Distance learners
Living the new normal: reflections on the experiences of first-time distance learners
... The objective of the current study was to contribute to the enhancement of services and resources available for first-time distance learners in the future. The research adopted a mixed methodology across ...
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Libraries, social software and distance learners: Blog it, tag it, share it!
... It is clear that in the US and Canada, where support for distance learners is most developed, information literacy and providing training and support for users is a key issue. The literature review provided ...
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The adventures of LASSIE: Libraries, social software and distance learners
... The project team explored the use of four online reading list or book list systems including: CiteUlike (http://www.citeulike.org/), H20 Playlists (http://h2obeta.law.harvard.edu/home.do), LibraryThing ...
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Superficial social inclusion? Reflections from first-time distance learners. A practice report
... and distance education appear to be posing for distance learners appears to be a common theme amongst other distance education ...presents distance learners with a transformative ...
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Distance learners' use of non-institutional social media to augment and enhance their learning experience
... Distance learners from five different Australian universities are participating in the studies reported ...twelve distance learners use of ICT for teaching and learning (Andrews & Tynan, ...
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Knowledge based educational framework for enhancing practical skills in engineering distance learners
... engineering distance learning ...engineering distance learning such as virtual/remote laboratories, no significant work has been carried out for providing much granularity in imparting and assessing the ...
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Distance Learners and Support Services: Current Trends and Prospects
... and learners are attracted when they see value in undergoing education through distance ...Since learners come from a traditional system, in the beginning they are not able to appreciate the unique ...
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The Information Seeking Behaviour of Distance Learners: A Case Study of the University of London International Programmes
... for learners include: lack of time; limited access to crucial support networks such as peers, tutors and librarians; delayed feedback; and technology which can fail, is often expensive to implement and often ...
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Librarians On Call: an instant messaging enquiry service for Open University distance learners
... To promote Librarians On Call, publicity about the service was placed in the OU student magazine SESAME. In addition, every page on the Open Library website featured the Librarians On Call “click to chat” button, and a ...
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THE SUCCESS OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AMONG DISTANCE LEARNERS IN MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITIES
... for distance learners to improve their learning skills and knowledge to meet the challenge career in modern competitive ...influence learners' use of the Learning Management System (LMS) and tests ...
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Lights, camera, action: gathering experiences of first time distance learners
... first-time distance learners who volunteered to participate in the second ...first-time distance learners at the university because it was assumed that their preference not to participate was ...
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In their own words: learning from the experiences of first time distance learners
... on distance study relates to improving their current career or changing their career ...supporting distance study is a notable feature of the findings, along with the importance of the online learning ...
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Superficial social inclusion? Reflections from first-time distance learners
... first-time distance learners from Massey University before the start of Semester Two, ...first-time distance students at the point when their enrolment had been ...of distance learners ...
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STRATEGIES FOR DISTANCE LEARNERS
... 598 Distance learners: Beginning students may have some difficulty determining what the demands of a course of academic study actually are because they do not have the support of an immediate peer group, ...
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Delivering Student Services to On-line Distance Learners
... The UT TeleCampus (UTTC), consists of 15 UT System institutions which build and deliver high- quality online courses, degree programs and support services for distance learners in its mission to expand the ...
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Distance learners: connected, mobile and resourceful individuals
... The notion of ‘digital natives’ put forward by Prensky (2001) dominates much of the ongoing discussion around the students' learning experience (Jones et al., 2010). Prensky proposed that the ‘net gen’ students (those ...
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Distress and Stress Management Among Distance Learners: A case of Accra College of Education Study Centre
... Abstract- The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of stress and stress management among distance learners at Accra College of Education Centre of University of Education, Winneba. Five ...
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Using e Learning Tools to Build a Community of Distance Learners: A Progress Review and Call for Collaboration
... the distance learners is within a United Kingdom based university that received university status in ...via distance learning. 27% of learners are enrolled on post graduate ...of ...
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Why the student voice? The case for investigating the distance learners' experience of ICT in distance education
... for distance learners, as the use of technology has become a key component of the distance learner’s ...how distance education has, over time, incorporated ICT use and according to Bernath et ...
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Libraries as a social space: enhancing the experience of distance learners using social networking tools
... (http://h2obeta.law.harvard.edu/), which was developed by Harvard Law School for managing reading lists. Initial impressions were that this tool is less easy to use than CiteULike, in terms of adding books or articles. ...
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