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Rovai, Alfred P.; Ponton, Michael K.; Derrick, M. Gail; Davis, John M. – Internet and Higher Education, 2006
The present case study consists of the content analysis of anonymous student responses to open-ended evaluation of teaching questions submitted by 202 students for fully online and on-campus versions of the same graduate courses taught by the same professors over four academic years. Online courses received both more praise and more negative…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Online Courses, Content Analysis, Comparative Analysis
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d'Eca, Teresa Almeida; Gonzalez, Dafne – CALICO Journal, 2006
Becoming a Webhead (BaW) is a 6-week free teacher development online workshop, one of the TESOL Electronic Village Online (EVOnline) sessions offered annually as preconvention activities for members and nonmembers of TESOL. The main goal of BaW is to introduce language teachers around the world to different web communication tools and explore the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Blended Learning
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Eklund, Pieta; Lindh, Maria; Maceviciute, Elena; Wilson, Thomas D. – Education for Information, 2006
Digital images and image databases can support a wide range of learning objectives. The EURIDICE project aims to assess the requirements for the image databases, on one hand, and to incorporate images into higher education teaching (HEI) teaching, on the other. The aim of this paper is to analyse the tasks and process of evaluation of the EURIDICE…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Databases, Program Evaluation, Electronic Libraries
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Bronack, Stephen; Riedl, Richard; Tashner, John – Interactive Learning Environments, 2006
Web-based technologies are the medium of choice for most universities as they move their offerings off campus and online. As we continue to move our own programs online we are challenged to consider what elements of our traditional experiences to preserve online, and which ones to modify, and to recognize the impact of the tools we use on our…
Descriptors: Internet, Educational Environment, Online Courses, Constructivism (Learning)
Cavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2006
Interest in online school courses is surging nationwide, especially at the high school level, according to those who follow trends in educational technology. Much of that demand is coming from those who enroll in just one or two a year to meet a particular academic need or resolve a scheduling hang-up. Online courses have become so popular, in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Online Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction, High Schools
Rhim, Lauren Morando; Kowal, Julie – National Association of State Directors of Special Education, 2008
This special report is a supplement to a series of special education primers created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charter sector. The primer series also provides tools to help these stakeholders build charter school capacity to provide special education and related services. In…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Special Education, Virtual Classrooms, Research Reports
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Philip, Christo T.; Unruh, Kenneth P.; Lachman, Nirusha; Pawlina, Wojciech – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2008
Translating basic sciences into a clinical framework has been approached through the implementation of various teaching techniques aimed at using a patient case scenario to facilitate learning. These techniques present students with a specific patient case and lead the students to discuss physiological processes through analysis of provided data…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Independent Study, Anatomy, Clinical Experience
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Barbour, Michael K.; Mulcahy, Dennis – Education in Rural Australia, 2008
Six years ago the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation began a virtual high school within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Designed primarily to provide courses in specialized areas to students in rural areas, where schools have difficulty in attracting second language, mathematics and science teachers. However, there has…
Descriptors: High Schools, Distance Education, Academic Achievement, Rural Schools
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Catherall, Paul – Policy Futures in Education, 2008
This article examines the broad scope of systemised learning (e-learning) in post-statutory education. Issues for discussion include the origins and forms of learning systems, including technical and educational concepts and approaches, such as distributed and collaborative learning. The VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) is defined as the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Libraries, Educational Environment, Educational Technology
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Aydin, Belgin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
This study focuses on a synchronous e-class project which was developed to increase the effectiveness of a second year advanced reading course within the Distance English Language Teacher Training (DELTT) program in Turkey. The aim of the study is to explore the perceptions of learners who participated in the e-class application and the impact of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Distance Education, Program Effectiveness, Diaries
Juhary, Jowati binti – Online Submission, 2005
This paper begins with an analysis of the changing security scenario in the Asian region, with special focus on Malaysian defence strategies and foreign policies. Beginning in the mid 1990s, the Malaysian government shifted its attention away from the counter insurgency strategies of the early decades of independence to focus on wider questions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Military Schools, Military Training, Educational Technology
Adams, Neil D. – 2003
This paper describes the Introductory Physics I and II courses taught by the author via the Kentucky Community and Technical College System's Kentucky Virtual University (KYVU). Students can register for a KYVU course either online or at their local college. Because many of the students are not highly computer literate, and they may be working on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Distance Education, Internet, Nontraditional Education
Jiman, Juhanita – 2002
This paper discusses the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in e-learning environments where an intelligent three-dimensional (3D) virtual person plays the role of an instructor. With the existence of this virtual instructor, it is hoped that the teaching and learning in the e-environment will be more effective and productive. This virtual 3D animated…
Descriptors: Animation, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Hacsi, Timothy A. – Education Policy Studies Laboratory, Arizona State University College of Education, 2004
In the last half-decade Florida has been in tune with, or on the cutting edge of, several national trends in education. Florida has a comprehensive testing program, and has created a range of options for students who seem to be poorly served by traditional public schools. Three Florida programs provide scholarships or vouchers to children from…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Vouchers, Student Evaluation, Virtual Classrooms
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Joia, Luiz Antonio – Internet Research, 2002
Demonstrates the use of a Web-based participative virtual learning environment for graduate students in Brazil enrolled in an electronic commerce course in a Masters in Business Administration program. Discusses learning communities; computer-supported collaborative work and collaborative learning; influences on student participation; the role of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
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