Story of a conference: Distance education students' experiences in a departmental conference

Exter, Marisa; Harlin, Nichole M.; Bichelmeyer, Barbara A.

doi:10.1016/j.iheduc.2007.12.003

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“…In a typical videoconference, these oral cues, including facial expressions, tones, and gestures, must be conveyed by camera. However, it could be tedious and time-consuming to operate the camera manually, and many of the conversational cues that people rely on in ordinary face-to-face communications can thus be lost [22], [23], [24]. This loss reduces the sense of presence in the context.…”

Section: Interaction In Distance Educationmentioning

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The Development of an Interaction Support System for International Distance Education

Yueh

Lin

Liu

et al. 2014

IEEE Trans. Learning Technol.

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This paper reports on the implementation of a learner identification system developed to facilitate real-time interaction in an international distance course. To increase the teacher immediacy and social presence, it proposes an integrative system for incorporating technology to improve the learning involvement, teaching effectiveness, and quality of interaction in the context of distance education. After the system was implemented in a formal international distance course involving universities in Japan and Taiwan for a semester, the results of the formative evaluation suggested that a perceived integrative classroom environment was achieved. The instructors and learners agreed that the system effectively and seamlessly integrated synchronous and asynchronous learning through the computing components of face and speech recognition. It was also found that the improved interaction led to a better sense of learning community and improved performance. This study concludes that the system could be useful in improving interactions and reducing students' feelings of isolation in distance courses by increasing their social presence. Suggestions for future studies and system development are also provided.

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Section: Interaction In Distance Educationmentioning

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The Development of an Interaction Support System for International Distance Education

Yueh

Lin

Liu

et al. 2014

IEEE Trans. Learning Technol.

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“…Harvey and Harvey (2013) warn that the imaginative activities designed for the adult class should not only be enjoyable for the students but they need to relate directly to the class content as well as fulfill the learning goals. This has been shown in research on online courses (Exter, Harlin, & Bichelmeyer, 2007;Park & Choi, 2009;Santos& Hammond, 2007). To develop online or face-to-face activities for adults requires creativity on the part of both the instructor and the instructional designer.…”

Section: Instructional Design: a Brief Historymentioning

confidence: 98%

“…While Harvey and Harvey (2013) emphasize the face-to-face adult class, some of their suggestions can be used to creatively improve a poorly designed online course. They caution, however, that each activity must provide support to the content of the course (Exter, Harlin, & Bichelmeyer, 2007;Park & Choi, 2009;Santos& Hammond, 2007).…”

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The Need for Imagination and Creativity in Instructional Design

Gibson

2013

International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology

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The purpose of this article is to explore the need for imagination and creativity in adult education instructional design both online and face-to-face. It defines both imagination and creativity as well as provides an overview of the history of instructional design. It provides an examination of imagination and its application in educational settings. Suggestions are presented for promoting creativity in instructional design as well as overcoming obstacles to creativity when creating classes. The article will also examine how creative activities in both online and face-to-face classes can contribute to successfully meeting learning goals in adult education.

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Multi-level students’ sense of community development in hybrid and online learning environments at higher educational institutions: a systematic literature review

Zhang

2023

Interactive Learning Environments

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Story of a conference: Distance education students' experiences in a departmental conference

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

The Development of an Interaction Support System for International Distance Education

The Development of an Interaction Support System for International Distance Education

The Need for Imagination and Creativity in Instructional Design

Multi-level students’ sense of community development in hybrid and online learning environments at higher educational institutions: a systematic literature review

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