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50 Years of ERIC
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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Online Learning from an International Perspective.
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McIsaac, Marina Stock – Educational Media International, 2002
Discusses developments in international online learning and suggests ways for people to build courses from their own cultural perspectives. Highlights include advantages of international collaboration; differences in cultural environments; and resources for bringing online communities together to discuss topics of common interest. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Global Approach
Student and Teacher Perceptions of Interaction in Online Computer-Mediated Communication.
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McIsaac, Marina Stock; Blocher, J. Michael; Mahes, Veena; Vrasidas, Charalambos – Educational Media International, 1999
Examines recent research on student interactions and student course evaluations in six Web-based courses taught at Arizona State University between 1996 and 1998. Topics include online interaction; computer conferencing; teaching research methods; teacher perspectives; and student perspectives. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Evaluation, Higher Education, Interaction
How Research in Distance Education Can Affect Practice.
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McIsaac, Marina Stock; Blocher, J. Michael – Educational Media International, 1998
Examines distance education as a global movement (development, technology, telecommunications); identifies research constructs (transactional distance, interaction, learner control); social context that can help in applying research to practice; and discusses using research to inform practice, eliminating political and economic roadblocks, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cultural Context, Culturally Relevant Education
Networks for Knowledge: The Turkish Electronic Classroom in the Twenty-First Century.
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McIsaac, Marina Stock – Educational Media International, 1992
Considers ways in which technology such as computer networks may affect the future development of education in Turkey. A historical-cultural perspective of Turkish education is provided; education as an agent for transmitting cultural values is discussed; computerized information networks are described; and obstacles are considered. (eight…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Cultural Context, Developing Nations