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Paasse, Gail 1957. "Searching for answers in the borderlands : the effects of returning to study on the "classed" gender identities of mature age women students." Monash University, School of Graduate Studies, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8908.
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Sulaiman, Ahmad A. "A descriptive pilot study of electronic dialogue in higher education based on dialectical constructivism perspectives /." view abstract or download file of text, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3072606.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 200-213). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Altowjry, Abdullah. "Reforming higher education in Saudi Arabia : the use of telecommunications technology /." Online version of thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/926.
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Patterson, Norma J. H. "Interaction in face-to-face and asynchronous groupware experiences a collective case study /." [Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska-Lincoln], 2002. http://www.unl.edu/libr/tech/dissertations/PattersonDis.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 2002.Title from title screen. PDF text: [2] leaves abstract; viii, 181 leaves dissertation : ill. Sites viewed on Aug. 30, 2002. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 159-163 of dissertation).
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Wilkinson, Thomas Walter. "The perceptions and actions of selected distance educators on academic procrastination in telecommunications-based distance education programs in higher education /." This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10032007-171515/.
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Anderson, Lorraine P. "Interactive televised instruction factors that influence student evaluations of business courses /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1273.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2000.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 178 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-165).
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Abdullah, Zaleha. "Collision of two communities : developing higher education student teachers' creativity in design through a social networking collaboration with professional designers." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2011. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12238/.
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This study examines the activity of an online community in developing design creativity. This involved undergraduate Malaysian university students and their tutor from the School of Education, and professional designers in a private online community using the social network site - Facebook - to improve interface design (websites or interactive courseware). Two research processes adapted from different communities - the creative industries and the higher education communities - were applied in the collaboration. Each community embraces distinctive methods, objectives, instruments, rules and roles in producing design. Contradictions and tensions resulting from incorporating these two communities were analysed. In addition, the effect of social interactions on students’ performance, awareness, and perspectives were also investigated. A qualitative approach was utilized and data consisted of online semi-structured questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, field documentation on Facebook, and Facebook chat. The process of analysis is divided into two parts: initial analysis and substantive analysis of four case studies. Thematic (Braun and Clarke, 2006) and comprehensive data treatment (Silverman, 2010) approaches were used to analyse the initial data. Activity systems analysis (Engeström, 1999) was employed in the substantive analysis to explore the contradictions within the collaboration. The results indicate that contradictions occurred due to the new practice introduced by the community of practitioners (the designers). The collision of new practice positioned students in a disequilibrium stage but managed to also improve students’ design outcomes and promote awareness of the importance of producing purposeful design. However it also revealed the importance of both cognitive and emotional support during the process as the harsh nature of the feedback from designers could potentially hinder creativity. The findings of this study contribute to our understanding that the social-cultural process of creativity can be nurtured within higher education through the use of social network sites such as Facebook. It concludes that more research exploring online social interactions between a learning community and a community of practitioners is required in order to better understand the benefits it has to offer for creativity development.
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Roche, Vivienne Carol. "Razor gang to Dawkins : a history of Victoria College, an Australian College of Advanced Education." Connect to digital thesis, 2003. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000468.
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Thomas, Matthew J. W. "Virtual learning environments : the impact of information and communication technologies on a sustainable higher education /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09pht459.pdf.
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Whitefield, Despina, and Despina Whitefield@vu edu au. "Personal and interpersonal skills development in an accounting degree : a case study of accounting education." Swinburne University of Technology, 2003. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20050502.170936.
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This thesis examines the perceptions of lecturers, graduates and employers of personal and interpersonal skills development in an accounting degree at Victoria University. The development of personal and interpersonal skills in students in higher education has been the focus of discussion amongst accounting educators, accounting practitioners and the accounting profession for many years. There is a general consensus on what skills are necessarily sought to ensure success within the accountancy profession but very few previous studies on how those personal and interpersonal skills are being developed.
This research study presents a research framework which emphasises the complex interrelationships between an accounting curriculum, accounting lecturers, accounting graduates and employers of graduate accountants and their perceptions of how personal and interpersonal skills are developed. A case study approach, combining archival, qualitative and quantitative methods, is used to investigate how a Bachelor of Business Accounting degree in one Australian university facilitates personal and interpersonal skills development.
The case study results indicate that the curriculum, as the vector for skills development, has both explicit and implicit references to skills outcomes. Graduates� perceptions of many of the personal and interpersonal skills considered in this study are closely related to the curriculum findings. However, there appears to be a lack of convergence between lecturers� perceptions, the curriculum and graduates� perceptions. Employers generally agree that graduates display most of the personal and interpersonal skills, albeit at a low level, in the workplace.
There are curriculum implications arising from the results of this research for accounting academics who design and develop accounting programs where the value of graduates� personal and interpersonal skills are acknowledged. As a first step, academics need to improve accounting curricula by explicitly integrating personal and interpersonal skills in their subjects. Communicating to students the explicit nature of personal and interpersonal skills development and making them aware is the next step.
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Wilkinson, Thomas W. "The perceptions and actions of selected distance educators on academic procrastination in telecommunications-based distance education programs in higher education." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39547.
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This study investigated the perceptions and actions of selected distance educators on academic procrastination in telecommunications-based distance education programs in higher education. Data were collected via mail survey from a sample of 276 telecommunications-based distance education programs identified by two national data sources. Specifically, subjects were asked to provide information on: the extent to which they perceived academic procrastination to be a problem in their program, the data they collected on academic procrastination, and the strategies they used to com.bat academic procrastination.
Responses from 143 programs (135 program directors and 297 faculty) indicated that 95 percent of the distance educators believed student procrastination was a problem and 37.5 percent believed it was a serious problem. However, distance educators' data collecting efforts on academic procrastination were neither extensive nor systematic. The data that they reported collecting came from traditional sources and unsophisticated methods of data collection. The sources and unsophisticated methods of data collection. The distance educators did report using a variety of strategies to combat academic procrastination. These strategies had little relationship to the distance educators' perception of academic procrastination or the data they collected on procrastination. Distance educators tended to add more structure and control to reduce procrastination as opposed to rewarding students for early completion of assignments.
This study indicated that distance educators were sufficiently concerned about academic procrastination to warrant further investigation. Focus should be placed on comparing programs with low procrastination against programs with high procrastination, perceptions and actions of distance learners on academic procrastination, and determining what data collecting techniques and strategies to reduce procrastination are most effective.Ed. D.
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Peterson, Christine A. "The impacts of technology on interactivity in a distance learning course." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2133.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2001.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 147 p. : ill. (some col.) Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-140).
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Makulilo, Victoria Boniface [Verfasser], and Dieter [Akademischer Betreuer] Neubert. "Private Financing of Higher Education and Democracy: The Case of Tanzania and Kenya / Victoria Boniface Makulilo. Betreuer: Dieter Neubert." Bayreuth : Universität Bayreuth, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1064499910/34.
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Bangpipob, Savanee. "Graduate Students' Perceptions of the Effectiveness of a Two-Way Audio/Video Distance Learning Session and of Its Effects on Graduate Students' Comfort Level." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279243/.
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The purposes of this study were to (a) determine graduate students' perceptions of the effectiveness of the delivery system and their level of comfort with the delivery system, (b) determine graduate students' perceptions of the effectiveness of the delivery system and their level of comfort with the teacher, (c) determine graduate students' level of comfort with the delivery system and their level of comfort with the teacher, (d) determine differences in graduate students' ratings of the effectiveness of the delivery system before a distance education session and after a distance education session, and (e) determine differences in graduate students' level of comfort with the teacher before a distance education session and after a distance education session.
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Malatji, Mapula Martha. "Telematic tuition in a South African higher education institution : a case study." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2079.
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Mortensen, Mark H. "An Assessment of Learning Outcomes of Students Taught a Competency-Based Computer Course in an Electronically-Expanded Classroom." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277899/.
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This study sought to determine whether there was a difference in subject matter knowledge as measured by a pretest and posttest, a difference in final course grade as a numeric score, and a difference in attitudes toward computers between students in a competency-based ("hands-on") computer applications course taught in an electronically-expanded classroom compared to students taught in a traditional classroom setting. In addition, students taught in the electronically-expanded classroom completed a questionnaire assessing attitudes toward the presentation method. Another purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of applying distance education techniques to teach what was, in essence, an on-campus course. The vehicle for this investigation was an electronically-expanded classroom. The electronically-expanded classroom utilized distance education technology (video, audio, and computer networking) to connect two classrooms in the one building. Students in these two classrooms were the treatment group. Students taking the course in a traditional setting functioned as the comparison group. A total of 109 participants completed the study. Results of the study revealed no significant difference in scores on the subject matter posttest, the final course grade as a numeric score, and attitudes towards computers posttest between students taught the course in an electronically-expanded classroom and students taught the course in the traditional classroom. Results of the survey to measure satisfaction with the presentation method revealed that students in the receive room were slightly more satisfied than students in the send room with the presentation method, but the difference was not significant. The survey indicated that participants in the study were sensitive to technical problems, especially audio-related difficulties. While participants noted some dissatisfaction with audio quality, it had no apparent effect on learning outcomes and attitudes for this study. The study concluded that students taking a course in an electronically-expanded classroom have learning outcomes and attitudes toward computers comparable to those students taking the course in a traditional classroom.
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Eppel, Elizabeth Anne. "The contribution of complexity theory to understanding and explaining policy processes : a study of tertiary education policy processes in New Zealand : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctof of Philosophy in Public Policy /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1202.
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Massingill, K. B. "A Comparison of Communication Motives of On-Site and Off-Site Students in Videoconference-Based Courses." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3229/.
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The objective of this investigation is to determine whether student site location in an instructional videoconference is related to students' motives for communicating with their instructor. The study is based, in part, on the work of Martin et al. who identify five separate student-teacher communication motives. These motives, or dimensions, are termed relational, functional, excuse, participation, and sycophancy, and are measured by a 30-item questionnaire. Several communication-related theories were used to predict differences between on-site and off-site students, Media richness theory was used, foundationally, to explain differences between mediated and face-to-face communication and other theories such as uncertainty reduction theory were used in conjunction with media richness theory to predict specific differences.Two hundred eighty-one completed questionnaires were obtained from Education and Library and Information Science students in 17 separate course-sections employing interactive video at the University of North Texas during the Spring and Summer semesters of the 2001/2002 school year. This study concludes that off-site students in an instructional videoconference are more likely than their on-site peers to report being motivated to communicate with their instructor for participation reasons. If off-site students are more motivated than on-site students to communicate as a means to participate, then it may be important for instructors to watch for actual differences in participation levels, and instructors may need to be well versed in pedagogical methods that attempt to increase participation, The study also suggests that current teaching methods being employed in interactive video environments may be adequate with regard to functional, excuse-making, relational and sycophantic communication.
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Daunt, Carol. "The nature of interaction in educational videoconferencing." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36617/1/36617_Duant_1999.pdf.
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This study investigates the nature of interaction that can be achieved in educational
videoconferencing and what adaptations (if any) to teaching and learning strategies are
necessary. In particular it examines the following:
1. What impact does the technology have on the interactions?
2. Do lecturers have to make adaptations to teaching strategies?
3. Do students have to make adaptations to learning strategies?
4. Can a 'dialogical' approach be used effectively in videoconferencing?
During the latter half of 1994, two lecturing staff at the Queensland University of Technology
(QUT) used videoconferencing for tutorials, in conjunction with distance education materials,
to deliver one subject of a Master of Education course (Organisational Culture and Education
Leadership) and assess the adequacy of this mode of delivery for quality teaching and
learning in a higher education program.
The lecturers were highly experienced university personnel who had delivered this subject
face-to-face using a dialogical approach in their lectures. The student group comprised eight
mature-age students all located at a provincial centre approximately three hours' drive from
Brisbane. All of the participants were educational practitioners: two school principals, one
deputy principal, one subject master, three education officers at School Support Centres and
one Pre-school teacher (seven females, one male).
A review of the literature showed interaction is an important element in learning, but that
very few studies on the use of videoconferencing for education have focused on the nature of
interaction that can be achieved through the medium. Therefore, this study will make a
significant addition to the body of knowledge about how this relatively new communications
technology can be employed for educational purposes.
This study is based on a mixed-method evaluation design that included an action research
process coupled with an interaction analysis. The two research methods form two distinct
stages of the study, i.e. action research throughout the planning and delivery of the
videoconference sessions, combined with an interaction analysis of videotapes of the
videoconference sessions. This mixed-method design was appropriate for this study in order
to maximise the data that had been collected, allowing a deeper investigation of the nature of
interaction.
This study found that videoconferencing allowed the lecturers to replicate the on-campus
interaction that is often lacking in distance education programs. Of significance was the fact that the technology did permit the full engagement of these students as adult learners, and
experienced professionals, in an approach based on critical reflection, deep learning and
metacognition. The study showed that a very high level of interaction comparable in effect to
the face-to-face situation, can be achieved and students at this level are able to maintain that
interaction for long periods of time.
Major findings of the study include:
• High quality voice and vision contributed to the ability to interact.
• Room layout has an effect on interaction.
• User confidence and competence contributed positively to the ability to interact.
• Sessions in which dynamic interaction and engagement occurred were successfully
conducted for periods of 90 minutes.
• Lecturers were able to replicate their current teaching style that relied heavily on a
dialogical approach.
• Students resented the loss of control in structured videoconferences and expressed higher
levels of satisfaction when they were active in setting the agenda.
• The established group and consequent group dynamics had a positive effect on the
interaction.
• Interaction was valued by the students as a teaching/learning strategy.
• It appears that the nature of interaction is more important than the amount.
This study supports the literature in several areas, but challenges it in others. It confirms
research which found that the technology was conducive to highly interactive sessions and
hence of benefit in the delivery of educational programs, but challenges the assumptions and
recommendations that effective videoconference sessions need to employ different teaching
strategies and be structured and focused, including pre-prepared agendas and controlled
question and answer procedures. However, due to the size and nature of this particular group
of students and lecturers, these notions are not rejected completely, and the conclusions and
findings of the study must be recognised as specific to this group under given conditions.
While the research offers insights into a particular context, it is not proposed that these results
would be replicable in all instances of educational videoconferencing. The study offers
significant insights into the nature of interaction that can be achieved if lecturers desire to
employ a dialogical approach in their educational videoconferencing.
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Draper, Paul A. "New learning: The challenge of flexible delivery in higher education." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36625/1/36625_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.
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Information technologies now enable people to communicate m real-time on a planetary scale. Previously isolated cultures have become interdependent in dynamic relationships of economy, government and society, where electronic information is a universal currency instantly distributed by a global web of inter-computer networks. Traditional labour theories of value are being rapidly superseded by knowledge value systems. Government and corporate rhetoric is now suffused with references to intellectual capital and employment opportunities that increasingly depend on people who can put knowledge to work in fluid, fast-changing landscapes. Thus, education has a critical and enhanced role in this new world order where knowledge is seen as the key to wealth and the engine of social change. By implication, universities are under increased pressure to develop and produce 'fast' knowledge workers by means of flexible formats of educational delivery. This dissertation examines the implications of these imperatives by undertaking an investigation into the professional development of the author as university teacher. The work responds to what has become known as the 'triple challenge' for universities, that is, i) to provide increased accessibility and student-centredness of higher education, ii) to achieve greater economy of operations but with less traditional sources of funding, and iii) to maintain quality, but also improve learning outcomes. The aim is to scrutinise the meaning of the terms 'flexible delivery' and 'lifelong learning' in the context of changing university structures and priorities. To do so, the author investigates teaching and learning practices that arise from within his specialist domains of professional music-making and education in music technology. The dissertation then argues the implications of this project for an overarching investigation of 'new learning' arising out of global change and its effects on all participants within the pedagogical arena - students, teachers, and the university as an organisational culture.
The research is located amid two sets of contestations - that which exists between corporate managers and practitioners, and that which exists between practical creativity and the traditional research culture. In keeping with the challenge of working in this shifting and fragmented terrain, the research methodology makes a postmodern break with traditional formats by employing a generative 'double-science' approach to practitioner-research. However, the project was not generated out of postmodern theory, but out of the 'messiness' inherent in teaching practice. It is not, therefore, a 'postmodern' project, despite the fact that postmodern scholarship informs recent developments in the author's thinking about pedagogical praxis. The enquiry strives to transcend the divides of 'science' and 'experience' by generating a confluence of knowledges, a co-authorship arising from a symbiosis of analytical scholarship and artistic creativiry. The action is about both 'doing practice' and 'troubling practice'. It acknowledges the non-innocence of any knowledge production where the practitioner is both the researcher and the researched. Central to the design is a double-pronged engagement in/with analysis/application whereby recurring themes are deconstructed in chaptered sub-cycles that spiral toward validation and theory-building. It is a reflexive process which works through compounding reconstructions of information, through re-comparisons and member-checks that provide multiple accounts of the data-as-evidence.
The dissertation argues a new logic that arises out of an explicit interrogation of the complexiry, uncertainty, and artistry of pedagogical practices in the context of the author's work. It demonstrates how flexible learning mechanisms can exist amid the artificially imposed boundaries of class segregation and discipline. In the exploration of these opportunities, it is shown that powerful new relationships can be mobilised by the supportive use of information technologies. An examination of collaborative teamwork, interdisciplinary groupings and cross-year activities suggests ways in which current demands for increased accessibility and student-centredness might be met. With its focus on improving practice, the research documents pedagogical activity that is not only generative of theory, but of learning and self-improvement. In its open-endedness, the dissertation also signals that this pedagogical project is unfinished, yet amenable to completion. It imagines a complete, yet on-going body of work that invites further experimentation, innovation and self-reflection in university teaching.
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Van, Wyk Byron Jay. "E-trust: a building block for developing valuable online platforms in Higher Education." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1852.
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Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree
Master of Technology Design
in the Faculty of Informatics and Design
at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Supervisor: Prof J Messeter
Cape Town, 2013The aim of this research project was to provide an answer to the question: “How can an understanding of online trust be used to build valuable online applications in Higher Education?” In order to present an answer to this question, a literature survey was conducted to establish: • An understanding of the phenomenon of online trust • What the factors are that influence a loss of trust in the online environment The literature survey highlighted several factors that influence a loss of trust in the online environment, called trust cues. These factors, however, were often tested within the E-commerce environment, and not in organization-specific contexts, such as online platforms in use in Higher Education. In order to determine whether or not these factors would influence the development of trust in context-specific environments, the author of this research grouped the indentified trust factors into three focus areas, i.e. content, ease of use, and navigation. These factors were then incorporated into a series of nine different prototypes. These prototypes were different versions of a particular online platform currently in use at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). The prototypes were tested over a three week period, with certain staff members at the institution in question recruited as test participants. During each week of user observations, a different focus area was targeted, in order to establish the impact that it would have on the perceived trustworthiness of the platform in question. User observations were conducted while test participants completed a standard process using the various prototypes. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted while participants completed the specific process. Participants were asked to evaluate each screen in the process according to its perceived trust worthiness, by assigning a trust level score. At the completion of the three rounds of user observations, in-depth interviews were conducted with test participants. The participants’ trust level scores for each prototype were captured and graphed. A detailed description for the score given for a particular screen was presented on each graph. These scores were combined to provide an analysis of the focus area tested during the specific round. After the three rounds of user observations were completed, an analysis of all the trust factors tested were done. Data captured during interviews were transcribed, combined with feedback received from questionnaires, and analysed. An interpretation of the results showed that not all trust factors had a similar influence in the development of trust in the online platform under investigation. Trust cues such as content organization, clear instructions and useful content were by far the most significant trust factors, while others such as good visual design elements, professional images of products, and freedom from grammatical and typographical errors had little or no impact in the overall trustworthiness of the platform under investigation. From the analysis done it was clear that the development of trust in organization-specific contexts is significantly different than developing trust in an E-commerce environment and that factors that influence the development of trust in one context might not always be significant in another. In conclusion, it is recommended that when software applications are developed in organization-specific contexts, such as Higher Education, that trust factors such as good content organization, clear instructions and useful content be considered as the most salient. Organization-specific contexts differ quite significantly in that the users of these systems often convey a certain degree of trust toward the online platforms that they work with on a daily basis. Trust factors that are geared toward developing an initial or basic trust in a particular platform, which is often the case with first time users engaging in an E-commerce platform, would therefore not be as significant in the development of a more developed level of trust, which is what is needed within the development of organization-specific online platforms.
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Stachowicz, Thomas Joseph. "Teleconferencing and the MARRS computer conferencing system." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9955.
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Janning, Ronald M. "Features of the MARRS computer conferencing system." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9920.
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Houdashell-Riegel, Karen Marie. "Comparison of 2-Year and 4-Year Telecommunications Technicians' Training Programs Against the Industry Standards." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5839/.
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The study focused on the academic programs offered for telecommunications technicians provided by 16 two-year and four-year higher education institutions and the ways in which the programs compared to the established telecommunications technicians' skill standards. Six specific research questions concerned the training programs for telecommunications technicians. The first verified the validity of the information in Peterson's 2000: 2 Year Colleges and Peterson's 2000: 4 Year Colleges identifying the institutions offering a communication equipment technology major. The second question focused on the institutions that included telecommunications as part of the curriculum. The third identified the importance of the skill standards to the 2-year and 4-year training programs, and the fourth identified the job functions that were included in or excluded from the training. The fifth question identified the job tasks that were included in or excluded from the training. The final question determined whether the 2-year or the 4-year telecommunications technicians' training program was more closely aligned with the skill standards. In order to accomplish the objectives of this research, a survey methodology was selected. The survey instrument was developed to compare the importance of the telecommunications technicians' skill standards to the 2-year and the 4-year training programs. The skill standards identified in the 1997 collaborative effort facilitated by the South King County Tech Prep Consortium (SKCTPC) was used as the basis for the survey instrument and reference tool. The reference tool provided additional information regarding SCANS skills and personal qualities that were identified in the skill standards for the telecommunications network technician. The survey included five job functions and 16 tasks. The evolution the telecommunications industry has created a demand for a highly skilled, flexible workforce. Higher education institutions have an opportunity to make a contribution to telecommunications industry by expanding existing training programs or initiating telecommunications technicians' training programs. The 4-year institutions should consider revising not only the curriculum but also their mission and goals. The 2-year institutions are closely aligned with the skill standards, and this is an opportunity for the 2-year institutions to update existing programs.
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Dewstow, Ross. "Using the internet to enhance teaching at the University of Waikato /." Click here to download thesis from Australasian Digital Theses Program, 2006. http://adt.waikato.ac.nz/public/adt-uow20060926.111717/index.html.
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Mara, Diane Lysette. "Theories and narratives : Pacific women in tertiary education and the social construction of ethnic identities in Aotearoa New Zealand : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/154.
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Mostert, Markus. "Information communication technologies to enhance teaching and learning in higher education a survey of teaching staff at Rhodes University /." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2000. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11242009-161047.
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Ekermans, Gina. "An investigation into the usability of synchronous information technology for a virtual e-learning and information sharing environment at a university in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53275.
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Thesis (MComm)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As the information age evolves, society is undergoing changes based on developments in technology that have tremendous implications for the educational systems. Institutions of tertiary education are increasingly facing the pressures of globalisation. Associated with this is the knowledge society that demands experience with technology, different skills and a different learning experience (US, 2001). Furthermore, new information and communication technologies have demonstrated the potential to transform the way that knowledge is packaged, delivered, accessed and acquired, thereby altering higher educations' core production and delivery processes. Institutions of tertiary education that want to remain competitive, both locally and internationally, should, therefore, act proactively to facilitate the successful and innovative integration of relevant technologies into currently established practice and procedures. The University of Stellenbosch (US) recognises the importance of staying abreast with these global and local changes. The Virtual Information Space (VIS) project for optimal information sharing is a research initiative that developed as a direct response to the need for an inquiry into the functionality of alternative synchronous and asynchronous computer-mediated communication media (CMC), to be provided as part of the technological infrastructure of the US for enhanced information sharing and communication. The VIS project provides the framework within which this study was conducted. The aim of this study was to conduct an exploratory study through the use of empirical research and prototyping, by quantification of the usability of synchronous CMC media, for application in the South-African on and off-campus tertiary education environment (focused at post graduate level), in order to enhance information sharing between inter alia, information service suppliers, lecturers, students and researchers at the US. It was anticipated, however, that the degree to which the synchronous CMC media add value to the learning and information sharing processes within the VIS, will be influenced by the usability of the software applications within which the media are embedded, the perceived need of the role-players for the media, as well as the feasibility and viability of the systems when employed within the technological infrastructure of the US. These elements were, therefore, empirically investigated by conducting several usability experiments in a setting which simulated a usability laboratory, in order to acquire the necessary subjective and objective data, related to the identified goals and objectives that encapsulate the aim of this study. In order to demonstrate the value of the VIS environment, a theoretical perspective is provided by means of a literature review of the fundamental concepts of communities of practice and flexible learning. It is proposed that the use of the synchronous CMC media (embedded within the software applications) will assist in the creation of a VIS that supports the more advanced educational paradigm of constructivism by linking users into collaborative conversational networks, thus forming learning communities (better known as communities of practice) in cyberspace. The purpose of these communities is to create a means through which ideas and materials can be shared and exchanged, aiding individuals in building their own conceptual networks of interrelated ideas, strategies and theories and therefore construct and share knowledge. Information was obtained concerning participants' characteristics, preferences, needs and evaluation of the usability of the two software applications, NetMeeting and Yahoo Messenger, when utilised within the technological infrastructure of the US for the purpose of increased information sharing and communication. Performance measurement data (related to selected usability criteria) was obtained during the experimental phase, as well as information about the feasibility and viability of the systems when utilised within the technological parameters of the US. The analysis of the information consisted of descriptive statistics as the research aimed to illustrate the attitudes concerning usability, the perceived needs for the software applications, as well as the feasibility and viability of the systems. The results revealed that both NetMeeting and Yahoo Messenger were perceived by the participants as usable, achieving a positive rating on almost all of the dimensions of usability it was tested on. In the case on NetMeeting, technological limitations imposed on the system (such as bandwidth and network traffic) severely limited the effectiveness of the system as a whole and require further investigation to ensure successful implementation. Technological limitations in the case of Yahoo Messenger mainly centered on the unstable server environment that the system functions within. Hence, further research is therefore needed to ensure successful implementation and utilisation of NetMeeting and Yahoo Messenger within the technological parameters faced by the US.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Soos wat die informasie-era ontplooi, is die samelewing besig om ingrypend te verander. Die dramatiese impak van die tegnologiese revolusie op die hoër onderwyssektor dwarsoor die wêreld hou dus aansienlike implikasies in vir tersiêre onderwysinstellings. Hierdie instellings is toenemend onderhewig aan die druk van globalisering en die kennis-samelewing wat al hoe meer vereistes stel in terme van ondervinding met tegnologie, verskillende vaardighede wat vereis word en 'n veranderende leer ervaring. Nuwe informasie- en kommunikasietegnologieë beskik oor die potensiaal om die maniere waarop informasie herwin, verwerk en gestoor word, te transformeer. Dit impliseer noodwendig 'n wysiging in die kern informasie produksie en -aflewerings prosesse van tersiêre onderwysinstellings. Sulke instellings word dus genoop om daadwerklik en pro-aktief op te tree ten opsigte van die suksesvolle en innoverende integrasie van relevante tegnologieë by bestaande prosedures, ten einde internasionale en nasionale mededingendheid te verseker. Die Universiteit van Stellenbosch (US) erken the belangrikheid daarvan om op hoogte te bly met verandering. Die Virtuele Informasie Spasie (VIS) projek vir optimale informasiedeling is 'n navorsingsinisiatief wat ontwikkel het vanuit 'n behoefte vir 'n ondersoek na die funksionaliteit van die verskillende sinkrone en asinkrone rekenaargebasseerde kommunikasie media, wat as deel van die tegnologiese infrastruktuur van die US voorsien sal word - ten einde verbeterde informasiedeling en kommunikasie teweeg te bring. Die VIS projek het 'n raamwerk verskaf waarbinne hierdie studie uitgevoer is. Die doel van hierdie navorsing was om 'n verkennende studie uit te voer, deur die gebruik van empiriese navorsing en prototipering, vir die kwantifisering van die bruikbaarheid van sinkrone rekenaar-gebasseerde kommunikasie media. Die spesifieke toepassingsarea is die Suid-Afrikaanse tersiêre onderwysomgewing (spesifiek gefokus op nagraadse vlak) met die doelom informasiedeling tussen informasiediensverskaffers, dosente, studente en navorsers te verbeter. Daar word egter verwag dat die graad waartoe die sinkrone media waarde toevoeg tot leer- en informasiedelings prosesse binne die VIS, beïnvloed sal word deur die bruikbaarheid van die sagteware waarbinne die media gesetel is, die waargenome behoeftes van die rolspelers vir die media, sowel as die uitvoerbaarheid en lewensvatbaarheid van die sisteme wanneer dit aangewend word binne die huidige tegnologiese infrastruktuur van die US. Hierdie elemente was dus empiries ondersoek deur die uitvoering van verskeie bruikbaarheidseksperimente in 'n omgewing wat 'n tradisionele bruikbaarheids laboratorium simuleer, ten einde the nodige subjektiewe en objektiewe data te ontgin wat gemik is op die doelwitte en mikpunte wat die strewe van hierdie studie omsluit. 'n Teoretiese perspektief word voorsien deur 'n literatuur-oorsig, ten einde die waarde van die VIS omgewing te konseptualiseer. Konsepte wat veral aandag geniet hou verband met die ontwikkeling van elektoniese gemeenskappe en buigsame leer omgewings. Die aanname word gemaak dat die gebruik van sinkrone rekenaargebasseerde kommunikasie media (soos gesetel in die sagteware pakkette, NetMeeting en Yahoo Messenger) die ontwikkeling van 'n effektiewe VIS sal fasiliteer wat 'n nuwe onderrigparadigma ondersteun. Die uitgangspunt van hierdie paradigma is dat kennis nie net weergegee moet word nie, maar dat dit gekonstrueer kan word soos wat die partye betrokke raak in relevante gespreksnetwerke binne die virtuele informasie spasie. So word elektroniese gemeenskappe dus geskep waarbinne individue idees en materiaal met mekaar kan deel en uitruil, terwyl kennis effektief geskep en gedeel word. Informasie is ingewin aangaande die deelnemers se kenmerke, voorkeure, afkeure, behoeftes en persepsies oor die bruikbaarheid van die sagtware pakkette, NetMeeting en Yahoo Messenger, wanneer dit aangewend word binne die tegnologiese infrastruktuur van die US, ten einde verhoogde informasiedeling en kommunikasie te bewerkstellig. Prestasiemetingsdata (gekoppel aan sekere bruikbaarheidskriteria) was ook verkry tydens die eksperimentele fase, sowel as informasie oor die uitvoerbaarheid en lewensvatbaarheid van die onderskeie sisteme wanneer dit aangewend word binne die huidige tegnologiese parameters van die US. Die analise van die data het beskrywende statistieke behels aangesien die navorsing ten doel gehad het om die ingesteldhede betreffende die bruikbaarheid en behoefte aan die sagteware pakkette, sowel as sekere tegniese aspekte rakende die stelsels, uit te lig. Die resultate het getoon dat die respondente beide NetMeeting en Yahoo Messenger as bruikbaar waargeneem het, aangesien 'n positiewe beoordeling op bykans al die dimensies van bruikbaarheid bereik was. In die geval van NetMeeting het sekere tegnologiese beperkinge van die sisteem, soos beperkte bandwyte, egter die effektiwiteit van die sisteem beduidend beinvloed. Tegnologiese beperkinge in die geval van Yahoo Messenger was hoofsaaklik as gevolg van die onstabiele omgewing waarbinne die bediener funksioneer. Verdere navorsing is dus nodig om suksesvolle implementering en aanwending van NetMeeting en Yahoo Messenger te laat realiseer, gegewe die tegnologiese parameters van die US.
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Reams, Guy Mitchell. "Integrating distance learning technologies with information technology curricula: A solution for economic and workforce development at Mt. San Jacinto College." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2264.
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The goal of this project being to provide a unique strategy that integrates new curriculum, instructional methods, and distance technology to position higher education as a key participant in workforce and economic development.
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Scholtz, Karin. "An investigation into the usability of asynchronous information techology for a virtual E-learning information sharing environment at a university in South-Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53274.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Institutions for tertiary education are now more than ever realising the advantages of supplying the growing population with more effective and flexible learning environments through the integration of technology based media. Educational institutions are faced with the challenge of embracing technological changes within the educational domain in order to maintain their competitive position within a global arena. The University of Stellenbosch, as many other tertiary educational institutions, are challenged to view them as being part of an integrated knowledge society responsible for the reproduction of knowledge as a national and global commodity. The recent acceptance of an explicit strategy concerning educational processes and the creation of an Electronic Campus ensured that the University of Stellenbosch would maintain their strategic position through the development and improvement of the quality of the central education, research and community service functions within the university. The purpose of the research conducted within the boundaries of the University of Stellenbosch were to enhance and improve the quality of the learning and information sharing processes between various role players through the exploration of available communication media and the examination of relevant concepts. The specific objectives of the study comprise the following: ■ Objective One: Through the use of alternative subjective and objective test methods, including observation and the use of a questionnaire to conduct an empirical study to evaluate the usability of the various asynchronous computer based communication media, with specific focus on course management systems, and video streaming; ■ Objective Two: Make recommendations based on the findings of the study to potential users of the alternative media and applications in terms of the limitations and benefits; ■ Objective Three: To use the findings, together with an examination of the user needs and applicable concepts, to make recommendations to assist in future decisions regarding the value of the integration of these media into the creation of a high value interactive virtual learning environment; ■ Objective Four: Given the findings, to make recommendations for future research. Empirical tests were conducted in order to examine the usability of WebCT and Microsoft Producer as it was anticipated that the degree to which the communication media adds value and enhances the education and information sharing process will be influenced by the usability of the specified media and the role players' perceived need for the specific media. Empirical test were descriptive in nature and included survey research methods and usability laboratory tests In summary, the data obtained shows that the sample population holds favourable attitudes with regard to the usability of both Microsoft Producer and WebCT. WebCT and Microsoft Producer holds the potential for enhancing and improving the quality of the learning and information sharing processes between role-players within the University of Stellenbosch by providing a useful, reliable, easy to use, consistent, compatible, learnable and likeable system. The integration of WebCT and Microsoft Producer in the context of the University of Stellenbosch will enable role-players to complete their educational and research activities with accuracy in a timely competent and economical fashion.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Instellings vir tersiere opvoeding is nou meer as ooit bewus van die onmiskenbare voordele verbonde aan die beskikbaarstelling van meer effektiewe en buigsame leer omgewings aan ‘n groeiende studente getalle deur die integrasie van tegnologie gebasseerde media. Opvoedkundige instellings word toenemend uitgedaag om die geleenthede wat die tegnologiese veranderinge in die opvoedings domein vergesel aan te gryp. Die Universiteit van Stellenbosch word, soos vele ander tersiere instellings, uitgedaag om hulself te beskou as deel van ‘n geintegreerde kennis gemeenskap, verantwoordelik vir die reproduksie van kennis as ‘n nasionale en globale kommoditeit. Die onlangse aanvaarding van 'n eksplisiete strategie aangaande opvoedkundige prosesse en die ontwikkeling van ‘n elektroniese kampus het verseker dat die Universiteit van Stellenbosch sy strategiese posisie behou deur die ontwikkeling en verbetering van die kwaliteit van die sentrale opvoedings, navorsings, en gemeenskapsdiens funksies binne die Universiteit van Stellenbosch. Die doel van die navorsing wat binne die grense van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch uitgevoer is was om die kwaliteit van die opvoedings- en informasiedelings prosesse tussen verskeie rolspelers te verbeter deur die verkenning van beskikbare kommunikasie media en relevante konsepte. Die spesifieke doelwitte van die studie kan as volg uiteengesit word: ■ Doelwit Een: Om deur die gebruik van alternatiewe subjektiewe en objektiewe toets metodes, insluitende observasie en die gebruik van ‘n vraelys, ‘n empiriese studie uit te voer met die oog op die evaluasie van die bruikbaarheid van verskeie asinkrone rekenaar gebasseerde kommunikasie media, met spesifieke fokus op kursusbestuurstelsels en videostroomingstelsels; ■ Doelwit Twee: Om aanbevelings te maak gebasseer op die bevindinge van die studie aan potensiele gebruikers rakende die alternatiewe media en hul gebruike in terme van tekortkominge en voordele; ■ Doelwit Drie: Om die bevindinge te gebruik in samewerking met 'n evaluasie van die gebruikers se behoeftes en toepaslike konsepte, ten einde aanbevelings te maak wat toekomstige besluitneming sal dryf aangaande die waarde van die integrasie van die bogenoemde media in die ontwikkeling van ‘n hoe waarde interaktiewe skynwerklike leer omgewing; ■ Doelwit Vier: Gegewe die bevindinge om aanbevelings te maak vir toekomstige navorsing. Empiriese toetse is toegepas ten einde die bruikbaarheid van WebCT en Microsoft Producer te bepaal, aangesien daar verwag is dat die graad waartoe die kommunikasie media waarde sal toevoeg tot die opvoedkundige en informasie delings proses, beinvloed sal word deur die bruikbaarheid van die gespesifiseerde media asook die rolspelers se behoefte vir die spesifieke media. Die empiriese toetse kan as beskrywend geklasifiseer word en behels die gebruik van opnames en bruikbaarheids laboratorium toetse. Die data toon aan dat die rolspelers se houding teenoor die bruikbaarheid van Microsoft Producer en WebCT uiters positief is. WebCT en Microsoft Producer die het die potensiaal om die kwaliteit van opvoeding en informasie deling tussen rolspelers binne die Universiteit van Stellenbosch te kan verbeter deur die beskikbaarstelling van ‘n bruikbare, betroubare, gebruikers vriendelike, konsekwente, verenigbare, leerbare en aangename stelsel. Die integrasie van WebCT en Microsoft Producer in die konteks van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch sal rol-spelers instaat stel om hul navorsings en opleidings aktiwiteite met akkuraatheid en bevoegdheid te voltooi.
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Neal, John F. (John Frank). "The History of the R. Jan Lecroy Center for Educational Telecommunications of the Dallas County Community College District." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332758/.
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The R. Jan LeCroy Center for Educational Telecommunications of the Dallas County Community College District is a leading producer of telecourses for credit at the college level. In addition, the center is becoming involved with other kinds of electronic communication for educational purposes, including the Community College Satellite Network (CCSN), the State of Texas Academic Resources Link (STARLINK), and Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS). This study chronicles the DCCCD's progress in electronic distance learning from the time of its first telecourse in 1972 to the present time. This study also describes the center's purposes, the reasons for its growth, the problems that have been encountered, the people who provided its leadership, and the telecourses that have been offered and produced by the DCCCD.
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Snodgrass, Phyllis Joy. "Telecommuting in higher education an examination of the decision-making factors /." 2002. http://etd.utk.edu/2002/SnodgrassPhyllis.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002.Title from title page screen (viewed Sept. 6, 2002). Thesis advisor: Jacquelyn O. DeJonge. Document formatted into pages (xiv, 155 p. : ill.). Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-110).
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Leskova, Zuzana. "International Marketing Communication in Higher Education: An Interpretive Communication Audit of Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia." Thesis, 2016. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/32633/.
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This research regards universities as highly influential entities. Aside from producing and disseminating knowledge, one of the purposes of higher education is to contribute to the intellectual development of a society. In addition to this original purpose universities also have unique characteristics which, when recognised, can help them with designing new and creative approaches to marketing communication strategies. To identify these distinctive qualities, this study implemented an interpretive communication audit that focuses on the specifics and characteristics of international communication activities at Victoria University (VU).
Specifically, this study set out three key research objectives: to identify specifics and characteristics of a university that can serve as a valuable source for designing new approaches to university marketing; to explore the creative potential of students to actively contribute to the development of university marketing and to test the viability of an interpretive communication audit within the university framework, while using the subjective insight and experience of a researcher.
Emphasising the interpretive approach, this thesis analysed the interpretations of the University’s communication given by the international and domestic students of VU. In particular, focus groups and action groups, in which 29 VU students participated, served as specific methods for collecting these individual opinions and understandings. Following the philosophical and methodological practice of an interpretive communication audit, this thesis used students’ as well as the researcher’s own interpretations for developing creative feedforward that gives concrete recommendations on how to work with the University’s communication activities. The outcome of this mainly reveals how a university can benefit from cooperating with students on developing marketing strategies. Additionally, the last chapter of this thesis sets out specific ideas Victoria University can use for preparing new communication activities.
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Seymour, Jenny. "The process and diversity of mentoring at Victoria University." Thesis, 2004. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15686/.
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This project analysed the development of a selection of international and national mentoring programmes in higher education institutions and specifically at Victoria
University. Based on the analysis of successful international and national mentoring programmes, the performance of past Victoria University mentoring programmes and research on current mentoring programmes at the University, this thesis has developed
core principles of a standardised mentoring programme.
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Hillman, Robert P. "Transition from secondary school to university." 1999. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/421.
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Transition between secondary school and university can be a time of stress and anxiety. It is a time when decisions about courses and careers can have extraordinarily significant implications. It is, therefore, a time when information about courses, universities and university life must be effectively presented and thoughtfully comprehended. This study explores secondary student insights into university before and during the crucial decision making process as well as the consequences of those insights and decisions. (For complete abstract open document)
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Lourens, Margaret. "Teletuition : supporting strategies." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6963.
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D.Ed.The aim of this study is to give an exposition of problems experienced by students studying through teletuition and to offer ways in which problems could be minimized or alleviated. From this exposition two sub-aims derive: to determine students' needs (with regard to various aspects of the teletuition experience); to develop a strategy for facilitating students' achievement in teletuition.
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Shi, Zihan. "Learning in a different language : a multiple case study of Chinese graduate students' classroom experiences at University of Victoria." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2463.
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The purpose of this study is to illuminate and richly describe five Chinese graduate students' learning experiences in subject area classrooms in a Canadian university. Using a case study qualitative inquiry approach, the researcher conducted five individual interviews, one focus group interview and five follow-up interviews on five Chinese graduate students in the Spring 2007. The findings of the current study indicate that the participants encountered difficulty when they were learning in a Canadian university in a second language environment but also they enjoyed support at the same time. Different strategies that Chinese students employed to deal with the course work were reported. The findings also indicate that instructors played a major role in their learning process. When the instructors valued students' input and selected topics where Chinese students could contribute, students were eager to participate in classroom activities. Discussions and implications are included for both teachers and students in the field of second language learning and teaching and for university administration. In the Canadian classroom there is a need to address professional development to prepare the instructors in understanding learning experiences of second language learners.
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Rosan, Trevor Leslie. "The relationships between undergraduate engineering education, the needs of industry and management skills." Thesis, 1994. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/33005/.
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This thesis has two major purposes; first, to investigate whether engineering managers
believe their undergraduate studies had a sufficiently strong focus on the development
of management skills they need when practising as managers in industry. Secondly, if it
is found that this focus needs to be stronger, to determine what additional management
skills are required and to recommend a way by which additional management skills can
be incorporated into the undergraduate engineering curricula.
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Lourens, Margaret. "An andragogical approach to the experiences of students studying English through teletuition." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9735.
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M.Ed.The subject English is compulsory in the researcher's students' field of study. The researcher offers the subject English for the National Teacher's Diploma Technical and the National Higher Diploma : Post-School Education. The students come from many different cultural backgrounds and for many of them English is a second or third language. The researcher has observed that there are social affects with which students have to contend, and has detected a definite need amongst students for more certainty pertaining to communication in distance education. The researcher has also perceived definite distinguishing features amongst cultural groups in her subject field English. A definite need arose to examine problems experienced by students studying through teletuition, such as trying to interact with a distant institution, problems concerning the study of English as second or third language and social effects experienced by students in distance education. After having done theoretical research, the researcher included an empirical questionnaire survey in which she attempted to gain biographical and other background information. Respondents were asked questions which concentrated on methods by which they had learned English, whether they experience an intrusion of their home language on English language performance and whether culture impinges on the acquisition of English. The research also attempted to determine whether students experience demotivation, fear of failure and situational problems, amongst others. In the light of the literature study, the questionnaire survey and interviews, the findings summarily were that students * have a need for more contact with their lecturers * revealed a need for emotional support from relatives and lecturers * are demotivated by the negative tone of comments on assignments * experience situational problems * experience fear of failure * experience an intrusion of their home language on English language performance * experience a cultural intrusion in the study of English * experience too many cross - cul,tural contrasts which have an effect on the understanding of English. If the educator in a distance education institution is aware of the students' needs and problems, it would result in a greater understanding of this didactic responsibility in helping students realize their full potential.
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Krezel, Joanna. "Towards understanding effects of social influence on student choice of university: case study of Victoria University." Thesis, 2020. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/42292/.
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Increased competition among education providers has made the process of student choice regarding higher education institutions (institutions) more complicated for potential students. At the same time, institutions are striving to attract new students through new and innovative ways. This research contributes to an increased understanding of the social influence factors that impact on student choice processes and explores their effect on the selection of institutions.
This study predominantly focused on factors influencing the final choice of institutions. However, in order to consider a broader range of social pressures on student choice, the study also examined the stages of development of a predisposition to engage in post-secondary education and the information search.
This study adopted a qualitative methodology and employed the phenomenological perspective as a theoretical basis to investigate students’ choice processes. A series of research questions guided the in- depth face to face interviews, conducted with 13 first-year undergraduate students, which had the main objective of interpreting and exploring the participants’ lived experiences contributing to their choice of institution.
The findings of the study highlight the importance of perceived elements of sincerity and credibility during prospective student encounters with influencing agents. These crucial elements affecting student choices provide further insight in identifying the prerequisite conditions for these perceptions to form. The research makes contributions to the broader body of knowledge concerned with student choice through the adoption of a phenomenological perspective and a strong focus on the role of social influence in this context. The research offers practical implications for higher education marketers as it informs the development of more targeted marketing communication and recruitment campaigns through increased knowledge of the student choice processes and the social influence determinants that underpin these processes.
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Johanson, Terri L. "The virtual community of an online classroom : participant interactions in a community college writing class delivered by computer-mediated communication (CMC)." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/34436.
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This qualitative study describes and interprets the interactions of participants in a
community college writing class delivered by computer-mediated communication
(CMC). The class represented a best practice model of learner-centered instruction in a
CMC class. The description and the discussion are framed by five aspects of CMC
instruction: (1) context; (2) technology; (3) communication; (4) learning; and (5)
community.
Offered via a computer bulletin board system (BBS), the class was an ongoing
asynchronous electronic meeting. The participants actively accessed the class to interact
and collaborate at all hours of the day and night and on almost every day of the term. The
relational communication style adopted by the students reflected the formality,
immediacy, and social presence of the instructor. Expressing the tone of friendly letters,
most of the messages combined salutations, personal or social content, task-oriented
content, closing comments and signatures.
The mix of assignments and activities required students to act and interact
individually, collaboratively and cooperatively. The students accepted the responsibility
for interaction and initiated a majority of the messages. The instructor's communications
were predominately responsive, facilitative, and coaching type messages. Assignments
and activities that required interaction and information sharing stimulated the
development of a sense of community for participants.
The qualitative analysis and interpretation of the data generated two hypotheses:
Hypothesis One
Four elements of CMC instruction have critical impact on student participation,
satisfaction, learning, and achievement: (1) the functionality and operational transparency
of the technology; (2) the course design; (3) the instructor's attitude, style and expertise;
and (4) the students autonomous choices about participation, interaction, and cooperation.
Hypothesis Two
In CMC instruction student participation, satisfaction, learning, and achievement
are positively impacted when: (1) the technology is transparent and functions both
reliably and conveniently; or (2) the course is specifically designed to take advantage of
the CMC characteristics of time/place independence and interactivity to support learner-centered
instructional strategies; or (3) the instructor's style is collegial and he/she
operates as facilitator, model and coach; or (4) there is a reasonable level of flexibility to
accommodate the autonomous choices students make about interaction and collaboration.Graduation date: 1996
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Thomas, Matthew J. W. (Matthew James Westwo). "Virtual learning environments : the impact of information and communication technologies on a sustainable higher education / by Matthew J.W. Thomas." 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/19719.
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CD-ROM in pocket on back end paper.Bibliography: leaves 240-270.
Systems requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Macintosh or IBM compatible computer. Other requirements: Web Browser; Adobe Acrobat Reader; Microsoft Excel version 2.1 or higher.
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Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library.
Examines the possible conflict between the increasing use of information and communication technology and a higher education which contributes to social and ecological sustainability. Presents the argument that information and communication technology might be unable to support the dialogical modes of learning necessary for a sustainable higher education.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Geographical and Environmental Studies, 2000
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Minishi-Majanja, Mabel Khayisia. "Mapping and audit of information and communication technologies in Library and Information Science education in Sub-Saharan Africa." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/293.
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Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requiremnets for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Library and Information Science at the University of Zululand, 2004.Technology is a key subject with in C2005-RNCS and is targeted as a learning area which will contribute towards preparing learners for their roles in society and in the world of work. School principals are tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that Technology as a learning area is successfully implemented at schools in line with national and provincial guidelines. This research examined management of the curriculum with specific reference to Technology as a learning area. The management role of principals is central to implementation of this learning area, including provision of resources for teaching and learning and assignment of technology education to qualified educators. A literature review was undertaken to establish the relevant technical knowledge and professional skills that the principal would be required to possess in order to bring about meaningful changes and to implement Technology education. The study revealed that there are challengers regarding management of Technology curriculum and resources to implement the learning. The study also revealed that in spite of barriers to successful implementation school principals have devised measures to implement and manage the curriculum, including communicating with the interest groups. The researcher has made recommendations regarding management and implementation for Technology education.
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Williams, Vivienne J. "Why do students choose to study traditional Chinese medicine at Victoria University? : an analysis of the course in TCM and its students." Thesis, 2002. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/33027/.
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Simone, Josephine. "A preliminary study of financial literacy opportunities at three Victorian universities." Thesis, 2004. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/33011/.
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The main purpose of this study is to examine the current status of financial Hteracy
information to which undergraduate university students from a sample of Victorian
Universities have access both as part of, and external to, the existing university
curricula.
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Naicker, Nalindren Kistasamy. "The technology and operational readiness of students for mobile learning at a South African Higher Education Institution." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14156.
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Recent accessibility drives and price wars between the major South African (SA) cell phone
companies suggest that the landscape for the adoption of mobile learning (m-learning) at the Higher
Education Institution (HEI) level may be changing. As such, there is a need to gauge the current
mobile readiness of students for m-learning. Mobile technology readiness refers to the extent to
which students have access to mobile devices (not only handsets), and can afford data bundles that
meet or exceed the requirements of a base set of currently available m-learning applications
(Naicker and Van der Merwe 2012). Mobile operational readiness refers to students’
awareness of, attitude towards, support and training that is required for m-learning. This study
conducted an assessment of the technology and operational readiness of students at
a SA HEI.
An in-depth literature survey was undertaken to delineate technology and operational readiness of
students for m-learning. For technology readiness, an investigation was conducted on m- learning
applications that are currently available and the technology requirements of these mobile
applications. This was undertaken to determine the extent that the current student mobile handset
profile match these requirements. The literature review also included a search for mobile
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that students require.
The philosophical underpinning of this study was based on Activity Theory. The strategy of inquiry
employed was a case study approach. Data was collected from students at the Durban University of
Technology, a resident based SA HEI. A mixed methods data collection strategy was employed. The
researcher used a field survey questionnaire as the primary research instrument to assess mobile
technology and operational readiness. Focus group interviews were used as a secondary data
gathering tool to triangulate and strengthen the results.
The results were presented using descriptive and inferential statistics and were analyzed using the
lens of activity theory. In terms of technology readiness, despite a high level of ownership and
reasonable compliance with application requirements, data costs remain prohibitive. In assessing
operational readiness, despite a positive attitude, the majority of the students require awareness,
ongoing support and training. Several recommendations based on the findings are offered. For
example, one of the findings showed that mobile connectivity affordability was low amongst students
and it is recommended that the HEI work around exorbitant connectivity costs
by combining m-learning technologies to form meaningful m-learning approaches at a minimum
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cost. Another finding showed low awareness of m-learning at the HEI. A recommendation
advanced to combat this finding is for the HEI to encourage and support dialogue among key
stakeholders. This study concludes that any m-learning endeavour to implement m-learning at this
HEI is bound to fail as only a small percentage of students are aware of m-learning and can afford
data bundles to implement m-learning in its true sense. As an implication of this study to other
HEI’s, the researcher suggests that regular mobile readiness surveys be conducted.Science and Technology Education
M. A. (Information Systems)
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Aronson, Gregory. "Guided By Voices : Living and Learning Music." Thesis, 2016. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/33180/.
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In my role as a music educator I have observed that students experience significant challenges, and even disengagement and disillusionment, as they attempt to negotiate tertiary music study. This study aims therefore to explore the music backgrounds and learning experiences of music students undertaking tertiary music study at VU in order to evaluate why students might not be enjoying their time at university as much as they perhaps ought to be.
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Elderkin, Tania. "Retention of graduates of critical care nursing courses undertaken in Victorian regional centres between 1995 and 1997." Thesis, 2002. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/33013/.
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Nursing recruitment and turnover is a significant issue for the health care system, as
high turnover rates can contribute significantly to negative outcomes in terms of cost
and quality of care. Both critical care and regional nursing have been highlighted as
areas of specific concern in the literature (Department of Human Services, 2001),
but no studies have focussed on the retention of regional, critical care nurses.
This research is an exploratory, descriptive study to. investigate the outcomes of
tertiary critical care nursing courses based in Victorian regional hospitals in terms of
employment and retention of graduates and the factors which influence this.
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Moates, Anne Ernestine. "Deep Learning for 21st Century Skills in Public Health Education." Thesis, 2021. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/43680/.
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Graduates of health-related associate degree programs in Australia require vocational competencies to address real-world issues as a responsible citizen, which aligns with deep learning for 21st century ideals. The research, conducted in a university setting, employed qualitative and quantitative methods, in a bounded case study. Associate degree in health science students’ engagement in learning was explored using two different questionnaire instruments, focus group interview, and for a sub-cohort of participants, undertaking a health promotion and public health elective stream, collaborative experiential learning for entry-level support roles in health was observed via focus group interview, five individual interviews, and student written reflections from 11 participants. Descriptive analysis of quantitative and qualitative data supported an emergent theme that while the associate degree contributed to acknowledged real-life skill development, some limitations in health support role work-readiness was expressed by participants. The case study research indicates that participants showed commitment to pursuing a future health professional career, with the associate degree as their pathway. The findings apply to stakeholders, such as universities offering health-related vocationally oriented associate degree programs to bolster the applied skill content, thus preparing work-ready graduates, which may ultimately benefit the wider health services community.
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Wong, Lily. "The e-Learning Experience in First-Year Introductory Accounting and its Impact on Learning Outcomes." Thesis, 2015. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/28779/.
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The primary objective of this thesis was to improve the learning experience and academic outcomes in Victoria University’s first-year introductory accounting unit; specifically in relation to the use of technology to augment traditional modes of teaching and learning. To achieve this, the Blended Learning Assessment Framework was devised and tested in the first year accounting unit. The application of this conceptual framework identified the extent to which e-Learning is currently used in this unit and its effectiveness in supporting the diverse needs of this student cohort.