Distance Education Methods Research Articles

The Role of Medias in Tools Lesson about Environmental Education in Distance Education System (Iran)

The express development of internet and branches of multi medias in world wide channel, have created the new method for transfering the information to the students. Doubtless, timing education is the most effective method of education by face to face connection. But greatness of distance and shortage of time has limited the chance of participation of students in this kind of classes. This study had done with the goal of comparative investigation about the rate of effectiveness in teaching of procurement and production of materials and progressive tools lesson in environmental field in 2 groups of students of virtual and conventional study that did on 2 groups of students in each group we had 30 final semester students in environmental field in Payam noor university , Tehran virtual group trained the procurement and production of material and progressive tools about environmental education in the first semester of 2011-12 and face to face group trained it face to face. At the end of educational course, both groups evaluated in a same situation and same examinable materials. The required information analysised by the descriptive and perceptive statistic. Also the average of virtual scoures scoures were1=10/88and and for conventional students were1=8/85 and according to p=0/05 for this kind of students, so we can conclud that there is a specific different between these groups. As a result you can train procurement and production of materials and progressive tools lesson about environmental education by the distance education method and it doesnot have any educational grade reduction.

Problem Solving Approach at Organizational Development Activities: A Research at Karabuk University

Hence rapid change and extensive competition, organizations have to ensure the persistence of their organizational development (OD) activities. The goal of this study is to inquire OD activities devoted to solving problems at organizational e-learning processes. The study consists of two sections. While the first section includes the literature about OD and Problem Solving Approach, the second includes the field research on students’ subjective perceptions about the Karabuk University's relatively new online distance education (DE) program. To overcome the difficulties based on affordability, number of instructors, infrastructure etc., Karabuk University management has strategically decided limited number of classes which have already been part of formal education so far, to be offered by distance education method. This study especially focuses on determining the students’ perceptions on efficiency, infrastructure, problems, practicality and acceptance level of this new process. Direct survey has been implemented at this study and the datas obtained have been analyzed by using frequency and one-sample t tests. The results show that there is no overall negative perception against DE, students perceive DE as a practical, economic and innovative method, students are inclined to computer use, related departments interfere in problem solving in time, it is still believed that the in-class education is the best learning method and students’ capability of computer access causes problems in the DE system. Increasing interactivity in DE programs, noticing the importance of face-to-face communication, promoting activities out of virtual classroom and raising the number of computers offered to students’ use may be beneficial for DE system efficacy and consistent improvement. It is aimed to find out present and possible problems in distance education system from the students’ point of view and use this information in problem solving and process improvement efforts.

Utilizing Video Conferencing to Introduce an International Perspective to Foundation Practice

Video conferencing has much potential to enrich international social work education. In this educational initiative, video conferencing was used to deliver a joint foundation social work practice class to students attending an MSW degree program both in the United States and in Ireland. Student feedback indicated that they gained an appreciation of the global nature of social work practice. They reported a deeper understanding of shared theoretical perspectives in relation to client engagement, and of the differences in many fields of practice. Students recommended additional opportunities for international discourse using both synchronous and asynchronous distance education methods.

Design and Empirical Studies of Modern Distance Education Quality Evaluation System

This paper discussed modern distance education quality evaluation of the status quo. Take it as the basis for building the remote education quality evaluation system. Then I establish a set of index system of quality evaluation. Here, I took advantage of Analytic Hierarchy Process and assigned weights to each indicator. Because the influential factors of Quality Evaluation are fuzzy, I used the theory of Fuzzy Evaluation System to establish distance education quality evaluation model. Finally, with the help of the sample data provided by the combination of case, I had an empirical analysis of the model and improved the quality of distance education methods and measures for the results of the comprehensive evaluation.

The Role of the American Society for Engineering Education in Encouraging Distance Education and Other Methods to Reduce the Cost of Engineering Education

The Role of the American Society for Engineering Education in Encouraging Distance Education and Other Methods to Reduce the Cost of Engineering Education

An analysis of a decade of research in 10 instructional design and technology journals

AbstractIn this paper, we review findings from an analysis of the past decade (2001–10) of research in 10 major journals in the field of instructional design and technology. Each research paper published in these journals during this decade was categorized according to its focus or methodology, topical keywords, authorship and citation trends; and the findings were aggregated across all of the journals to show trends over the last decade. We found there is a strong emphasis on technology‐related issues, distance education, communication strategies and instructional methods over cognitive‐related topics and learning issues. There is a strong history of theoretical inquiry and a fairly even balance of qualitative and quantitative research being published, with other research methods emerging. However, there are distinct differences in methodological stances among the journals. We also found some evidence that the Institute for Scientific Information Impact Factor may not be the best indicator of impact quality for journals in our field.

Distance Education and Teaching Online: My Journey from Mystery to Mastery

ABSTRACTWith the burgeoning of online programs in higher education, many occupational therapy faculty will need to expand their teaching repertoire to include distance education methods. This article describes the transition of one teacher, moving from face to face instruction to a blended distance education format, and the components of the process. These include providing a good technical infrastructure and training for both teachers and students. In addition, the process of creating and developing both synchronous (live) sessions and asynchronous (discussion boards) are described. Lastly the author reflects on ways to transcend the distance and strengthen the online learning experience.

METHODICAL AND COMMUNICATIVE PROBLEMS OF DISTANCE TEACHING TO FOREIGN GRADUATE AND POST–GRADUATE STUDENTS IN MODERN UNIVERSITY

The article discusses the peculiarities of modern distance teaching and learning methods and technologies, including their advantages and disadvantages, compared to the classical education. In particular, the communicative environment and academic culture as determinants of university education are considered as less obvious for the distance teaching and learning, which makes it difficult to establish and operate with a common university language and communication. Besides, the specifics of academic culture and communication of foreign students, sometimes makes the process of teaching via distance technologies less effective, taking into consideration such phenomena as plagiarism and cheating. The article discusses the example of Iranian students in Yerevan State University of Armenia focusing on their communication to teachers, and their habits while using on–line technologies in order to pass exams and study through distance–learning.

AS PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP APPLICATION COUNTINABILITY OF PARTICIPATED ART PROJECTS VIA DISTANCE EDUCATION METHOD: A Case of "Women's are Meeting with Literature Project"

Observations of artistic activities’ transformative influence in social sphere by social scientists have played an essential role in the rise of “participative art” works worldwide. Within the scope of the public relations practices performed by municipal administrations particularly in order to promote the cultural development of society, noteworthy examples of works to enable citizen’s active participation in artistic activities occur in Turkey as well. Within these practices, the project carried out by Antalya Municipality in 2009, namely “Women Meet Literature” has been designed with a view to help women who are living in disadvantageous districts build solution-driven behavior patterns instead of perceiving the difficulties in their social life particularly in their family life, as “irresolvable”. In the wake of the workshops carried out with the participation of Turkey’s famous authoresses and poetesses, it has been observed that the act of writing has a stimulating effect on women’s courage to diagnose problems. This study evaluates, through the case of “Women Meets Literature” project as a public relations practice, the project realization process and outputs of the case regarding the use of “participative art” in mass education, within the context of ‘participative art’, ‘mass education’ and ‘public relations practices’; and it discusses the contributions of distant education to sustainability of project based public relations practices.

“Development of Basic Skills in Swimming Sports Training At Grassroot Level through Distance Education Method: A Case Study on School Going Children”.

“Development of Basic Skills in Swimming Sports Training At Grassroot Level through Distance Education Method: A Case Study on School Going Children”.

A Novel Conceptual Model of Environmental Communal Education: Content Analysis Based on Distance Education Approach.

Environmental education as a learning process increases people's knowledge and awareness about the environment. Although in some countries, the Environmental Communal Education (ECE) is the core of the environmental education by formal and informal organizations and groups, but, it has not clarified the meaning of the ECE’s concept. Therefore the aim of this study was to scientific clarification of the ECE and to develop conceptual model by using the distance education approach. In this study to concept clarification of the ECE, five-step method of Norris was used. Also, a summative content analysis approach is used to interpret meaning from the content of text data. Findings from the content analysis of ECE plotted as a conceptual model. The results of the content analysis led to the extraction of meaning units, sub-codes and the main themes. According to data explication 6 themes extracted. They were Condition-based, Methods-based, Learner-based, Concern-based, Workgroup-based, and Field-based. On the base of themes and operational definition the Hexa-based model of the ECE developed. According to extracted operational definition and the Hexa-based model of the ECE, the diversity of the target population and educational content, it seems the most appropriate teaching methods, are the distance education methods.

Estimate Method of Web-Based Distance Education for the Deaf Undergraduate

Though using estimating the model for the deaf on web-Based distance education on the features and requirements of web-education, this paper designs a teaching evaluation model for the deaf on web-based distance education. It is in order to introduce the model, and introduces it on various aspects of web-teaching’ features and evaluation process.

Problems Faced by Distance Learners in Using Web-Based Facilities

Countries like India are engaged in exploring appropriate ways of tackling the urgent problem of educating their large and growing populations in relatively little time and with limited resources. Against this background, achieving universal primary education is a major concern. If this Millennium Development Goal is to be achieved, the empowerment of teachers is necessary. Considering the large number of such personnel to be trained, educationists have turned their attention to open and distance learning. In distance education methods, educationists now acknowledge the liberating possibilities of non-print media, which have the potential to surmount physical obstacles, as well as break the constraints of traditional classroom teaching. The development of information and communication technologies has spawned a number of innovations in open and distance learning. In the School of Education at Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, there have been attempts to bring about transformation by using innovative approaches. Creating discussion forums in the regional language is an innovation that has been used and tested. Experimentation and research in this regard has been conducted for the past three years. This article shares the various experiments that have been attempted, the strategies that have been adopted, the results of these experimentations and the lessons that have been learned thereby.

Web-based �discussion-support� agricultural-climate information for regional India

An innovative approach to aiding farmer decisions that involve seasonal climate risk has been trialed with farmers in Andhra Pradesh, India. A key concept has been to copy concepts of 'discussion-support' approaches, rather than only relying on computerized decision-support approaches. Use of 2d Life/eLearning distance education methods have been trialed with these farmers and advisers with some success. However, it is suggested that vital aspects not necessarily related to core climate and crop science issues, such as farmers' dress and informal interactions within a discussion environment must be appropriately captured in any synthetic video discussion-support if this approach is to gain widespread uptake.

Information and Communication Technology

This approach is the complete contrast with the conventional methods of education and entrepreneurship development but requires the candidates to have ICT literacy and interest in self-improvement. Need and urgency of educating large masses can not be under estimated, when the country is poised for rapid growth. However, even after so many years of hard efforts a significant percentage of child population remains uneducated and high dropout rates even at middle and secondary level educations remains a complex problem along with the fact that ICT literacy and education in a wider sense has not taken root. The recent reports dealing with Seelampur (Delhi) UNESCO inspired project on ICT based education have categorically and convincingly demonstrated, that it can be used to unlock the subject understanding capabilities and entrepreneurship idea generation potentials of the participants, not possible through standard education or distance education methods These new ICT based methods rely on collaborate learning, "ICT Literacy" and use the self organization mechanism for understanding or new knowledge creation. The idea and the technology behind this approach through promising have not been fully understood as yet . Therefore, it is proposed to take up activities in this direction at two different levels as a part of the project proposition. To study evolve and promote the mechanism of "Self Organization" in learning through deconstruction of information through ICT literacy based approach on the web and local enrolment , leading to construction of new domain knowledge and development of participants capabilities towards entrepreneurship. To take up the development of tools and technologies for creating the course work based on the ICT literacy approach for the collaborative and interactive learning environment. To evolve methods of localizing the information, and the introduction of local idioms for the education of ethnic linguistic and gender groups.(This is considered important in ICT based approach of education).

Undergraduate performance in a domestic animal laboratory taught via distance education

The objective of this study was to determine if laboratory modules of an undergraduate animal anatomy course offered in distance education (DistEd) format were as effective as face-to-face (F2F) format in helping students learn. Students (n = 159) completed an anatomy pretest as well as a presurvey to assess prior DistEd experience. Alternating each week, laboratory topics were presented either as F2F or as virtual DistEd laboratories. Two laboratory examinations were administered and included material from both laboratory formats (DistEd and F2F). Questions from the pretest were also included and used to generate the posttest scores. At the end of the semester, students completed a postsurvey to determine if DistEd was a viable alternative to F2F. Student grades on each examination were compared using an ANOVA model that included main effects of presentation method (DistEd, F2F), semester (fall, spring), and their interaction. Learning was evaluated based on the performances of students on pre- and posttests using unpaired t-tests. There was an increase (P < 0.0001) in anatomy post- vs. pretest scores for both semesters, indicative of student learning, although there was no effect of presentation method (F2F or DistEd). On exam 1, students achieved greater scores in fall 2008 (P < 0.0001) on material presented via DistEd compared with that presented as F2F. However, in spring 2009 students scored better on material presented as F2F. There was no effect of presentation method on exam 2 scores for either semester. Based on the postsurvey, 79.3% of students in fall 2008 and 52% of students from spring 2009 agreed that DistEd laboratories were a viable alternative to F2F laboratories. The results of this study support the conclusion that anatomy material can be taught effectively by distance education methods.

A Humanistic Framework for Distance Education

Counselor educators discuss how to maintain humanistic values when using distance education methods to deliver course work. The authors outline 4 principles that guide their practice of humanistic education within technically oriented formats and, specifically, their use of the interactive video network. Specific strategies for implementing each principle are described.

Evolution of distance education in Iran

Ministry of higher education of Iran in 1988 with establishing Payam Noor University tried to use distance education methods and other new methods to bring some basic changes in the concepts of traditional education and remove some of the deficiencies of the traditional education systems. Currently, the mass of young people who want to obtain an academic degree and the lack of enough educational space in different levels in the country, created the exceptional circumstances to move towards distance education and e-learning in Iran. By using these recent methods, we can increase productivity training, flexibility in time and place, and many other advantages such as creation hundreds of virtual classes and establishing fair educational opportunities for many people of our society. Recent research starts by comparing distance education programs in international and national level to identify the steps required to transform the program into an e-learning system. Our evaluation method is a qualitative approach. It describe background and evolution of distance education, express e-learning and its goals and present the necessities of e-learning as a new method of distance education in universities of Iran. It describes the challenges of e-learning in Iran and presents the strategies to strengthen e-learning in this country.

A Pharmacy Preregistration Course Using Online Teaching and Learning Methods

To design and evaluate a preregistration course utilizing asynchronous online learning as the primary distance education delivery method. Online course components including tutorials, quizzes, and moderated small-group asynchronous case-based discussions were implemented. Online delivery was supplemented with self-directed and face-to-face learning. Pharmacy graduates who had completed the course in 2004 and 2005 were surveyed. The majority felt they had benefited from all components of the course, and that online delivery provided benefits including increased peer support, shared learning, and immediate feedback on performance. A majority of the first cohort reported that the workload associated with asynchronous online discussions was too great. The course was altered in 2005 to reduce the online component. Participant satisfaction improved, and most felt that the balance of online to face-to-face delivery was appropriate. A new pharmacy preregistration course was successfully implemented. Online teaching and learning was well accepted and appeared to deliver benefits over traditional distance education methods once workload issues were addressed.

Appropriate Distance Education Media in the Philippines and Mongolia

Recent educational projects in the Philippines and Mongolia have revealed effective educational delivery methods as well as necessary changes to ensure DE access for as many learners as possible. A project initiated by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has stressed the value of DE delivery through cellular phone technology. As the cell phone becomes increasingly available in Mongolia and the Philippines, its use to deliver education promises to compensate for the relative lack of Internet access in these countries. The IDRC project illustrates how appropriate distance education methods in Asian countries will assist in economic and social development.