ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Learning from First Time eLearning Experiences for Continuous Professional Development of School Leaders in the Maldives: A Case Study
Author: Saeed, Sheema
Date: 2010-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Faculty Development,Information Technology,Web Based Instruction,Electronic Learning,Distance Education,Instructional Leadership,Constructivism (Learning),Case Studies,Administrators,Teachers,Course Descriptions,Student Attitudes,Interpersonal Relationship,Computer Mediated Communication,Group Discussion

In Maldives, educational policy makers are beginning to explore the value of ICT and web tools as a medium of continuous professional development for school leaders and teachers. This paper reports on insights and responses of a group of five school leaders who participated in a web based distance education course. For most of them, this was their first experience in distance education as well as eLearning within a formal University context. By giving voice to the participants, we explore and identify strategies for successful first time eLearning experiences for school leaders. These include student preparedness for academic studies as well as for eLearning, language proficiency, cultural and social dynamics of knowledge construction as well as personal attributes which lead to successful learning.
An Assessment of the Computer Literacy Level of Open and Distance Learning Students in Lagos State, Nigeria
Author: Osuji
Date: 2010-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Computer Literacy,Open Education,Distance Education,Gender Differences,Age Differences,Access to Computers,Hypothesis Testing,Student Surveys,College Students,Computer Assisted Testing,Questionnaires

Nigeria has embraced the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode of education in order to make education affordable and to reach the teaming population of qualified citizens yearning to have quality education but are left out of it. Most universities in the country run the single mode conventional system of education; some run the dual mode while two institutions run the single mode distance education. The groundswell of interest is how computers can best be used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the ODL system of education in the country. This led to the assessment of the computer literacy level of the distance learning students who are the beneficiaries of the ODL system in Lagos state. A sample of 858 ODL students from University of Lagos, National Teachers Institute (NTI) and National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) were used for the study. A self- developed questionnaire, made up of 15 items was administered to the respondents. The data collected were used to answer four research questions and test one hypothesis. It was found that 54.20% are computer literate; there exists gender differences in the computer literacy with 23.78% female and 30.42% male. There are also age differences. Some of the problems include lack of access to computers, inadequate electricity supply, slow broadband and high cost of internet access. The research hypothesis that there is no significant difference between the observed and the expected computer literacy level of the ODL students in Lagos state was rejected. Based on the results some conclusions and recommendations were made.
YouTube and Video Quizzes
Author: Yee, Kevin
Date: 2010-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Video Technology,Electronic Publishing,Web Sites,Internet,Classification,Student Participation,Electronic Learning,Online Courses,Tests

The Internet sensation YouTube (http://www.youtube.com) has become such a force online that it was estimated in 2006 to account for a full tenth of the bandwidth by the entire Internet in the United States (WebProNews, 2007), and to use as much bandwidth in 2007 as the entire Internet had done in 2000 (Carter, 2008). Like many technological tools created with entertainment or profit in mind, YouTube can now be easily and usefully adopted by instructors for educational purposes, and indeed many professors use YouTube in their classroom teaching already (Brooks, 2000). This is especially true for passive uses of YouTube; watching videos that are already online and using them in the classroom experience to support a concept and provide another mechanism for students to connect with the topics.
The Impact of Web Based Resource Material on Learning Outcome in Open Distance Higher Education
Author: Masrur, Rehana
Date: 2010-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Distance Education,Higher Education,Web Based Instruction,Blended Learning,College Students,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Instructional Materials,Comparative Analysis,Information Technology,Teacher Education,Preservice Teachers,Student Evaluation,Correlation,Feedback (Response),Outcomes of Education

One of the most powerful educational option in open and distance education is web-based learning. A blended (hybrid) course combines traditional face to face and web-based learning approaches in an educational environment that is nonspecific as to time and place. The study reported here investigated the impact of web based resource material practices on MPhil, Teacher Education course of Allama Iqbal Open University A sample of 68 students was selected. Thirty-eight students comprised the control group, whereas another group of 30 students was named as experimental group. The study package of control group included self instruction material comprising of two study guides (six credit hours course), recommended book, four assignments, and assignment submission schedule. Experimental group received the same package plus CD having web based articles related to each unit of study guide, and a list of web sites for further reading. After the submission of assignments a one week workshop was held. Participation in workshop was assessed by the oral presentation of student on the topic assigned to him/her before the commencement of workshop. The final examination was held at the end of semester. The marks obtained by both groups were compared by t-test. The scores of experimental group were higher on all assessment components. The study concluded that integration of IT in teaching-learning increased the understanding of subject related knowledge.
The Learners' Satisfaction toward Online E-Learning Implemented in the College of Applied Studies and Community Service, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia: Can E-Learning Replace the Conventional System of Education?
Author: Al-Fahad, Fahad N.
Date: 2010-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Online Courses,Electronic Learning,Participant Satisfaction,Community Services,College Students,Statistical Analysis,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Questionnaires,Correlation,Factor Analysis,Delivery Systems,Teaching Methods,Intermode Differences,Educational Technology,Foreign Countries

The growth of distance education course offerings is an indication of its importance to students. The purpose of this study is to investigate learners' satisfaction toward online e-learning implemented in the College of Applied Studies and Community Service, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In the meantime, also, this study was conducted to assess whether substitution of conventional learning with e-learning can improve the educational standard and knowledge of people especially in this information world. The target group consists of 201 university students (female) from the College of Applied Studies and Community Service. The results of the statistical analysis demonstrate that students' satisfaction has been very positive toward e-learning as a teaching assisted tool, and provides more benefits than conventional learning.
Piloting a Vocational E-Course at a UK College: Developing Strategies to Support Non-Native English Speaking Learners to Complete the Essay-Type Questions of Their Assignments
Author: Bibila, Stavroula
Date: 2010-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Vocational Education,Health Services,Distance Education,Postsecondary Education,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Essay Tests,Electronic Learning,Online Courses,Electronic Mail,Asynchronous Communication,English for Special Purposes,Interviews,Writing Skills,Writing Evaluation,Case Studies,English Language Learners

This paper presents a study of practice that was conducted during the piloting of a vocational (health care) e-course at the Distance Learning department of a College of Further and Higher Education in England. The purpose of the study was to establish a course of action aiming to support non-native English speaking learners to successfully complete the essay-type questions of the e-course assignments. The exploratory nature of the study means that in effect the study comprises of two distinct, yet interrelated parts, with the first one looking into how two (2) non-native English speaking learners (participants) used different e-course resources to help them compose their answers. Based on the findings, the second part examines the role of writing frameworks (in the form of email communication between the tutor and the participants) in helping the latter to compose answers that met the assessment criteria in terms of a) content (subject) accuracy, b) length and c) originality. Discussion of the findings includes implications for providing additional English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) support to distance learners, suggestions for further improvements to the e-course and recommendations for further research.
Assessing the Attitudes of Distance Learners toward the Use of ICT in Education
Author: Hashim, Rugayah
Date: 2010-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Information Technology,Distance Education,Adult Students,Student Attitudes,Computer Attitudes,Anxiety,Computer Use,Measures (Individuals),Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Statistical Analysis,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Negative Attitudes,Computer Literacy,College Students

The objective of this study was to assess the attitudes of distance education students toward the use of ICT in learning and teaching. The sample and units of analysis were 500 adult students undertaking distance education studies at the Institute of Education Development (InED), UiTM. The variables studied were computer anxiety, confidence, liking and, usefulness. The response rate was 56.8%. The findings showed that even in this K-economy, there are still some students who are uncomfortable with using ICT, that is, the students do not favor the use of ICT through InED's learning management system. The findings are important to gauge the students' performance as well as to modify and strengthen InED's policy for using ICT and other technologies to impart knowledge and education.
The Effects of Scenario Based Blended Learning Environment on Attitudes of Preservice Technologies Teachers toward Teaching Profession
Author: Samsa, Serap
Date: 2010-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Blended Learning,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Student Attitudes,Pretests Posttests,Quasiexperimental Design,Likert Scales,Teaching Methods,Teaching (Occupation),Statistical Significance,Educational Technology

The purpose of this study was to define the effects of experiences that have been acquired at the Teacher Experience Course and skills acquired at the Blended Learning Environment on attitudes of preservice technologies teachers toward teaching profession. In the study, a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was used. The study group is consisting of 37 students who were registered for Teacher Experience Course of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Faculty of Educational Science, Ankara University. In order to collect data a 5 point likert scale with 34 items, which is developed by Üstüner (2006), was used. The scale was used both at the beginning and at the end of the semester. At the beginning of the semester students who would go to the public schools institutions once a week were randomly assigned to one of the five schools. The study took 10 weeks. Beginning from 4th week, students were given scenarios once a week, totally 8 scenarios. The main aim of these scenarios was to assist students in order to improve their standpoints according to the problems that they encountered in the school. Scenarios and solutions were discussed at the face to face courses, semiweekly. The period of Teaching Practice and generated solutions according to presented problems were assessed with students at the last week of the study. Descriptive statistics and t-test statistical technique were used to analysis of data. The result of the study indicated that there is a significant difference in favour of average points of posttest.
Educatee&apos;s Thesaurus as an Object of Measuring Learned Material of the Distance Learning Course
Author: Rybanov, Alexander Aleksandrovich
Date: 2013-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Reference Materials,Distance Education,Graphs,Information Theory,Learning,Difficulty Level,Semantics,Measurement

Monitoring and control over the process of studying the distance learning course are based on solving the problem of making out an adequate integral mark to the educatee for mastering entire study course, by testing results. It is suggested to use the degree of correspondence between educatee&apos;s thesaurus and the study course thesaurus as an integral mark for the degree of mastering the distance learning course. Study course thesaurus is a set of the course objects with relations between them specified. The article considers metrics of the study course thesaurus complexity, made on the basis of the graph theory and the information theory. It is suggested to use the amount of information contained in the study course thesaurus graph as the metrics of the study course thesaurus complexity. Educatee&apos;s thesaurus is considered as an object of measuring educational material learned at the semantic level and is assessed on the basis of amount of information contained in its graph, taking into account the factors of learning the thesaurus objects.
Servant Leadership through Distance Learning: A Case Study
Author: Russell, Eric James
Date: 2013-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Qualitative Research,Distance Education,Leadership Styles,Decision Making,Case Studies,Undergraduate Students,Emergency Programs,Journal Writing,Administrative Organization,Altruism,Goal Orientation,Trust (Psychology),Empowerment,Services,Student Attitudes

This qualitative study explored the influence a distance learning servant leadership course had on the emergency service students' understanding of leadership. The research study utilized a case study design in order to tell the story of the lived experiences of the participants. The setting for the study was a state university in Utah, with the six participants being declared, undergraduate emergency services majors that underwent a 15-week distance learning servant leadership class. The data used in the study consisted of the post-hoc online eJournal writings of the participants. The data analysis revealed to two themes that formed the individual case descriptions presented in results section. The literature review acknowledged the problem of bureaucracy within the emergency services and identified the practice of servant leadership as a possibility for overcoming the often-bureaucratic approach towards leadership. In addition, the literature review identified commonalities between established constructs of servant leadership and the emergency services. The findings of the study seem to demonstrate that undergoing a class on servant leadership left lasting impressions on becoming a servant leader and overall was a positive experience for the student. This study's findings add to the existing body of knowledge associated with servant leadership within emergency service academia.
Ethical Issues in Open and Distance Education with Special Reference to Expectations and Reality
Author: Raj Urs, S. N. Vikram
Date: 2013-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Distance Education,Ethics,Open Education,Expectation,Educational Practices,Educational Needs,Performance Factors,Global Approach,Instructional Design,Moral Issues,Moral Values

Education is intimately connected with ethics, because holistically speaking education is more than simply passing examinations and acquiring degrees. Education is character building and life long learning. Savants and philosophers throughout the history of humankind have borne testimony to this aspect of education. Today, there is a great deal of emphasis on continuous and life long learning which implies that education is a continual learning process and not merely relegated to certification. Our experience in the field of distance education indicates that the profile of distance learners varies, cutting across barriers of gender, class and caste. The distance learner may be suffering from a sense of isolation as he/she makes a return to study after a gap of time or while working. It is there that the distance educator makes a positive, ethical and interventionist role by helping the student to learn beyond the stereotypical classroom situation and can act effectively as the friend, philosopher and guide of the learner. Thus practicing what you preach is the moto of ethics in distance. Some of the more important ethical concerns associated with open and distance learning are not those that may be faced by learners. Instead, the challenges faced by those that design ODL or use it in their teaching can be seen as increasingly important. These challenges include globalization, which has emphasized instrumental rather than social aims of education, and the use of cognitive rather than affective pedagogies. For ODL designers and teachers, this has resulted in a concentration on cognitive tasks and market-driven aspects of open and distance learning at the expense of the social harmony that might otherwise be achieved. The overarching ethical concern for ODL practitioners should be to implement an appropriate pedagogy that will satisfy both instrumental and social aims. While this can be achieved, in part, through the use of the pedagogies outlined in this paper, the problem is seen as being associated with deeply interwoven social and cultural contexts. Consequently, there is a greater responsibility for all ODL practitioners to ensure that the choices that they make are ethical at all times, irrespective of the demands of any employer, institution or authority. This paper deals with ethics in general, its role in distance education and its significance to educational institutions.
E-Learning Change Management: Challenges and Opportunities
Author: Parlakkilic, Alaattin
Date: 2013-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Electronic Learning,Computer Attitudes,Attitude Change,Computer Literacy,Colleges,Negative Attitudes,Change Strategies,Demography

The role of e-learning technologies entirely depends on the acceptance and execution of required-change in the thinking and behaviour of the users of institutions. The research are constantly reporting that many e-learning projects are falling short of their objectives due to many reasons but on the top is the user resistance to change according to the digital requirements of new era. It is argued that the suitable way for change management in e-learning environment is the training and persuading of users with a view to enhance their digital literacy and thus gradually changing the users' attitude in positive direction. This paper discusses change management in transition to e-learning system considering pedagogical, cost and technical implications. It also discusses challenges and opportunities for integrating these technologies in higher learning institutions with examples from Turkey GATA (Gülhane Askeri Tip Akademisi-Gülhane Military Medical Academy).
Investigating Distance Education Students' Study Skills
Author: Poyraz, Cengiz
Date: 2013-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Distance Education,Study Skills,Learning Motivation,Coping,Stress Variables,Academic Achievement,Time Management,Surveys,Statistical Analysis,Computer Software,Teaching Methods,Educational Strategies,Gender Differences,Foreign Countries,Likert Scales,Student Attitudes,Fathers,Educational Background,Institutional Characteristics,High Schools

Distance education, which is a planned way of teaching in which students and instructors are brought face to face in a classroom environment in several different ways by means of technology, has started to become widespread in many fields today. In distance education, students and instructors reside in different locations. Students can learn at their pace and control their learning path, content and load of what they have learned and evaluate it. However, they should adopt strategies for effective studying in order not to waste their time and efforts. Because study skills, motivation, time management, exam preparation and coping with exam stress have an impact on students' success. In this context, distance education students' study skills are foregrounded in today's widespread use of distance education. In accordance with this, this study aims to investigate some variables which are influential on the dimensions of distance education students' motivation, time management, exam preparation and coping with exam stress. A personal information form and the Study Skills scale were used for data collection. This study was designed in survey model and SPSS16.0 statistical package program was used for the statistical analyses of the research data. The research findings were discussed in line with the literature and some suggestions were presented for further research and researchers.
Educating the People as a Digital Photographer and Camera Operator via Open Education System Studies from Turkey: Anadolu University Open Education Faculty Case
Author: Eryilmaz, Huseyin
Date: 2010-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Photography,Visual Literacy,Internet,Web Sites,Educational Technology,Distance Education,Open Education,Electronic Learning,College Programs,Counseling,Program Implementation,Literature Reviews

Today, photography and visual arts are very important in our modern life. Especially for the mass communication, the visual images and visual arts have very big importance. In modern societies, people must have knowledge about the visual things, such as photographs, cartoons, drawings, typography, etc. Briefly, the people need education on visual literacy. In today's world, most of the people in the world have a digital camera for photography or video image. But it is not possible to give people visual literacy education in classic school system. But the camera users need a teaching medium for using their cameras effectively. So they are trying to use internet opportunities, some internet websites and pages as an information source. But as the well known problem, not all the websites give the correct learning or know-how on internet. There are a lot of mistakes and false information. Because of the reasons given above, Anadolu University Open Education Faculty is starting a new education system to educate people as a digital photographer and camera person in 2009. This program has very importance as a case study. The language of photography and digital technology is in English. Of course, not all the camera users understand English language. So, owing to this program, most of the camera users and especially people who is working as an operator in studios will learn a lot of things on photography, digital technology and camera systems. On the other hand, these people will learn about composition, visual image's history etc. Because of these reasons, this program is very important especially for developing countries. This paper will try to discuss this subject.