NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Rajgopal, Jayant; Bidanda, Bopaya; Shuman, Larry J. – 1998
In recent years there has been a strong interest on the part of universities, particularly in Latin America and Southeast Asia, to increase the percentage of their engineering faculty with doctoral degrees. Since there are relatively few doctoral programs in engineering in these countries, many universities would like to upgrade their current…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Doctoral Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Salvo, Michael J. – Technical Communication Quarterly, 2001
Explores the shift from observation of users to participation with users, describing and investigating three examples of user-centered design practice in order to consider the new ethical demands being made of technical communicators. Explores Pelle Ehn's participatory design method, Roger Whitehouse's design of tactile signage for blind users,…
Descriptors: Blindness, Ethics, Higher Education, Internet
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Arbaugh, J. B. – Management Learning, 2000
Explores whether men and women have different levels of learning in an internet-based course and reports the results of comparing men and women in an asynchronous MBA course. Uses the findings to provide implications and recommendations for institutions seeking to develop such programs. (Contains 69 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Internet
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Oliva, Maurizio; Pollastrini, Yvette – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
Presents the results of a two-year study on the integration of Internet resources as a primary instructional tool in the teaching of Italian-language classes at the University of Utah. All students studying Italian belonged to a virtual community of Italian speakers who communicated daily on various channels and mailing lists. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
Hains, Ann Higgins; Conceicao-Runlee, Simone; Caro, Patricia; Marchel, Mary Ann – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 1999
Although the creation of new models of higher education is revolutionizing the way colleges compete for students, distance education has a long history, with correspondence courses as the earliest examples. Presently, distance learning through multimedia technology and the Internet is the newest solution for delivering instruction to personnel who…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Course Content, Distance Education, Early Childhood Education
Askvig, Brent A.; Garnes, Lori – 2000
This manual presents an online course about peer coaching derived from the Interactive Peer Coaching/Mentoring (IPCM) Project, a program designed to prepare teachers of students with severe behavioral disorders residing in a rural, remote area in North Dakota. The IPCM project was conducted from July 1997 through July 2000 and developed an…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Griffin-Shirley, Nora; Almon, Pam; Kelley, Pat – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2002
In 1998, the Visually Impaired Personnel Preparation Program was established in Texas to train 100 teachers of students with visual impairments and 50 orientation and mobility specialists. By May 2000, 194 students had enrolled. Course work was delivered at outreach sites and through online courses, interactive television, and on campuses.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education