The author of this paper addresses his recent experiences as he "crosses the chasm" from the traditional live classroom environment into the production and delivery of distance learning courses in the electronically-delivered class setting. Beginning with first reactions (and cautious resistance) to the emergence of "cyberschools" and college courses delivered via video tape and internet, he in...

This article provides a brief history and level of study distance learning courses. Also, retraining advanced training courses for executives pedagogical staff higher education institutions are provided with modern forms technologies teaching in the educational process, including learning, webinar technologies, automated monitoring, electronic portfolio information systems their coverage. The r...

The use of Multimedia applications in Learning provides useful concepts for Instructional Content Design. This study aimed to investigate the effect of design electronic curriculum and multimedia applications on acquiring e-content design skills, and improving their attitudes towards e-learning. To achieve the objective of the study, the researchers developed a test to measure the efficiencies ...

The culture and traditions of colleges and universities have been foci of attention by strategic planners, development officers and consultants. Developing a unique market niche to attract students and keep alumni affiliated is a constant struggle. As we build new electronic universities and add electronic courses and dimensions of existing colleges and universities, these same questions of uni...

Peer-assessment in education has a long history. Although the adoption of technological tools is not a recent phenomenon, many peer-assessment studies are conducted in manual environments. Automating peer-assessment tasks improves the efficiency of the practice and provides opportunities for taking advantage of large amounts of studentgenerated data, which will readily be available in electroni...

Introduction: Unlike the face-to-face courses offered on campus, online courses are predominantly asynchronous, where students basically decide when they can attend online courses. There is also an intermediate method referred to as blended learning (BL) that combines the merits of both methods. This study investigates the effect of blended learning on attitude and learning applied Biostatistic...

This article is a report of the use of an electronic network by trainee teachers in a `school-based' initial teacher education course to facilitate discussion between participants. A rational for incorporating computer conferencing, drawing on teachers' knowledge and how this might be acquired, is presented. The potential of electronic networks for sharing ideas about teaching, and encouraging ...

The following piece is republished from the UWT Journal on the Environment, an electronic, peer-reviewed journal designed to provide students with a forum in which to publish and read primary and secondary research, reports on conferences and events, and ideas and opinions in the environmental sciences and studies. Tahoma West encourages submissions that deal with scientific and social matters....

Academically dishonest behavior, such as cheating and plagiarism, presents a challenge on college campuses, exacerbated by new technologies which have increased the ease of academic dishonesty. The first section below provides material for promoting academic integrity in higher education. The second section focuses on resources for preventing and dealing with plagiarism in on-campus and online ...

Academically dishonest behavior, such as cheating and plagiarism, presents a challenge on college campuses, exacerbated by new technologies which have increased the ease of academic dishonesty. The first section below provides material for promoting academic integrity in higher education. The second section focuses on resources for preventing and dealing with plagiarism in on-campus and online ...