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Direct linkJaber, Rowaida; Kennedy, Eileen – Distance Education, 2017
This paper argues that identity may be key to understanding why social presence has been considered so important to successful learning experiences. A qualitative case study of 10 students and 4 tutors in an online postgraduate education program was conducted. The research applied the work of Goffman to explain the relationship between social…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Semi Structured Interviews, Online Courses, Distance Education
O' Shea, Sarah; Stone, Cathy; Delahunty, Janine – Distance Education, 2015
This article outlines a collaborative study between higher education institutions in Australia, which qualitatively explored the online learning experience for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The project adopted a narrative inquiry approach and encouraged students to "story" their experiences of this virtual environment,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Online Courses, Distance Education
Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Paskevicius, Michael – Distance Education, 2012
Like many universities worldwide, the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa has joined the open educational resources (OER) movement, making a selection of teaching and learning materials available through its OER directory, UCT OpenContent. However, persuading and then supporting busy academics to share their teaching materials as OER…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Resources, Graduate Students, Student Role
Beckett, Gulbahar H.; Amaro-Jimenez, Carla; Beckett, Kelvin S. – Distance Education, 2010
Our universities are becoming increasingly diverse at the same time as online asynchronous discussions (OADs) are emerging as the most important forum for computer mediated communication (CMC) in distance education. But there is shortage of studies that explore how graduate students from different ethnic, linguistic and cultural backgrounds use…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Graduate Students, Socialization, Computer Mediated Communication
Stacey, Elizabeth; Smith, Peter J.; Barty, Karin – Distance Education, 2004
Seven in-employment postgraduate Master's level students in an e-learning unit participated in this research, designed to identify tensions between participation in a community of learning that was part of their studies, and participation in the communities of practice that they were engaged in at their workplaces. It was hypothesised that…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Graduate Students, Online Courses, Interviews
Yildiz, Senem; Bichelmeyer, Barbara A. – Distance Education, 2003
The purpose of this study is to describe forum participation of international graduate students who speak English as a foreign language in two Web-based graduate courses. Research questions focused around how linguistic and cultural differences impact nonnative speaking international students' perception of classroom participation, what effect…
Descriptors: Interaction, Cultural Differences, Data Analysis, Graduate Students
