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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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A Comparison of Participation Patterns in Selected Formal, Non-Formal, and Informal Online Learning Environments
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Schwier, Richard A.; Seaton, J. X. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2013
Does learner participation vary depending on the learning context? Are there characteristic features of participation evident in formal, non-formal, and informal online learning environments? Six online learning environments were chosen as epitomes of formal, non-formal, and informal learning contexts and compared. Transcripts of online…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Informal Education
Authenticity in the Process of Learning about Instructional Design
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Wilson, Jay R.; Schwier, Richard A. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2009
Authentic learning is touted as a powerful learning approach, particularly in the context of problem-based learning (Savery, 2006). Teaching and learning in the area of instructional design appears to offer a strong fit between the tenets of authentic learning and the practice of instructional design. This paper details the efforts to broaden and…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Problem Based Learning, Service Learning, Social Change
Content and Community Redux: Instructor and Student Interpretations of Online Communication in a Graduate Seminar.
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Dykes, Mary E.; Schwier, Richard A. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2003
Examines the experiences of an instructor and teaching assistant who employed online communication strategies in a graduate seminar to deliberately foster the development of a virtual learning community using synchronous and asynchronous online events. Compared their reflections with what the student reported about their learning in online…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Graduate Study
The Interplay of Content and Community in Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication: Virtual Communication in a Graduate Seminar.
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Schwier, Richard A.; Balbar, Shelly – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2002
Describes the use of synchronous (chat) and asynchronous (bulletin board) communication in a graduate course at the University of Saskatchewan. Concludes that synchronous communication promoted a strong sense of community and continuity, but asynchronous communication was better for dealing with content. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Online Courses