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Self-regulation of strategies and motivation to enhance interaction and social presence in computer-mediated communication
J. Michael Blocher
(1997) pp. 1–215
Distance education is fast adopting newly developed technologies such as interactive CD-ROM and the Internet to help in delivery of course material. These newly developed technologies may have a profound impact on traditional instructional delivery...
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Increasing Learner Interaction: Using Jigsaw Online
J Michael Blocher
Educational Media International Vol. 42, No. 3 (September 2005) pp. 269–278
Although delivered via distance learning technology, distributed learning is substantially different in fundamental ways. Distributed learning could be described as a distance learning environment that supports the co-construction of knowledge, an...
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How Research in Distance Education Can Affect Practice
Marina Stock McIsaac; J Michael Blocher
Educational Media International Vol. 35, No. 1 (1998) pp. 43–47
Examines distance education as a global movement (development, technology, telecommunications); identifies research constructs (transactional distance, interaction, learner control); social context that can help in applying research to practice; and ...
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Student and Teacher Perceptions of Interaction in Online Computer-Mediated Communication
Marina Stock McIsaac; J Michael Blocher; Veena Mahes; Charalambos Vrasidas
Educational Media International Vol. 36, No. 2 (1999) pp. 121–31
Examines recent research on student interactions and student course evaluations in six Web-based courses taught at Arizona State University between 1996 and 1998. Topics include online interaction; computer conferencing; teaching research methods;...
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Shifting from Instruction to Construction: A Personal Meaningful Experience
J Michael Blocher; Jennifer Echols; Laura Sujo de Montes; Elizabeth Willis; Gary Tucker
Action in Teacher Education Vol. 24, No. 4 (2003) pp. 74–78
Presents a case study of one student's passage through an online M.ED. in Educational Technology degree program and her subsequent experience integrating her newly acquired knowledge, skills, and methods in the real world of her own teaching...
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Contextually Based Professional Development
J Michael Blocher; Shadow W. Armfield; Laura Sujo-Montes; Gary Tucker; Elizabeth Willis
Computers in the Schools Vol. 28, No. 2 (2011) pp. 158–169
In this article, the authors detail a study of a three-year professional development project designed to increase in-service teachers' classroom technology integration. Participants engaged in learning activities that modeled technology integration...
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A Study of the Predictive Relationship between Online Social Presence and ONLE Interaction
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Cherng-Jyh Yen; J Michael Blocher; Junn-Yih Chan
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 10, No. 3 (2012) pp. 53–66
Open Network Learning Environments (ONLE) are online networks that afford learners the opportunity to participate in creative content endeavors, personalized identity projections, networked mechanism management, and effective collaborative community ...