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Glenn Hoyle

Interaction Equivalency in Self-Paced Online Learning Environments: An Exploration of L... - 0 views

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shared by Glenn Hoyle on 25 Apr 09 - Cached
  • This exploratory study sought to examine the experiences and preferences of adult learners concerning the various interactions that they encounter in a self-paced online course. The following four primary research questions guided data collection and analysis efforts: 1. What forms of interaction do adult learners engage in most in self-paced online courses? 2. What forms of interaction do adult learners value most in self-paced online courses? 3. What forms of interaction do adult learners identify as equivalent in self-paced online courses? 4. What impact do adult learners perceive interaction to have on their self-paced online learning experience?
  • Deep and meaningful formal learning is supported as long as one of the three forms of interaction (student–teacher; student-student; student-content) is at a high level. The other two may be offered at minimal levels, or even eliminated, without degrading the educational experience. High levels of more than one of these three modes will likely provide a more satisfying educational experience, though these experiences may not be as cost or time effective as less interactive learning sequences. (Anderson, 2003)
    • Mike Fandey
      Mike Fandey on 25 Apr 09
       
      The perception of high level is key. If a single interaction approach is selected and the learner opts not to engage, then "high level interaction" is not achieved.
  • Participants further noted that they engaged most actively with the instructor and course content, commensurate with findings of previous research pointing to the necessity of such fundamental interactions (Gallien & Early, 2008; Heinemann, 2003; Pawan, Paulus, Yalcin, & Chang, 2003; Perry & Edwards, 2005; Stein, Wanstreet, Calvin, Overtoom, & Wheaton, 2005). The results of this study further strengthen the literature calling for the development of specific competencies not only for those designing online learning but also for those who facilitate online learning experiences of various formats (Klein, Spector, Grabowski, & Teja, 2004; Varvel, 2007).
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  • Research Question 2: What forms of interaction do adult learners value most in self-paced online courses?
  • Participants hailed the blogging and social bookmarking activities as integral to the quality of the overall learning experience, noting the synergy of formal and informal interactions that such activities fostered.
  • Participants noted that although they enjoyed the interactions with other learners and often wished for more, they conceded that in the self-paced, online learning environment such interactions are challenging.
  • informal learning environment that was crafted placed maximum control with the learners. Such informal learning environments provide an open venue for learners to connect with others interested in the same concepts either in a different course section or at a different stage of the course (Rhode, 2006).
  • Participants identified interaction with the instructor and content as very nearly equivalent in a self-paced online course. Participants pointed out that quality interaction with content is indispensable in the self-paced learning environment and can not in any way be replaced. They also indicated that interaction with the instructor could potentially be diminished and compensated for through increased quality interactions with content or learners. Participants further noted that while interaction with other learners is desirable within the self-paced learning environment, the self-paced nature of the course makes such interactions challenging. Therefore, learners were willing to forgo interpersonal interactions deemed by some as tangential in exchange for the flexibility afforded by the self-paced learning approach.
  • In a granular analysis of the various interaction activities, participants generally reported the activity of blogging as equivalent or superior to asynchronous discussion via the discussion board in Blackboard. Such findings add to the burgeoning body of research supporting the pedagogical possibilities of blogging as a flexible asynchronous communication alternative to threaded discussion via a restricted learning management system
  • This mixed methods study explored the dynamics of interaction within a self-paced online learning environment. It used rich media and a mix of traditional and emerging asynchronous computer-mediated communication tools to determine what forms of interaction learners in a self-paced online course value most and what impact they perceive interaction to have on their overall learning experience. This study demonstrated that depending on the specific circumstance, not all forms of interaction may be either equally valued by learners or effective. Participants differentiated among the various learning interactions available and indicated that informal interactions were as important as formal interactions in determining the quality of the online learning experience. Participants also reported the activity of blogging as being equally valued and in some ways superior to instructor-directed asynchronous discussion via the discussion board in a learning management system.
  • Glenn Hoyle on 25 Apr 09
     
    Learning takes place through active engagement rather than passive transmission.
Martin Burrett

Fraction & Equivalent Fraction - 0 views

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  • Martin Burrett on 23 Jan 13
     
    A useful flash fractions activity. You can either read fractions or make equivalents. A good resource for whiteboards. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Martin Burrett

Equivalence - 0 views

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shared by Martin Burrett on 31 Oct 12 - Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 31 Oct 12
     
    Help your students understand equivalence between fractions, decimals and percentages with this visual number line flash resource. Peg the value to the correct position. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Martin Burrett

Freddy's Fractions - 0 views

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shared by Martin Burrett on 27 Jun 17 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 27 Jun 17
     
    "This is a fun flash game where players help a turtle to swim and collect the correct equivalent fractions."
John Onwuegbu

MS Office 2013 Intensifies The Cloud Wars - 16 views

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  • John Onwuegbu on 20 Jul 12
     
    What that means is that Microsoft has taken desktop programs and its web-based office equivalent and unified them into a product that feels more simplified without altering the traditional Office motto.
Lisa Johnson, Ph.D.

Nelson (2008) "E-Books in Higher Education: Nearing the End of the Era of Hype?" - Educ... - 0 views

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shared by Lisa Johnson, Ph.D. on 03 Jun 08 - Cached
  • Lisa Johnson, Ph.D. on 03 Jun 08
     
    As colleague Rhonda Epper described, "There is also an excellent article in this month's issue of Educause Review on Ebooks in Higher Education. The author speculates more widespread adoption in the next several years, but he says there needs to be an "iPod equivalent" for the e-reader, which has not yet arrived. He also talks about the cultural shift that is happening from print to digital. "
Martin Burrett

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shared by Martin Burrett on 28 Aug 11 - Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 28 Aug 11
     
    A good fractions resource where you input the numerator and denominator and you get the decimal equivalent. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
E-Cigs Zone

Electronic Cigarettes: The Nicotine Withdrawal Aid - 0 views

Visit http://www.ecigzone.tk For anyone wishing to try electronic cigarettes, the question arises: How do they compare with other methods of nicotine replacement therapy? There are three main are...

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mktplaceoho

Have a look at the hottest web design tendencies set to influence 2016 - 0 views

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  • mktplaceoho on 14 Dec 16
     
    Top Website Design Trends for 2016The word 'design' is equivalent to ever-changing nature. This field is always proved as evolving with the passing of time. Unlike many others designing fields, web designing gets a top priority, as it can challenge to hold up with the latest design trends.If we talk about the interesting year 2016 in accordance with web design, the overall reviews by the designers have stayed eminent as it was in 2015.
cristina costa

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  • We need to see the way documents have served not simply to write, but also to underwrite social interactions; not simply to communicate, but also to coordinate social practices
  • Indeed, writing on writing is both literally and metaphorically an important part of the way meaning is negotiated.
  • These groups can look surprisingly like modern equivalents of the scholarly communities that formed throughout the world in the Renaissance
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  • The role of documents in linking people
  • he importance of documents to the formation of communities.
  • document forms both old (like the newspaper) and relatively new (like the television program) have underwritten a sense of community among a disparate and dispersed group of people
  • Marginal notes, footnotes, and conventional commentaries are merely the clearest examples of the ways that writing continually provokes more writing and that texts provide context for each other
  • new forms of document allowed new forms of community
  • Annotation is a rich cultural practice which helps, if only by the density of comment attached,
  • he appearance of entire conventional books at Web sites now supports intertextual research and practices.
  • Almost every day a new site appears with searchable and downloadable texts. Some allow commentary, too.
  • More generally, creative use of new documents no longer involves direct challenges to old ones
  • Rather, these new forms appear to reinvigorate the old, extending their useful social life not ending it.
  • primary characteristic of documents is their mobility
  • Documents quickly pass beyond the reach and protection of their maker and have to fend for themselves.
evcventures

Here is what made Sequoia Capital an investment powerhouse! - 1 views

Since its founding in 1972 Sequoia has backed startups that now command a astounding $1.4 trillion of combined stock market value, equivalent to 22% of Nasdaq.Sequoia Capital was and continues to r...

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