Early in 2005, Phil Harris, Executive Director of the Association of Educational
Communications and Technology, approached Mike Spector and asked if he would like to …

This article examines the relative perceived importance of 19 instructor actions in online
courses according to both instructors and students. The instructor actions were culled from …

Apprenticeship is an inherently social learning method with a long history of helping novices
become experts in fields as diverse as midwifery, construction, and law. At the center of …

Cognitive apprenticeship is a process by which learners learn from a more experienced
person by way of cognitive and metacognitive skills and processes. This chapter explores …

This study was designed to explore the effects of problem-based learning (PBL) strategies
on the attitudes of female senior high school students toward integrated knowledge learning …

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Queensland University, Australia TS Roberts Central Queensland University, Australia Copyright …

Administrators in higher education face decisions about what resources, activities, tools,
partners, and markets are important to Web-based courses. Decisions in these areas can …

This study adopted a qualitative case-study approach to examine the attitudes, experiences,
and perceptions of undergraduate students who were enrolled in an online, collaborative …

A community is not an entity or a product. Rather, it is a process, which is fluid in nature. A
community evolves through nurturing conditions. It “requires a highly interactive, loosely …

Discussion is a required component of many Web-based classes, but do we really know its
value or contribution to learning? Students may be graded for participation, and number and …