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Wuri Prima Kusumastuti – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The field of autonomous language learning in second language acquisition has experienced significant growth since its introduction by Holec in the 1980s. Several studies have explored how to promote learning autonomy in various spaces, including online learning environments. However, research related to autonomous language learning in online…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Social Media, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition
Hernandez-Serrano, Maria Jose; Gonzales-Sanchez, Margarita – Online Submission, 2011
This paper reports on a project in which students' interactions with learning environments are investigated from the perspective of the spatial factors. Our research examines a significant dimension generated under the interrelationship between the subject and the virtual space, by establishing that spatial dimensions may determine the level of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socialization, Cognitive Processes, Social Experience
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de Espindola, Marina Bazzo; El-Bacha, Tatiana; Giannella, Tais Rabetti; Struchiner, Miriam; da Silva, Wagner S.; Da Poian, Andrea T. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2010
This work describes the use of a virtual learning environment (VLE) applied to the biochemistry class for undergraduate, first-year medical students at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The course focused on the integration of energy metabolism, exploring metabolic adaptations in different physiological or pathological states such as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Biochemistry, Undergraduate Study
Minocha, Shailey; Roberts, Dave – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2008
The paper reports the theoretical underpinnings for the pedagogical role and rationale for adopting 3D virtual worlds for socialisation and knowledge creation in distance education. Socialisation or "knowing one another" in remote distributed environments can be achieved through synchronous technologies such as instant messaging, audio and…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Educational Environment, Distance Education, Online Courses
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Chang, Ni – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2007
This qualitative study was intended to explore the roles that an early childhood instructor undertook in a virtual learning environment. Throughout three consecutive semesters, multiple forms of data collection techniques were employed, including: field notes, teacher-student online interaction, the course design, students' online submissions,…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Children, Early Childhood Education, Higher Education
Abdal-Haqq, Ismat, Ed. – 2002
This book is designed to provide practical information about planning and operating virtual, or online, schools. It discusses and illustrates promising practices and successful models and approaches; provides planning resources for implementation; presents costs and benefits of launching virtual schools; offers preventive strategies that help…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Distance Education, Educational Environment, Educational Media