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IRRODL (International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning) - Vol 11, No 1 (2010)
Editorial
IRRODL policy changes
Terry Anderson
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Research Articles
Markus Deimann, Theo Bastiaens
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1-16
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Zuochen Zhang, Richard Kenny
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17-36
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Albert Dieter Ritzhaupt, Michelle Stewart, Patryce Smith, Ann E. Barron
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37-60
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Lucy Barnard-Brak, Valerie Osland Paton, William Yun Lan
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61-80
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Meghan E. Marrero, Jessica Fitzsimons Riccio, Karen A. Woodruff, Glen S. Schuster
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81-95
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Francis Donkor
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96-116
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John-Harmen Valk, Ahmed T. Rashid, Laurent Elder
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117-140
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Field Notes
Reaching REMOTE learners: Successes and challenges for students in an online graduate degree program in the Pacific Islands
Kavita Rao, Charles Giuli
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141-160
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"Can you hear me, Hanoi?" Compensatory mechanisms employed in synchronous net-based English language learning
Una Mary Cunningham, Kristy Beers Fägersten, Elin Holmsten
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161-177
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Book Notes
Distance and blended learning in Asia
Tony Bates
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178-181
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CIDER Notes
Blended online learning design: Shaken not stirred
Norm Vaughn, Michael Power
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Bi-national learning and the Internet: Grassroots experiments in global education
William Egnatoff
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Moving online: Taking teaching and learning beyond four walls
Steven Rowe
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Full Issue
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IRRODL Volume 11, Number 1
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1-185
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International DE opportunities in difficult economic times
The world's current economic crisis is placing serious pressures on distance education. In October 2009, the situation was addressed at an International Summit on Distance Education, held in Beijing. The conference focused on the survival challenges and opportunities currently facing open and distance learning. Professor Baggaley attended the conference as an invited chair and speaker on this topic. More...
Social networking with Web 2.0: A comparative study of on-campus and online students
In this presentation Barbara Frey and Lorna Kearns summarize a study of back channel communication that took place at the University of Pittsburgh among on-campus and online learners enrolled in the Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program in summer 2008. They define “back channel communication” as the communication in which students engage outside of the structured course activities and discussion. More...
Implementing digital story telling in a Computers in Education course
Assessment and the integration of advanced technologies are key themes for the 21st century educator. The electronic portfolio project was developed to explore the possibilities of using web-based technology to store artifacts as evidence of student achievements of course goals and objectives. More...
EduBlogs as metaphor
This presentation will discuss a number of recent case studies, contrast examples of private and public edublogs, and explore issues such as learner and instructor roles and responsibilities, learner choices, ethical considerations, learning goals, instructional strategies and activities, and assessment methods. More...