International Journal on ELearning articles from April 2002

International Journal on ELearning archives from April 2002

The big questions. (Distance Learning in Higher Education).
April 1, 2002... Recently while preparing to teach a graduate seminar on the use of technology in education for a group of K-12 classroom teachers, as a way of structuring the course I began to think about the top questions that we face today in how to use...

Activating web-based e-learning. (Chalk Dust from the Virtual Classroom).
April 1, 2002... The test of a good teacher... is, "Do you regard 'learning' as a noun or a verb?" If as a noun, as a thing to be possessed and passed along, then you present your truths, neatly packaged to your students. But if you see "learning" as a...

Note #13: the role of the standard knowledge infrastructure during economic downturns: enabling new value from existing assets. (Tips for Building Knowledge Infrastructures).
April 1, 2002... THE RETURNS TO MANAGING KNOWLEDGE Companies that have installed knowledge sharing infrastructures have demonstrated that significant returns can be achieved. Kenneth Derr, the CEO of Chevron, sited their enhanced ability to manage...

A study of the factors influencing satisfaction with distance learning. (Lessons Learned: Online Business Relationships & Knowledge Management).(Column)
April 1, 2002... GUEST AUTHOR SHEIDA SHIRVANI The author of this issue's column, Dr. Sheida Shirvani, revisits one of the mainstays of distance learning, compressed video. As the "delivery medium pendulum" swings back from fully online work to blended work...

Surf or Turf? deliberations about distance education. (Iol: Learning Online).(Column)
April 1, 2002... In this first column, I discuss some of the challenges that higher educational institutions will face when considering whether they should put more energy into creating e-based courses and programs (the "Surf" part of the title) instead of...

Forging links between "communities of practice" and schools through online learning communities: implications for appropriating and negotiating knowledge.
April 1, 2002... In this article, we review the concept of learning communities through a social-(historical) cultural Vygotskian perspective. We recognized that the 'contextualized' nature of real communities of practice, which facilitates both implicit and...

The measurement of social presence in an online learning environment.
April 1, 2002... Several studies have accentuated the significance of examining social factors that impact communication and learning in online learning environments (Feenberg, 1989; Hackman & Walker, 1990; Lea, 1992; Sanders & Wiseman, 1990; Walther, 1992,...

Leadership and conflict management support in a cooperative telelearning environment.
April 1, 2002... One of the main characteristics of telelearning is the spatial and temporal distance between the instructors and their learners. The latter - many of which are adults are subject to professional, family and other social obligations that limit...

A constructivist approach to web course design: a review of the literature.
April 1, 2002... METHODOLOGY FOR COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION There is little controversy that Computer -- Aided Instruction (CAI) is ubiquitous. The impact on education has been unparalleled. Libraries of information are now available in a variety of...

An adaptive and cooperative telelearning system: SMART-learning.(System for Multimedia Adaptative and coopeRative Telelearning)
April 1, 2002... This work is part of the SMART-Learning system (System for Multimedia Adaptative and coopeRative Telelearning) project that is in progress at the Reseaux Informatique et Multimedia (RIM) training and research unit at the Ecole Mohammadia...