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Student and Tutor Perceptions of Effective Tutoring in Distance Education
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Jelfs, Anne; Richardson, John T. E.; Price, Linda – Distance Education, 2009
Questionnaire responses of 457 students and 602 tutors were used to investigate conceptions of a "good tutor." In each case, factor analysis identified scales that reflected key constructs; cluster analysis identified subgroups with different patterns of scale scores; and discriminant analysis determined the scales that contributed the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Discriminant Analysis, Open Universities, Mail Surveys
Virtual Seminars and Their Impact on the Role of the Teaching Staff.
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Jelfs, Anne; Colbourn, Chris – Computers & Education, 2002
Discusses current demands on teaching staff in United Kingdom higher education and the impact these demands have when teaching through electronic resources. Topics include collaborative small-group learning; transferable skills; nontraditional students; the role of the tutor; social theories of education; and a case study of virtual seminars for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Theories, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students
Do Students' Approaches to Learning Affect Their Perceptions of Using Computing and Information Technology?
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Jelfs, Anne; Colbourn, Chris – Journal of Educational Media, 2002
Discusses the use of communication and information technology (C&IT) in higher education in the United Kingdom and describes research that examined student perceptions of using C&IT for a virtual seminar series in psychology. Identified student learning approaches within the group and how it affected their adoption or rejection of the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education