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Wikis: What Students Do and Do Not Do when Writing Collaboratively
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Meishar-Tal, Hagit; Gorsky, Paul – Open Learning, 2010
We investigated the collaborative writing actions carried out by 60 Open University of Israel graduate students as they built a wiki glossary of key course concepts. These actions were analysed using a taxonomy of collaborative writing actions (i.e. adding, editing and deleting information) in order to find out what students do and what they do…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Learning Activities, Collaborative Writing, Teaching Methods
An Assistive Computerized Learning Environment for Distance Learning Students with Learning Disabilities
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Klemes, Joel; Epstein, Alit; Zuker, Michal; Grinberg, Nira; Ilovitch, Tamar – Open Learning, 2006
The current study examines how a computerized learning environment assists students with learning disabilities (LD) enrolled in a distance learning course at the Open University of Israel. The technology provides computer display of the text, synchronized with auditory output and accompanied by additional computerized study skill tools which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Open Universities
Age, Gender, Ethnicity and the Digital Divide: University Students Use of Web-Based Instruction
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Enoch, Yael; Soker, Zeev – Open Learning, 2006
This paper focuses on the effects of social--structural factors (age, ethnicity and gender) on university students use of web-based instruction. The study uses data from registration questionnaires of students at the Open University of Israel. During the period between 1995 and 2002 there has been a continuous increase in the proportion of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Ethnicity, Internet