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In this pilot study the collaborative efforts by way of desk-top video conferencing between beginning instructional de-signers and intern teachers was investigated. The impact of a real-world context for designing instruction on beginning in...

This paper showcases select IDSI research, products, services, applications, developments, and the company's current project endeavors and directions. IDSI is a small, woman-owned business, comprised of over 100 professionals, providing cost...

Satellite communications recently replaced the two-way radio at the School of Air classrooms throughout Northern Territory and News South Wales in Australia. The evaluators of this massive technology innovation surveyed all the participants in the...

Mobile (M)-learning is motivating to learners to improve foreign language skills, as it offers a rich, informal, contextual, and ubiquitous learning environment. We report on the results of a study that focused on two surveys and determining if a...

Although teaching online is becoming more prevalent, teaching English as a Second Language online is still in its infancy. This paper focuses on the best practices of two tenured English as a Second Language (ESL) professors at the College of...

In response to the need for special education teachers in rural areas with high numbers of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional (CLDE) students, four innovative programs (PRISE, LEAD, BRIDGE, and CREST) and a Bilingual Multicultural...

Instructional design researchers and astrophysicists at a large northeastern land-grant university carried out comprehensive analysis of the questions used in a large-enrollment hybrid-format (with both F2F and online components) introductory course ...

Assessing students in an online course poses challenges to the reliability factor of the measures being utilized. Some programs have the latitude to incorporate proctored assessments, but this is not always practical in asynchronously structured...

This session will demonstrate an innovative web-based learning tool, Still Learning used at A.T. Still University/Kirksville College of Medicine. Still Learning employs video presentations to help the community-based medical school faculty and...

E-Learning provides a dynamic means of providing learning opportunities anytime / anywhere, however, measuring success is dependent on relating initiatives to outcomes. Data often resides in a variety of formats and is not readily accessible to...

My Teaching Partner (MTP) is a professional development program now being delivered to 235 teachers across Virginia. MTP links curriculum/activities with layers of web-based support, including an on-line consultant--a teaching expert who regularly...

Education delivery systems have evolved from content delivery mechanisms to collaborative environments. The next step in this evolution is to provide greater support for asynchronous learners, those that progress through course material with little ...

An online for-profit university with more than 85,000 students and 1,300 faculty members has developed internal processes to ensure the academic quality and integrity of online courses and programs. This session will focus on the process for...

The first-year medical curriculum at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine includes a 6-week long block of gross and Radiologic anatomy. Prior to students' dissection, each cadaver was scanned with a high resolution CT scanner. During various didactic ...

Abstract The use of virtual microscopy as an aid to the teaching of microscopic anatomy in our institution is described. In particular, the application of the PathXL™ management web-based platform is highlighted as a way of producing an adaptable...

Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is one of the largest corporate universities in the Department of Defense Learners are supported in classes and through distance learning at worksites where ever the US military has been deployed. Since the 1990...

Three stages can be identified in the evolution of audiographic technologies. Over the last two decades staff at Southern Cross University have made use of this technology during each of its developmental stages. In 2005 and 2006 the School of...

Abstract: The Current Global Recession, Global warming and Pandemic require rapid interdisciplinary global responses for Sustainability and a rethinking of university networks and preparation of students for an ecology of knowledge approach. ...

Game playing in a classroom setting can be an important aspect of active learning techniques. Games such as Jeopardy provide a means for an engaging review of course material prior to an exam or other course milestone. These games are typically...

This session will focus on a systematic and rigorous evaluation process for online courses that has been developed by a university that serves over 85,000 students. The authors will review the process, tools, findings, and improvements resulting...