The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between learners’ learning strategies and learning satisfaction in an asynchronous online learning environment, in an attempt to shed some light on how people learn in an online learning environment. One hundred and sixteen graduate (...)
vendredi 15 avril 2016 par Pier-Ann Boutin, Christine Hamel, Thérèse Laferrière
Cette étude se déroule dans le contexte de l’initiative l’École éloignée en réseau (ÉÉR), mise sur pied depuis 2002 afin d’enrichir l’environnement d’apprentissage des petites écoles rurales au moyen, entre autres, du Knowledge Forum (KF) comme soutien au discours écrit collectif des élèves. (…)
vendredi 15 avril 2016 par Eliana Esther Gallardo-Echenique, Mark Bullen, Luis Marqués-Molías
This paper reports on research into how university students communicate with peers and professors and their general study habits and to examine the possible relationship between students’ use of digital technologies. The research is positioned in the interpretive paradigm. We conclude that most (…)
vendredi 15 avril 2016 par Denise Stockley, Laura-Lee Balkwill, Carolyn Hoessler
Four years ago [Institution Name] University launched an online tutorial called CHRPP, the Course in Human Research Participant Protection, and published a paper based about its purpose, design, and usability in (Authors, 2009). CHRPP was originally created to raise awareness among research (...)
jeudi 14 avril 2016 par Shuang Li, Qi Tang, Yanxia Zhang
cMOOCs, which are based on connectivist learning theory, bring challenges for learners as well as opportunities for self-inquiry. Previous studies have shown that learners in cMOOCs may have difficulties learning, but these studies do not provide any in-depth, empirical explorations of student (...)
jeudi 14 avril 2016 par Ruth Neustifter, Tuuli Kukkonen, Claire Coulter, Samantha Landry
Backchannel technology can be used to allow students in large lecture courses to communicate with each other and the instructor during the delivery of lecture content and class discussions. It can also be utilized by instructors to capture, summarize, and integrate student questions, ideas, and (…)
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between learners’ learning strategies and learning satisfaction in an asynchronous online learning environment, in an attempt to shed some light on how people learn in an online learning environment. One hundred and sixteen graduate (...)
This paper will provide a methodology and progress report from a multivocal thematic synthesis being conducted on an extensive, diverse body of empirical studies. The study data includes a corpus of peer-reviewed empirical literature sharing a common reference published in English between 2000 (...)
Distance learners determine the time and place for their studies—those engaged in self-paced study may also choose the rate at which they proceed through their courses. However, it is difficult to incorporate purposeful learner-learner interaction into self-paced study. A multiple-case study (...)