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Embodied and Embedded Theory in Practice: The Student-Owned Learning-Engagement (SOLE) Model
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Atkinson, Simon – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
The demands on academic staff in all sectors to adopt best ODL practices to create effective and efficient models of learning in the face of increasing external pressures show no signs of abating. The massification of higher education, diversified access, and pressures to meet institutional visions and research objectives demand of teaching staff…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Faculty Development
The Development of Online Learning at UNITEC--Same Environment, New Landscape?
Northover, Mark; Donald, Claire – 2001
The short history in the field of online learning of the UNITEC Institute of Technology (New Zealand) provides a story of changing attitudes and usage at three levels--organizational, tutorial, and student. From the first course designed for flexible delivery in 1994, UNITEC has progressed through three distinct phases of course development (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
International Collaborative Learning--The Facilitation Process.
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Clear, A. G. – 1999
International collaborative learning is becoming more viable through a variety of Internet enabled software products. Group Support Systems appear to offer promise. But it is not well understood how to facilitate the teaching and learning process in electronic environments. If education is to involve an interactive process of collaborative inquiry…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education
From Slates to Satellites. Report on Open Learning with New Technologies for Rural Communities.
New Zealand Dept. of Education, Wellington. – 1988
This report outlines the results of two technology-based open learning pilot projects which focused on 600 women living in rural areas of the Southland and Hauraki-Coromandel regions of New Zealand. The technologies used were computer-assisted instruction, teleconferencing, and audio- and videotape recordings. An outline of project steering…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Computer Assisted Instruction, Costs, Distance Education
An Instructional Design Course for Clinical Educators: First Iteration Design Research Reflections
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Blake, Adam; Doherty, Iain – Journal of Learning Design, 2007
This paper describes the theoretical foundations of an online course to teach clinical educators how to convert a traditional face-to-face course for either flexible or distance delivery. We describe the design research approach to the creation of the course and the pedagogical theory behind the course development. We also present the details of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Research Methodology
The Graduate Diploma in Education Technology: The Development of an Online Programme.
Halliday, Jackie – 2001
The Graduate Diploma in Education Technology (GDipEdTech) was developed at the UNITEC Institute of Technology (New Zealand) in 1993 as an open and distance program to meet the needs of teachers in the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors. The program aims to integrate the use of new and emerging technologies into their classroom programs. It…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Environment
Innovation in Open & Distance Learning: Successful Development of Online and Web-Based Learning.
Lockwood, Fred, Ed.; Gooley, Anne, Ed. – 2001
This book contains 19 papers examining innovation in open and distance learning through development of online and World Wide Web-based learning. The following papers are included: "Innovation in Distributed Learning: Creating the Environment" (Fred Lockwood); "Innovation in Open and Distance Learning: Some Lessons from Experience…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies