International Journal on ELearning articles from July 2002

International Journal on ELearning archives from July 2002

Special issue on e-learning prospective in Asia Pacific. (Guest Editor's Note).(Editorial)
July 1, 2002... Having lived in this part of the world for quite sometime as an educational specialist and having seen through the evolutionary explosion of the electronic revolution, one cannot but admire the timeliness of the collection of articles that...

The role of adjunct faculty in distance learning. (Distance Learning in Higher Education).
July 1, 2002... Many assume that distance learning format courses in America are primarily taught by part-time faculty members. In fact, this is not the case. Recent research I have conducted confirms data from other studies showing that by a wide margin...

Show me the money? Rewards and incentives for e-learning. (Chalk Dust from the Virtual Classroom).(Column)
July 1, 2002... In his classic work on the diffusion of innovations, Everett Rogers offers this definition: "Innovativeness is the degree to which an individual... is relatively earlier in adopting new ideas than the other members of a system" (1995, p. 22)....

The bi-focal vision of knowledge management: the knowledge map as a corrective lens. (Tips for Building Knowledge Infrastructures).
July 1, 2002... One of the most basic SKI polarities is "Think Globally, Act Locally" (Sivan & Rosen, 2001b), which addresses the essential requirement for any SKI to score short-term successes while simultaneously building the larger, more long-range...

Facilitating agreement for effective Knowledge Management systems: the Abilene Paradox is thriving in the new millennium. (Lessons Learned: Online Business Relationships & Knowledge Management).
July 1, 2002... Knowledge Management (KM), a broad description of both database management and decision support systems, is an increasingly robust application for many organizations. What once was a standard Management (or Marketing) Information system (MIS)...

Getting online. Getting up to speed. (IOI: Learning Online).
July 1, 2002... In the previous column I discussed challenges (aka 'headaches') that institutions will experience when they consider moving towards the incorporation of electronically delivered courses and programs. If, after reading that article you're still...

Differentiating between communities of practices (CoPs) and quasi-communities: can CoPs exist online?
July 1, 2002... ONLINE OR QUASI-COMMUNITIES We begin this discourse by highlighting the recent successes of online communities and how they thrive, or why many members participate in these so-called communities. Examples of such thriving communities...

Distance education, on-campus learning, and e-learning convergences: an Australian exploration.
July 1, 2002... The use of web-based resources and internet communications for online teaching and learning is seen by many to provide a 'flexible' and 'blended' learning' focus for extending on-campus learning as well as commercial training in terms of...

Designing a framework for the implementation of situated online, collaborative, problem-based activity: operating within a local and multi-cultural learning context.
July 1, 2002... FOCUS OF THE RESEARCH Using the conceptual approach of distributed cognition and cognitive flexibility theories, we will analyse a multi-cultural learning context during one semester. Within a semester--with the introduction of an...

Knowledge management through e-learning: an emerging trend in the Indian higher education system.
July 1, 2002... No plan for the future development of the country can be deemed to be complete which does not provide for technical and scientific training. This is the age of (the) machine and it is only those countries in which technical and scientific...

Adaptivity through the use of mobile agents in web-based student modelling.
July 1, 2002... THE CONTEXT OF WEB-BASED SYSTEMS The proliferation of computers, the advent of Internet and the steady gain in the popularity of distance education greatly influence our educational environment. Educational information on the Web has...

Science and Technology courses via e-learning: an African scenario with lessons from South East Asia.
July 1, 2002... Learning through electronic media and methodologies is taking roots in all parts of the world. So are e-teaching, e-evaluation and e-management of teaching learning processes. This is indeed true for Africa. Case in point is the recent step...