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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Kim, Kyong-Jee – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The purpose of this study is to investigate the problems associated with learner motivation in Web-based instruction, in particular in self-directed online learning environments. This study is interested in identifying and exploring what motivate or demotivate learners from completing a self-directed online course, which have implications for…
Descriptors: Internet, Online Courses, Distance Education, Web Based Instruction
Barbour, Michael K.; Collins, Michael A.J. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
This paper considers student use of a web-based discussion forum in a second year, non-major Biology course. The authors discuss how meaningful participation in the forum is a form of public writing and may be an indicator of overall student success in the course. The authors also discuss how this success in the course is not tied to the students?…
Descriptors: Biology, Web Based Instruction, Higher Education, Writing (Composition)