Characteristics of the Web‐Based Learning Environment in Distance Education: Students’ Perceptions of Their Learning Needs

2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanafi Atan ◽  
Zuraidah A Rahman ◽  
Rozhan M Idrus
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
The Web

Integrating Library Services into the Web-Based Learning Curriculum

2011 ◽  
pp. 1222-1227
Author(s):  
Mahesh S. Raisinghani ◽  
Cherie Hohertz
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Library Services ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
Education Courses

According to the U.S. Department of Education (1998- 1999), 78% of all four-year public institutions offer distance education courses. According to the same survey, 67% of all students at these institutions have enrolled in one of these courses. Are university libraries keeping up with the trend of distance education? What programs and policies are in place to ensure access to library services for Web-based learning students? Must services to distance learners be equal to services provided to traditional students? This article is structured as follows: First we discuss the strategy of building a creative learning environment based on the learning orientation model before prescribing some guidelines for personalized learning in a Web-based environment. Next we outline the basis for library distance education services, and describe two case studies of libraries that are ensuring that distance education students are receiving equal access to library materials.

Constructing a ‘third space’ for EFL learners: Where language and cultures meet

ReCALL ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
MEEI-LING LIAW
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Discussion Boards ◽  
Online Forums ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
On Line ◽  
The Web

Efforts have been made by language educators and researchers to use computer technology to assist L2 learners’ growth in either linguistic or intercultural competence. Nonetheless, web-based environments devoted to developing both types of competences in tandem are new and experimental. The purpose of this project, which involves the collaboration of EFL educators and computer engineers in Taiwan, is to establish an innovative web-based environment to support students in tertiary levels to develop both types of competences. This web-based EFL learning environment experiments with a few main features: (1) instead of reading articles about a foreign culture, the users of this website read articles about their native culture; (2) two on-line computer-based support tools, a bilingual concordancer and a dictionary, are made available to provide students with contextual supports for language learning; and (3) discussion boards are provided for intercultural communication. The web-based learning environment contains several instructional units. While working on a unit, students read an article and then answer comprehension and vocabulary questions. After reading, students share their responses to the articles with intercultural conversation partners via online forums. To evaluate the effectiveness of the learning environment, the researcher recruited a group of Taiwanese university students to test-use the system. Frequencies of the uses of the two e-referencing tools were calculated. The students’ responses to a questionnaire were examined and informal interviews with the students were conducted. Finally, the students’ forum entries were analyzed. The findings revealed initial interest in using e-referencing tools but a dramatic decrease in use after the first few units had been completed. The students used the concordancer as a link to extensive reading materials and suggested adding pronunciation tools to the dictionary. Questionnaire findings showed that students were generally satisfied with the design of the web-based learning environment. An analysis of the students’ forum entries revealed increases in the length and complexity of sentences in their writings, as well as reductions in grammatical errors, as more units were completed. As for intercultural learning, the content analysis of the forum entries demonstrated different types of intercultural competences. Based on the findings, some implications for revision of the virtual environment to enable more effective learning of English as a foreign language and greater development of intercultural competence are drawn.

Investigating Higher Education and Secondary School Web-Based Learning Environments Using the WEBLEI

2012 ◽  
pp. 93-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinesh Chandra ◽  
Darrell Fisher ◽  
Vanessa Chang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Classroom Learning ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Initial Development ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
The Web

Classroom learning environments are rapidly changing as new digital technologies become more education-friendly. What are students’ perceptions of their technology-rich learning environments? This question is critical as it may have an impact on the effectiveness of the new technologies in classrooms. There are numerous reliable and valid learning environment instruments which have been used to ascertain students’ perceptions of their learning environments. This chapter focuses on one of these instruments, the Web-based Learning Environment Instrument (WEBLEI) (Chang & Fisher, 2003). Since its initial development, this instrument has been used to study a range of learning environments and this chapter presents the findings of two example case-studies that involve such environments.

scholarly journals Attitudes of distance education students towards web based learning – a case study

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 2393-2396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serdar Çiftci ◽  
Erhan Güneş ◽  
Mutlu Tahsin Üstündağ
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Based Learning

scholarly journals THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF WEB-BASED LEARNING ASSESSMENT IN OPEN AND DISTANCE EDUCATION

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-43
Author(s):  
Yang Xiaotang ◽  
Rehati Nuersan
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Education Assessment ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
Radio And Television University ◽  
The Web

Learning assessment is defined as assessment and evaluation of the learners' learning activities, process and outcomes. In recent years, as the Internet access is increasingly available, a majority of distance education providers in China have succeeded in delivering programs and support services through modern communications technology, in particular, the Internet. However, as far as the education assessment mode is concerned, the conventional paper-pencil test or endof-course assessment is still overwhelmingly employed for measuring learning outcomes. Therefore, the exploration of web-based learning assessment mode is not only the practical need for conducting open distance instruction and assessment reform at China Central Radio and Television University (CRTVUS), but also has become a hot research topic in the whole sphere of distance education. Under this circumstance, the Examination Center in CCRTVU began to show research interests in exploring web-based assessment mode. As a consequence, in 2005, the Center applied for and launched research project "Practice and research on web-based learning assessment in open and distance education", which is approved by Ministry of Education as a key project program of 2005. This article reports the important research contents of the project. This article first describes the core achievements of the project-namely, design and implementation of the web-based assessment system, principles in creating assessment scheme for the mode, and the mechanism. Then it moves on to report feedback from the pilot population about the application of the web-based learning assessment mode in the two semesters of year 2005. The article ends with the discussion of innovations the research has made.

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