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It is also a challenge for teachers and instructional designers to create efficient online language courses given the lack of a non-face to face environment. At the center for distance learning of Empire State College, various online language...

This paper discusses new features and the pedagogical implications of the integrated mapping and blogging (MapBlog) learning object developed at Empire State College. This interactive learning object follows previous work by the last two authors...

A creation of an interactive environment, which stimulates students’ interest in different cultures, proves to be indispensable for the successful teaching of foreign languages to adults. Such Web 2.0 tools as Elluminate, Mapblogs, and dynamic...

Abstract. In this paper, we will discuss the planning, pedagogy, development, creation of an integrated “mapping and blogging (MapBlog)” learning object. They will discuss the theoretical framework behind the development as well as its implications. ...

Advances in freely available on-line Geographic Information Systems (GIS) open the possibility of using maps to create interactive E-learning activities. We have created a reusable learning object that combines the visual appeal of maps with the...

Social media and web 2.0 applications are ubiquitous within the online environment that most students visit regularly. Here we present examples of how these tools offer the potential to carry out asynchronous learning regardless of their...

Mobile technology is growing at an exponential rate and any online educational strategy should develop a learning environment knowing that in a few years the majority of internet users will be accessing it with a mobile device (Johnson, et al 2011). ...

In this paper, "Darwin's Voyage: Evolution of a Learning Object," the authors will discuss the planning, pedagogy and production of the creation of a learning object. They will discuss the theoretical framework behind the development as well as its...

The combination of online courses and open educational resources is a new trend in distance education. With the supporting of open educational resources, developers are able to create online courses with various contents, e.g., online articles,...

"Learning Objects" have become a commodity of current online learning systems. Nevertheless, the question about real effectiveness of these objects is still waiting to be answered. "Four score and two" years after the publication of "The Conditions...

The National Adult Literacy Survey, conducted by the U.S. Department of Education in 1992 and 2003, included federal and state prisoners. One finding of the 2003 survey was that prisoners with a GED scored higher in reading skills than persons in...