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Titarenko, Larissa; Little, Craig B. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2017
"Study abroad" college programs can transform domestic students into a kind of "global citizens" with international experience and cross-cultural competences demanded in the emerging global market. Can a full-time international online undergraduate class serve as a virtual alternative to study abroad experience? Two questions…
Descriptors: College Students, Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, Global Approach
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Stenbom, Stefan; Jansson, Malin; Hulkko, Annelie – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
In online learning research, the theoretical community of inquiry framework has been used extensively to analyze processes of inquiry among learners and instructors within a community. This paper examines a special case of community of inquiry consisting of only one learner and one instructor. Together they engage in an online coaching discourse…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Pettersson, Fanny; Olofsson, Anders D. – Education and Information Technologies, 2015
This paper examines possibilities and challenges when implementing distance teaching of theoretical content in a regionalized medical program (RMP). It will be argued that Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and the concepts of dominant and non-dominant activities, including conflicts and transitional actions, can lead to an understanding…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Large Group Instruction, Distance Education, Program Implementation
Carey, Rebecca; Kleiman, Glenn; Russell, Michael; Venable, Joanne Douglas; Louie, Josephine – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2008
This study investigated whether two different versions of an online professional development course produced different impacts on the intended outcomes of the course. Variations of an online course for middle school algebra teachers were created for two experimental conditions. One was an actively facilitated course with asynchronous peer…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Mathematics Teachers, Algebra
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Savin-Baden, Maggi – London Review of Education, 2010
This paper presents a study that used narrative inquiry to explore staff experiences of learning and teaching in immersive worlds. The findings introduced issues relating to identity play, the relationship between pedagogy and play and the ways in which learning, play and fun were managed (or not). At the same time there was a sense of imposed or…
Descriptors: Play, Teacher Attitudes, Self Concept, Values
Moldstad, John A. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
The purpose of this annotated guide is to assist educators in locating sources of information leading to the more effective use of educational media in teaching and learning situations. Its 6 parts provide: (1) published lists of new educational media--motion pictures, filmstrips, and records, tapes and transcriptions; (2) information about…
Descriptors: Educational History, Guides, Educational Resources, Information Sources