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Design for Collaboration
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Blake, Canan; Scanlon, Eileen – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2013
Online learning environments offer new opportunities for learning and over the last decade or so a variety of online learning environments have been developed by researchers to facilitate collaborative learning among students. In this paper we will present a case study of a successful collaborative learning design. This involves a near synchronous…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Synchronous Communication, Online Courses, Seminars
A Community of Practice Facilitated by Facebook for Integrating New Online EFL Writing Forms into Assiut University College of Education
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Abdallah, Mahmoud Mohammad Sayed – Online Submission, 2013
This paper reports on a design study conducted within the Egyptian context of pre-service EFL teacher education, which implemented a Community of Practice (CoP) design facilitated by Facebook, to integrate some new forms of online writing. Based on some preliminary empirical results triangulated with literature review, a preliminary design…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Social Networks, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Course Management Systems: Time for Users to Get What They Need
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Ioannou, Andri; Hannafin, Robert D. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
Course management systems (CMSs) are software systems designed to manage course content and course activities. These tools integrate technological and pedagogical features into a web-based system that allows instructors, even those who are unfamiliar with web-based technologies, to design, deliver, and manage an online course. However, CMSs have…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Course Content, Courseware, Computer Managed Instruction
Student Satisfactions in Four Mixed Courses in Elementary Teacher Education Program
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Lin, Qiuyun – Internet and Higher Education, 2008
Mixed or hybrid method has become an increasingly popular course delivery model in recent years, but research regarding the effect of mixed learning is limited because of its recent debut in the landscape of educational technology. This one-year exploratory study looked at 78 elementary teacher candidates' view of learning in four mixed courses…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Managed Instruction, Instructional Design, Educational Technology
A Model for Research into Course Management Systems: Bridging Technology and Learning Theory
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Malikowski, Steven R.; Thompson, Merton E.; Theis, John G. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007
Course management systems (CMSs), such as Blackboard, Desire2Learn, or WebCT, have become a common resource at universities, colleges, and distance learning organizations. Research into how these systems are used for learning is in an early state. Currently, this research focuses on technical features in a CMS more than research about how people…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Distance Education, Online Courses, Higher Education
Faculty Perspectives on Moving from Blackboard to the Moodle Learning Management System
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Beatty, Brian; Ulasewicz, Connie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
Online teaching and learning has been in transition for its entire existence. The number of courses offered at a distance has grown rapidly. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (Waits & Lewis, 2003), in 2000-2001 more than 56% of four-year colleges and universities in the United States offered distance education degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Distance Education, Computer Managed Instruction