E-Learn 2012--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 1
Oct 09, 2012
Editors
Theo Bastiaens; Gary Marks
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 351
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Social Matching for Health Researchers
Diego Macrini & Heidi Sveistrup, University of Ottawa, Canada
This paper is a report on the findings of a study on a novel collaborative web tool that aims to foster collaboration and increase social interaction within organizations. The study was conducted... More
pp. 700-709
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Portfolio Assessment in Teacher Education: Use of e-portfolios
Aradhana Mani, Delhi University, India
Portfolio assessment has become widely used in educational settings as a way to examine and measure progress, by documenting the process of learning or change as it occurs .It has proved to be an... More
p. 710
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Design and Development of a Web-based Support System for Teaching and Learning of Business-IT Alignment Assessment
Haleh Mardanian & Peter Mozelius, Stockholm University, Sweden
Business-IT Alignment (BITA) is an important field for researchers as well as practitioners in the industry but both groups normally find it complicated and time consuming to learn about BITA. To... More
pp. 711-720
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Which Online Courses Should I Take? Improving Student Decisions about Online Course Enrollment
James Marshall, San Diego State University, United States
Over 30% of higher education students now take at least one online course in which the instructor and students are physically separated and electronic means are used to facilitate the learning... More
pp. 721-725
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Meeting the E-Learning and Information and Computer Technology Needs of Post-secondary Students with Visual Impairments: An Overview of Two Studies
Natalie Martiniello, Mary Jorgensen, Catherine S. Fichten, Jennison Asuncion & Vittoria Ferraro, Adaptech Research Network, Canada; Joan Wolforth, McGill University, Canada; Mai Nhu Nguyen, Jillian Budd & Maria Barile, Adaptech Research Network, Canada; Chris Gaulin, National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS), Canada; Anthony Tibbs, Adaptech Research Network, Canada; Rhonda Amsel, McGill University, Canada
We present the findings from two Canada-wide studies involving post-secondary students who self-identified as either being totally blind (n = 29) or having low vision (n = 143). The first study... More
pp. 726-730
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Build your Responsive Open Learning Environment
Alexander Mikroyannidis, The Open University, United Kingdom
The European research project ROLE (Responsive Open Learning Environments) is aiming at empowering learners for self-regulated learning within a personalised learning environment. Towards this goal... More
pp. 731-736
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Responsive Open Learning Environments at the Open University
Alexander Mikroyannidis & Teresa Connolly, The Open University, United Kingdom
Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) offer new opportunities for supporting personalized and self-regulated learning both in formal and in informal education. The Open University in the UK is an... More
pp. 737-743
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The Evaluation of Adaptive Technology Enhanced Learning Systems
Catherine Mulwa, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Adaptive technology enhanced learning has attracted significant interest with the promise of supporting individual learning tailored to the unique circumstances, preferences, and prior knowledge of... More
pp. 744-753
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Clarifying the Meaning of Quality in Elearning Quality Assurance
Anne Parrella, Tidewater Community College, United States; Yanyan Yong, Germanna Community College, United States
The online course offering has exerted a transformative impact on the essential notions of where, when, and how the activities of teaching and learning take place. This remarkable success has made ... More
pp. 754-759
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Creativity in the Online Classroom : Findings from a Five Year Randomized Control Trial
Dale Patterson, Griffith University, Australia
This research summarizes a five year study, involving over five hundred participants from a range of different cultures and locations. Comparing online communities and the more common face-to-face ... More
pp. 760-766
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Do Your E-Learning Assessments Belong in the Cloud?
Jeff Place, Questionmark, United States
With so many learning activities taking place in the Cloud, organizations need to decide whether their online assessments belong in the Cloud, too. Is it best to install an assessment management... More
p. 767
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Embedding Surveys and Quizzes for Enhanced Learning
Jeff Place, Questionmark, United States
Embedded quizzes and surveys enable learning organizations to collect data, provide valuable retrieval practice and make online learning more engaging and effective. Although standalone quizzes and... More
p. 768
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Get the Most from Mobile Assessments
Jeff Place, Questionmark, United States
Smartphones and tablets offer the means of putting surveys and quizzes directly into the hands of learners. Using current technology, you can deliver a single assessment to different types of... More
p. 769
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Validating the Matrix Marking System for NHS Simulation-based Medical Education Assessment
Alison Quinn, James Wilson, Mark Pimblett, Mike Dickinson & Jacky Hanson, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust, United Kingdom
Simulation based education provides ideal assessment opportunities as part of on-going training and for both undergraduate and postgraduate examinations. In order to use simulation in an... More
pp. 770-775
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Realizing Best Practices in an Online Graduate Degree Program
Thomas Smyth, University of South Carolina AIken, United States; Cheryl Wissick, University of South Carolina Columbia, United States
An online graduate degree program jointly offered by two campuses within a university system utilizes faculty expertise and shares other relevant resources from both campuses. Faculty collaborate... More
pp. 776-778
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Defining Online Course Quality
Andrea Stone, Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City, United States; Elizabeth Crowell, University of Central Oklahoma, United States
What is a quality online course? Like beauty, the answer lies in the eye of the beholder. But this subjective measure of online course quality is fading as institutions and accrediting bodies... More
p. 779
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Readiness of Selected National Capital Region Universities in the Integration Of Information Technology in Major Accounting Subjects in Bachelor of Science in Accountancy: Basis for Program Enhancement
Irene Taguinod, St.Paul University Quezon City Bocaue Extension, Philippines
The study aimed to evaluate the readiness of selected National Capital Region Universities in the integration of Information Technology in Major Accounting Subjects in Bachelor of Science in... More
pp. 780-785
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Asynchronous Feedback - An Activity Theory Model
Judy Tarbox, Southern Connecticut State University, United States
Instructor feedback is critical in online education and can make the difference between a student feeling positive or negative about a course. In particular, asynchronous technologies are widely... More
pp. 786-790
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Support Experience for Video Conferencing Distance Classes
Judy Teng, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, United States
This presentation will provide a summary of experience in supporting video conferencing distance classes between two campuses. The presenter will start with the background information for the... More
p. 791
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Intergenerational Participatory Design with Physical Interaction
Helena Tobiasson, Anders Hedman & Yngve Sundblad, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, KTH, Sweden
In this paper Participatory design experience from several projects, involving people of all ages and communication between them, is described and analysed. The projects range from design of... More
pp. 792-801