The role of personality in Web-based distance education courses

2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 95-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyong B. Kim ◽  
Marc J. Schniederjans
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Education Courses

Designing Web-Based Educational Virtual Reality Environments

2010 ◽  
pp. 157-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosmas Dimitropoulos ◽  
Athanasios Manitsaris
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Virtual Learning Environments ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
The Web

This chapter aims to study the benefits that arise from the use of virtual reality technology and World Wide Web in the field of distance education, as well as to further explore the role of instructors and learners in such a network-centric mode of education. Within this framework, special emphasis is given on the design and development of web-based virtual learning environments so as to successfully fulfil their educational objectives. In particular, the chapter includes research on distance education on the Web and the role of virtual reality, as well as study on basic pedagogical methods focusing mainly on the efficient preparation, approach and presentation of the learning content. Moreover, specific designing rules are presented considering the hypermedia, virtual and educational nature of this kind of applications. Finally, an innovative virtual reality environment for distance education in medicine, which reproduces conditions of the real learning process and enhances learning through a real-time interactive simulator, is demonstrated.

Necessities for Effective Asynchronous Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 1325-1331 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Novitzki
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
The United States ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
College Level ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Us ◽  
Education Courses

Distance education programs/courses in some format have been available to students since the 1840s. Throughout most of this time there has been controversy over the effectiveness of such programs/courses (IHEP, 1999; Matthews, 1999). The concept of online teaching and online asynchronous learning (ASL) started in the 1980s and is an area of rapid growth (McMullen, Goldbaum, Wolffe, & Sattler, 1998). In a period of 3 years, from 1995 to 1997, the number of schools in the United States (US) developing such programs increased by almost 200% (Morse, Glover, & Travis, 1997). The US Department of Education (2001) reported that in 2000-2001 there were more than 2.8 million enrollments in college-level degree granting programs in Internet- and Web-based distance education courses in the US.

The Role of Community Formation in Learning Processes

2009 ◽  
pp. 80-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Rasulo
Keyword(s):  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Course Delivery ◽  
Community Formation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Web Based ◽  
New Learning ◽  
Education Courses

The aim of this chapter is to discuss the effectiveness and the necessity of forming a community when engaged in online learning. The Internet and its online communities offer new learning opportunities for many who cannot attend full-time, residential training sessions or higher education courses. Web-based course delivery affords these students and professionals the opportunity to work together, “anytime, anywhere,” exchanging information, resources, expertise, without leaving their homes or their jobs

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Attitude towards Distance Education in the Effect of Digital Literacy Level on Satisfaction with Distance Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 559-574
Author(s):  
sami sever
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Literacy Level ◽  
Education Courses

This study aims to examine whether the attitudes towards distance education have a mediating role in the effect of academicians’ digital literacy levels on their satisfaction with distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were collected from 341 academicians who teach distance education courses at Inonu University. The academicians’ satisfaction with distance education which is the dependent variable of the study, consisted of two factors. These factors are satisfaction with the teaching of the course and satisfaction with the infrastructure. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the attitude towards distance education has a complete mediation role in the effect of digital literacy level on satisfaction with the teaching of the course in distance education, and that the attitude towards distance education has a partial mediation role in the effect of digital literacy level on satisfaction with the infrastructure.

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.

Teaching Enterprise Systems in a Distance Education Mode

2011 ◽  
pp. 262-287
Author(s):  
Michael Rosemann
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Enterprise Systems ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Collaborative Education ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Application Hosting ◽  
Educational Market ◽  
Education Courses

This chapter discusses the needs and opportunities for teaching comprehensive business applications, Enterprise Systems, in the form of academic distance education courses. Specific factors of the educational market in Enterprise Systems such as high demand, limited resources or the increased importance of Application Hosting Centers will be described. An appropriate learning model will be selected that stresses the role of the lecturer as a moderator. The subject, Process Engineering at Queensland University of Technology, is taken as an example in order to discuss different forms of distance and also collaborative education in Enterprise Systems. The summary includes recommendations and sketches possible future directions.

Institutional and Library Services for Distance Education Courses and Programs

2011 ◽  
pp. 141-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Buchanan
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Technical Support ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Education Courses

Institutions are quickly embracing distance education in the forms of online or web-based courses and programs at phenomenal rates. Often, however, significant institutional structures, including such areas as registration, advising, library, and technical support are overlooked until too late. Institutions must have clear, well-planned strategies in place in order to maximize their students’ learning experiences and overall satisfaction with distance education programs to avoid attrition and maximize retention. This chapter provides many useful and easy to implement strategies for institutions considering distance education, as well as for those already engaged in serving students online.

scholarly journals Landscape without bearings: Instructors' first experiences in Web-based synchronous environments

First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Murphy ◽  
Justyna Ciszewska-Carr
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Synchronous Communication ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Collaboration Environment ◽  
Synchronous Environments ◽  
Asynchronous Environments ◽  
Education Courses

This paper presents the accounts of eight instructors’ metaphorical travels in landscapes without bearings. The instructors were part of a pilot project at a Canadian university involving the integration of a synchronous communication and collaboration environment into asynchronous distance education courses. To establish their bearings, the instructors need to be aware of their goals and combine them with strategies and techniques that effectively manage the affordances and constraints of the environment. That process may require a degree of risk–taking combined with a willingness to help students lead themselves. It requires developing a proficiency in the simultaneous use of multiple tools and recognizing the differences and similarities between Web–based synchronous environments and face–to–face or asynchronous environments. Above all, it requires an interest in and focus on pedagogy.

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