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Download full textMiller, Ava S. – Online Submission, 2009
There are obvious differences between face-to-face instruction and learning and online instruction and learning. Although collaboration and community building do occur in the campus classroom, as does active learning, it is imperative in an online class. Students today will reluctantly attend classes that consist entirely of faculty lectures and…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Online Courses, Active Learning, Electronic Learning
Mambetaliev, Askarbek – Online Submission, 2007
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union the Ministry of Education of the Kyrgyz Republic has included a few social science disciplines in the list of the Educational State Standards, though the content of these subjects and teaching methodologies are still weak. One of the problems, which I constantly face in Kyrgyzstan when developing a new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Social Sciences, Active Learning
Nehme, Zeina – Online Submission, 2008
Daily advances in technology are restructuring the way we live, work, learn and interact. The rapid development of synchronous online venues available to distance education has lead to a heightened need for theory & practice in the effective use of these collaborative learning live venues. This paper is directed to faculty members who are already…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Faculty, Teaching Methods
McLoughlin, M. Padraig M. M. – Online Submission, 2004
The author of this paper submits that humans have a natural inquisitiveness; hence, mathematicians (as well as other humans) must be active in learning. Thus, we must commit to conjecture and prove or disprove said conjecture. Ergo, the purpose of the paper is to submit the thesis that learning requires doing; only through inquiry is learning…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Active Learning, Inquiry, Validity
Hardin, Karen – Online Submission, 2004
One of the hot topics in education in the past 10 years has been the shift of the role of the educator. Whereas, he has traditionally been the owner and deliverer of the knowledge (Sage on the stage), now his role is shifting to a guide and facilitator (guide by the side). The purpose is to give the students ownership in their own learning…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Online Courses, Active Learning, Learning Strategies
Toporski, Neil; Foley, Tim – Online Submission, 2004
In the 1900s, distance education attempted to mimic the traditional classroom lecture via the transmission of live or "canned" broadcasts, regardless of the technologies used: satellite, television, film, or radio. These kinds of media predisposed distance education (DE) to closely adhere to the lecture (sit and absorb) model, where…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Online Courses, Distance Education, Instructional Design
