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Heilporn, Géraldine; Desrochers, Marie-Eve – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2020
Online courses are growing in higher education, resulting from an increased access to information and communication technologies. While such courses allow time and/or space flexibility for both students and instructors, they also promote active learning and require more autonomy from the students. In this paper, we present the main design features…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
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Miller, Tess; MacLaren, Kendra; Xu, Han – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing online learning given its rapid growth combined with the necessity to reduce attrition in online classes by providing quality instruction. This study was contextualized using the three elements of the community of inquiry (CoI) framework. We surveyed 93 students currently registered in…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
Sacher, Martin; Sacher, Mavis; Vaughan, Norman – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
The purpose of this research study was to investigate if and how a blended approach to Canadian First Nations education could be used to foster student engagement and success. The study examined the SCcyber E-Learning Community program (2012) through the lens of the "Seven Principles of Effective Teaching" (Chickering & Gamson,…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Canada Natives, Online Surveys
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Kop, Rita; Fournier, Helene; Mak, John Sui Fai – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
This paper examines how emergent technologies could influence the design of learning environments. It will pay particular attention to the roles of educators and learners in creating networked learning experiences on massive open online courses (MOOCs). The research shows that it is possible to move from a pedagogy of abundance to a pedagogy that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Online Courses, Teacher Role
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Schell, Robyn; Kaufman, David – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
The web has the potential to offer an environment that can support standardized medical education to students dispersed in time or place and, in the process, respond to reduced availability of patients for practice. This exploratory article describes how we evaluated critical thinking in an online collaborative Problem-based Learning (PBL)…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Problem Based Learning, Patients, Critical Thinking
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Cleveland-Innes, Martha; Ally, Mohamed – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2004
Research employing an experimental design pilot-tested two delivery platforms, WebCT™ and vClass™, for the generation of affective learning outcomes in the workplace. Using a sample of volunteer participants in the help-desk industry, participants were randomly assigned to one of the two types of delivery software. Thirty-eight subjects…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Workplace Learning, Outcomes of Education, Electronic Learning