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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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Transactional Distance among Open University Students: How Does it Affect the Learning Process?
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Kassandrinou, Amanda; Angelaki, Christina; Mavroidis, Ilias – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2014
This study examines the presence of transactional distance among students, the factors affecting it, as well as the way it influences the learning process of students in a blended distance learning setting in Greece. The present study involved 12 postgraduate students of the Hellenic Open University (HOU). A qualitative research was conducted,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Blended Learning, Graduate Students
Communication and Social Presence: The Impact on Adult Learners' Emotions in Distance Learning
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Angelaki, Christina; Mavroidis, Ilias – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2013
The aim of this work is to examine the role of communication and social presence in distance learning environments and their impact on the emotions of adult learners. A study was conducted at the Hellenic Open University (HOU), using a questionnaire that was completed by 94 undergraduate and postgraduate students. More than 94% of the students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Technology Acceptance and Social Presence in Distance Education--A Case Study on the Use of Teleconference at a Postgraduate Course of the Hellenic Open University
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Mavroidis, Ilias; Karatrantou, Anthi; Koutsouba, Maria; Giossos, Yiannis; Papadakis, Spyros – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2013
This paper examines specific technological and pedagogical parameters in relation to teleconference, namely the "perceived ease of use", the "perceived usefulness", the "social presence" and the "intention to use". A case study was conducted involving postgraduate students from a modular course of the School…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Graduate Students