Together Alone: What Students Need from an E-moderator

Diane P. Janes

Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education Vol. 32, No. 2 (2006) pp. 93–108

It has often been suggested that education via the Internet, or e-learning, leads to a sense of separation in individual learners; this need not be the case. Teaching is a relationship: a relationship that is built on a connection between teaching...

Constructivism and instructional design: An exploration using an asynchronous online nominal group technique

Diane P. Janes

Constructivism and instructional@design: An exploration using an asynchronous online nominal@group@technique (2005) pp. 1–279

The purpose of this study was to identify the principal tenets/presuppositions of constructivism as a theory of learning, and to suggest processes or instructional approaches that flow from this theory for the development of online learning. ...

Student Perspectives of Workload Pacing in International Online Graduate Education:A Case Study

Diane P. Janes

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 857–858

In 1997 a partnership was created between the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM)'s Virtual University and the University of British Columbia (UBC) resulting in the development of a Certificate in Technology-based Distributed Learning, a...

Topics: Collaboration, Students, Evaluation

International Group Work: New Roles for Interaction?

Diane P. Janes

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1383–1384

In 1997 a partnership was created between the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM)'s Virtual University and the University of British Columbia (UBC). This partnership resulted in the development of a Certificate in Technology-based Distributed...

Topics: Distance Education