E-Learning and Digital Media
2012 Volume 9, Number 2
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 9
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E-Learning as a Challenge for Widening of Opportunities for Improvement of Students' Generic Competences
Rita Birzina, Andra Fernate, Ineta Luka, Irina Maslo & Svetlana Surikova
The rapidly changing economic, financial and social conditions require new knowledge and competences in order to be able to understand them, adapt to the new requirements and remain competitive and... More
pp. 130-142
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University and E-Learning Classes in Italy
Stefania Capogna
The article explores the use of e-learning in Italian universities. The aim is to understand how the university system has faced this problem or opportunity to date and what weaknesses or... More
pp. 143-156
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Re-Imagining Internet Scholarship: Academic Uses and Abuses of the Influential Internet Social Network, Facebook
Kyoung-Ah Nam & Gerald W. Fry
Since its inception at Harvard in 2004, the social network, Facebook, has grown dramatically and spread across the globe. It will soon have 1 billion users and is now operative in over 75 languages... More
pp. 157-162
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Digital Natives Revisited: Developing Digital Wisdom in the Modern University
David Harris
The seminal work of Prensky on "digital natives" and "digital wisdom" is used to launch a broader discussion on the relations between electronic communication, higher education, and popular and... More
pp. 173-182
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Project-Based Learning in a Technologically Enhanced Learning Environment for Second Language Learners: Students' Perceptions
Lindsay Miller, Christoph A. Hafner & Connie Ng Kwai Fun
This article presents a new approach to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course design. Situated in the context of an English-medium university in Hong Kong, the article describes an... More
pp. 183-195
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Academic Help-Seeking in Online and Face-to-Face Learning Environments
Randa A. Mahasneh, Azizeh K. Sowan & Yahya H. Nassar
This article compares actual help-seeking frequencies across online and face-to-face learning environments. It also examines strategies enacted by nursing students when they faced academic... More
pp. 196-210
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The Use of Virtual Classrooms in E-Learning: A Case Study in King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Hana Abdullah Al-Nuaim
The phenomenal growth and subsequent increasing use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) innovations has led to an increase in their use in higher education over the past decade. Past ... More
pp. 211-222
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E-Learning versus Traditional Learning as Perceived by Undergraduate Students in Jordanian Universities
Aieman A. Al-Omari & Kayed M. Salameh
The main purpose of this study is to define the perception of e-learning and traditional learning among undergraduate students in Jordanian universities. The results of the study indicated that e... More
pp. 223-231
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Cultural Shifts, Multimodal Representations, and Assessment Practices: A Case Study
Jen Scott Curwood
Multimodal texts involve the presence, absence, and co-occurrence of alphabetic text with visual, audio, tactile, gestural, and spatial representations. This article explores how teachers'... More
pp. 232-244