbook, Parker Fawson's presidential address captures the unique nature of ALER and its role in his professional development, and then moved beyond to capture the changing…
Descriptors: Literacy, Literacy Education, Reading Comprehension, Common Core State Standards
Woo, Younghee; Herrington, Jan; Agostinho, Shirley; Reeves, Thomas C. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2007
The use of authentic tasks is derived from social constructivist principles of locating learning in the context of reality. Authentic tasks can foster learning transfer because collaboration among students not only helps them learn the concepts under discussion, but also exemplifies how these concepts are used in real-world contexts. To achieve a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Online Courses, Interaction, Internet
Yukselturk, Erman; Yildirim, Zahide – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
The purpose of the study is to investigate some of the factors that contribute to satisfaction of participants in an online Information Technologies Certificate Program (ITCP). The program includes eight courses and lasts four semesters. The sample consisted of 30 participants who enrolled to the program and 8 instructors who gave the courses in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Hlapanis, G.; Dimitrakopoulou, A. – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2007
How could we design course programmes in a teachers' learning community context? Is it possible to conceive a concrete and appropriate course model? And if so, how could we assess the effectiveness of such a course model in such a complex learning situation? In this paper, a model implementation of technology-based courses is presented. The model…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Adult Education, Internet, Teaching Methods
Smith, Regina O. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2005
This qualitative cross-case study explored the experiences that learners describe within online collaborative groups. The study context was a fully online graduate course on adult learning. The findings suggest that the small online groups demonstrated dynamics and process that are characteristic of individual growth and development and group…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Group Dynamics, Cooperative Learning, Online Courses
