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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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Ingerham, Laura – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2012
Recent studies of online learning environments reveal the importance of interaction within the virtual environment. Abrami, Bernard, Bures, Borokhovski, and Tamim (2011) identify and study 3 types of student interactions: student-content, student-teacher, and student-student. This article builds on this classification of interactions as it…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Public Schools, Ethnography, Interaction
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Barbour, Michael K. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2008
This article presents the results of a survey study of secondary students' perceptions of useful and challenging characteristics of Web-based learning environments. Data were collected using a modified version of a questionnaire from earlier studies. More specifically, the author focuses on what Web-based learning looks like for secondary…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Web Based Instruction, Student Surveys
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Moiseeva, Marina – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
The history of distance education in Russia and in the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is a history of dramatic change in ideology, conceptual framework, and approach. It can be divided into two main stages: initial formation and development into the world's largest system of correspondence learning, from the mid 1920s to the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Role of Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
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Nage-Sibande, Bogadi – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
Botswana is a landlocked semi-arid country sharing boundaries with Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Setswana and English are the official languages, with English being the most used as the language of government and business transactions. In comparison to most African countries, Botswana is culturally homogenous, and nearly 80% of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Audiovisual Aids
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Sadik, Alaa; Reisman, Sorel – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2004
This article presents sets of observations and recommendations for Web-based distance learning, based on formative and summative performance and opinion data collected from participants involved in the design, development, and utilization of Wired Class, a Web-based learning environment that was developed to teach mathematics to Egyptian secondary…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Web Based Instruction, Educational Environment, Internet
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Yanes, Martha Jeanne – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2004
The constructionist concept of social negotiation of meaning recognizes peer interaction and feedback as an important factor for expanding meaning. This concept has particular relevance in the context of developing habits of reflective thinking in teacher preparation programs. This article describes an approach to increasing opportunities for peer…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Preservice Teacher Education, Instructional Design, Distance Education