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Electronic communication has become an integral part of higher education. Along with the growth of electronic communication is the rise of Web-based courses. This empirical study surveyed 128 students enrolled in 29 courses offered entirely over the ...

The University of Hawaii's LEI Aloha project has developed an array of resources to assist faculty in redesigning their courses to integrate technology. These include videos to present a model of faculty mentoring and examples of technologies used...

The LEI Aloha project at the University of Hawaii has developed a digital learning environment to host electronic portfolio learning objects. A multimedia shell was created to deploy interactive modules designed to assist College of Education...

The University of Hawai'i College of Education PT3 project, LEI Aloha, in partnership with seven UH community colleges is providing significant potential for institutional change so that a continuum of technology integrated courses are provided...

LEI Aloha's ETEC-Connections website provides educators with access to digital video, online lesson plans, student products, teacher contact information, as well as local, national, or international teaching standards. Other digital resources such...

The 2002 National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Standards included major revisions to the accreditation requirements. A substantial shift was placed on technology use by teacher preparation faculty and students, as well as,...

Interactive learning objects were designed to assist teacher education faculty and students in creating electronic portfolios. A modular approach was used to combine a number of topic specific learning objects that could also be re-purposed for use...

Interaction has been identified as one of the major constructs in distance education research. However, a major obstacle facing researchers studying interaction and interactivity is that these terms have not been clearly or functionally defined to...

On ePortfolios is an interactive, multimedia CD ROM providing powerful and compelling learning for developing quality eportfolios through directed or self-directed study. Setting standards for conceptualization, production and distribution, it...

This panel session introduces three examples of distance learning enrichment activities and provides the basis for audience-panel dialog comparing and contrasting benefits and limitations of various approaches. The foundation for the panel comes...

Today’s young adults, termed the Millennial or Net Generation, are special, sheltered, confident, team-oriented, conventional, pressured, and high achievers. They frequently communicate with peers in brief conversations online, and are active users...

Various Internet tools such as emails and discussion boards, and more recently those Web 2.0 technologies such as Facebook, Skype, Slideshare, YouTube, and Flicker, make it possible to connect learners across languages and cultures in and outside...

Various Internet tools such as emails and discussion boards, and more recently those Web 2.0 technologies such as Facebook, Skype, Slideshare, YouTube, and Flicker, make it possible to connect learners across languages and cultures in and outside...

While many have speculated on the significant impact of 3-D virtual worlds on teaching and learning, our understanding of their instructional uses is still limited. This paper presents an exploratory qualitative analysis of data from a graduate...

Authentic assessment has been proposed as a means to connect learning with practice and develop a commitment to life-long learning. Technology has been central in moving learning opportunities beyond the classroom door. In this case study, the use...

Interaction has been identified as a major construct in distance education research. The basic premise is that learners learn most effectively when actively engaged as opposed to passively reading or listening. The primary purpose of the research is ...

The primary purpose of this panel presentation is to share and discuss best practices in conducting cross-cultural projects virtually through use of emerging technology such as Skype, Facebook, and web-based video. Overcoming language, culture and...

In this cooperative inquiry, the authors examined the overlapping boundaries that are emerging between assistive technologies (AT) and instructional technologies (IT) in the context of new and ever-more powerful digital tools for learning and...