This paper proposes a new distance education architecture to integrate both BBS and WWW features, is so-called IVC (Internet Virtual Classroom). This architecture has not only the traditional asynchronous characteristics of learning systems on WWW, but also synchronous interactions that traditional BBS service owned. This sort of learning environment can record and the learning flows of learner...

Reflective teaching methodology involves questioning one own self to bring perfection by asking the following questions: • Which teaching model am I using? • How does it apply in specific teaching situations? • How well is it working? Teacher educator should apply this theory in classroom practice, in order observe and reflects on the results so that the classroom becomes a kind of laboratory w...

The traditional teaching/learning process normally encompasses three major phases: planning the overall aspects of the course (e.g., objective, subject, lessons, evaluations), executing what was planned, and making sure the student has correctly accomplished the planned tasks and acquired a pre-established minimum of knowledge. In Distance Education this process occurs basically in the same way...

if the target of foreign language teaching is to use the language, communicative language teaching (clt) seems to be an ideal teaching model. the goal of teaching with this method is to use the language as a medium of communication (adi, 2012).the application of the communicative approach in teaching english as a foreign language, however, is associated with some problems that can cause the met...

Hosted by The Interlink Alliance, this faculty development conference provided higher education instructors the opportunity to share best practices in teaching and learning, discuss research on teaching and learning processes, and establish relationships with faculty from other Interlink Alliance campuses. Conference programs and activities centered on four tracks: Teachers and Leaders; Teachin...

the aim of this study was to compare three approaches of medical parasitological course. this cross sectional study carried out in 94 medical and pharmacy students. lecturer based learning, problem based learning, and combined approaches were used for teaching the parasitological course. kappa and spss16 were used to analysis. 82.9% of students were interested in lecturer based learning, 64.9% ...

The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has offered online units via the Internet since 1997. Experience gained from delivering in an online teaching/learning environment reveals a number of pedagogical issues in this delivery method. The Instructional Design (ID) team at the Distance Education Centre is developing a framework of teaching/learning elements critical for the successful design...

This study was an attempt to shed light on the relationship between perceptual learning styles and perceptual teaching styles of Iranian EFL learners and teachers. It further investigated the relationship between perceptual learning style and the age, gender, and proficiency of Iranian EFL learners. A total of 112 students and 23 teachers participated in this study. The data was collected using...