scholarly journals How well do Canadian distance education students understand plagiarism?

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Ann Kier
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poor Understanding ◽  
Online Distance ◽  
Education Courses

<p>This project ascertains how well students taking online, distance education courses at a Canadian university recognize plagiarised material and how well they paraphrase. It also assesses the types of errors made<em>. </em>Slightly more than half of 420 psychology students correctly selected plagiarised phrases from four multiple choice<em> </em>questions. Only a minority was able to rewrite a phrase properly in their own words. A more diverse sample of university students also had difficulty recognizing plagiarised passages from multiple choice options. The poor ability of students to identify plagiarised passages may suggest poor understanding of the concept. Students may benefit from training to improve their understanding of plagiarism.</p>

Adoption of Online Courses in Higher Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 164-188
Author(s):  
Anita Borja Enriquez
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Business Faculty ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
Education Delivery ◽  
Online Distance ◽  
Undergraduate Business Students

This chapter examines the state of readiness towards adopting online distance education (DE) courses between undergraduate business students and business faculty at the University of Guam (UOG). The study was timely, given the infancy planning stage of online education delivery at UOG. Preferences among business student respondents, based on generation groups, ethnicity and occupation status, were reviewed. The following research questions were posed to guide this study: (1) At what stage of the undergraduate program do undergraduate business students recognize the importance of using the Internet for online education use?; (2) What factors explain the rate of adoption towards Internet use by undergraduate business education students and business faculty at UOG?; and (3) Are there significant differences between undergraduate business education students and UOG business faculty in the perceived state of readiness of adoption of online distance education? Overall, business students expressed willingness to pursue this delivery format.

ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF AMAZONAS

2020 ◽  
pp. 37013-37019
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The State ◽  
University Education ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Education Students

No teaching method has evolved as much as distance education, in the state of Amazonas this would not be different, especially in higher education. Distance Education is a modality where the student is separated from the teacher and uses several communication technologies around all his learning. The methods used were bibliographic, documentary and quantitative. The researched environment was the capital city of Manaus and the municipality of Maués, with the application of the closed questionnaire aimed at higher education students. Our objective was to question certain nuances as their benefits and challenges for those who study Distance Education in the different locations of the State of Amazonas. The result was the realization that among its many advantages in the execution of education, time is considered the main one, and the loss of deadlines its greatest disadvantage, besides the concept of distance education is already well known by university students. Thus, it is well known that with the passing of time and with the progress of the state's modernization, distance education is gradually becoming the most practical means of teaching.

scholarly journals Mobile Distance Learning with PDAs: Development and testing of pedagogical and system solutions supporting mobile distance learners

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Torstein Rekkedal ◽  
Aleksander Dye
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Leonardo Da Vinci ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Online Distance ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Distance Education System ◽  
Ongoing Project

The article discusses basic teaching-learning philosophies and experiences from the development and testing of mobile learning integrated with the online distance education system at NKI (Norwegian Knowledge Institute) Distance Education. The article builds on experiences from three European Union (EU) supported Leonardo da Vinci projects on mobile learning: From e-learning to m-learning (2000-2003), Mobile learning – the next generation of learning (2003-2005), and the ongoing project, Incorporating mobile learning into mainstream education (2005-2007).

scholarly journals Student Self-Responsibility in the Indonesian Distance Education System

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Daudi Lazarus
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Independent Study ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
Online Distance ◽  
Distance Education System

An ongoing concern in the distance education system in Indonesia is students’ lack of commitment to ‘independent study’. The purpose of this paper is to review conceptual frameworks that could empower Indonesian students to accept responsibility for their learning at a level to address the learning challenges of distance education.  The review shows that to meet quality and equity expectations in online distance education, independent study modes should promote students’ self-responsibility based primarily on both autonomy and capability.  The findings have the potential to add new perspective to education through supporting teaching and learning approaches in an online distance education class to enhance self-responsibility.  The paper suggests that students would take more control of independent learning if they accepted primary responsibility to determine their learning needs, resources, activities and outcomes.  To do this they need to view themselves as active agents with power to take independent choices that can result in creating their own approaches to resolve their learning limitation.

scholarly journals Individual Differences in Perceptions of Social Presence: Exploring the Role of Personality in Online Distance Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-201
Author(s):  
Joshua Weidlich ◽  
Karel Kreijns ◽  
Theo J. Bastiaens
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
Trait Level ◽  
Online Distance Learning ◽  
Online Distance

Abstract Social presence is a central concept relating to interpersonal aspects in online distance learning. However, the conditions and determinants of its emergence are not yet fully understood. As a construct rooted in social psychology, the potential of individual differences predicting perceptions of social presence has been largely neglected, thus, constituting a gap in our understanding. In a sample of 201 online distance education students, the merits of a trait-level view of social presence were investigated. To this end, personality was assessed using the Big Five personality inventory, exploring both a dimensional and a typological approach. Results suggest that specific personality typologies may be more prone to perceptions of social presence, thus calling for an extension of our theoretical modeling of the construct.

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