The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
Feb 28, 2017 Volume 18, Number 1
Editors
Rory McGreal; Dianne Conrad
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 14
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Why Do Academics Use Academic Social Networking Sites?
Hagit Meishar-Tal, HIT Holon Institute of Technology; Efrat Pieterse, Western Galilee College
Academic social-networking sites (ASNS) such as Academia.edu and ResearchGate are becoming very popular among academics. These sites allow uploading academic articles, abstracts, and links to... More
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Using Social Learning Networks (SLNs) in Higher Education: Edmodo Through the Lenses of Academics
Grhan Durak, Bal\u0131kesir University
With its total number of users (around 62 million) throughout the world, it is important to determine the views of academics who use Edmodo (the leading SLN. In this respect in the first part of... More
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Color Coded Cards for Student Behavior Management in Higher Education Environments
Wadee Alhalabi, Department of Computer Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Department of Computer Science, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Mobeen Alhalabi
The Color Coded Cards system as a possibly effective class management tool is the focus of this research. The Color Coded Cards system involves each student being given a card with a specific color... More
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Properties of Teacher Networks in Twitter: Are They Related to Community-Based Peer Production?
Maria Maci, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya; Iolanda Garca
Teachers participate in social networking sites to share knowledge and collaborate with other teachers to create education-related content. In this study we selected several communities in order to... More
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Analysis of Social Media Influencers and Trends on Online and Mobile Learning
Chien-wen Shen, National Central University; Chin-Jin Kuo, National Defense University; Pham Minh Ly
Although educational practitioners have adopted social media to their online or mobile communities, little attention has been paid to investigate the social media messages related to online or... More
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The Effects of Integrating Social Learning Environment with Online Learning
Miroslava Raspopovic, Svetlana Cvetanovic, Ivana Medan & Danijela Ljubojevic, Belgrade Metropolitan University
The aim of this paper is to present the learning and teaching styles using the Social Learning Environment (SLE), which was developed based on the computer supported collaborative learning approach... More
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Enriching Higher Education with Social Media: Development and Evaluation of a Social Media Toolkit
Yasemin Glbahar; Christian Rapp, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; Selcan Kilis & Anna Sitnikova
While ubiquitous in everyday use, in reality, social media usage within higher education teaching has expanded quite slowly. Analysis of social media usage of students and instructors for teaching,... More
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A Computational Method for Enabling Teaching-Learning Process in Huge Online Courses and Communities
Higinio Mora, Antonio Ferrndez, David Gil & Jess Peral, University of Alicante
Massive Open Online Courses and e-learning represent the future of the teaching-learning processes through the development of Information and Communication Technologies. They are the response to... More
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Social Web Content Enhancement in a Distance Learning Environment: Intelligent Metadata Generation for Resources
Andrs Garca-Floriano & ngel Ferreira-Santiago; Cornelio Yez-Mrquez, Instituto Politcnico Nacional, Mxico; Oscar Camacho-Nieto, Mario Aldape-Prez & Yenny Villuendas-Rey
Social networking potentially offers improved distance learning environments by enabling the exchange of resources between learners. The existence of properly classified content results in an... More
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Social Networks and the Building of Learning Communities: An Experimental Study of a Social MOOC
Mariana de Lima & Marta Zorrilla, Universidad de Cantabria
This study aimed to analyze the student\u2019s behaviour in relation to their degree of commitment, participation, and contribution in a MOOC based on a social learning approach. Interaction data... More
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Enriching the Web of Data with Educational Information Using We-Share
Adolfo Ruiz-Calleja, Tallinn University; Juan Asensio-Prez, Guillermo Vega-Gorgojo, Eduardo Gmez-Snchez & Miguel Bote-Lorenzo, Universidad de Valladolid; Carlos Alario-Hoyos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
This paper presents We-Share, a social annotation application that enables educators to publish and retrieve information about educational ICT tools. As a distinctive characteristic, We-Share... More
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Instance-Based Ontology Matching For Open and Distance Learning Materials
Sergio Cern-Figueroa, Itzam Lpez-Yez, Yenny Villuendas-Rey, Oscar Camacho-Nieto, Mario Aldape-Prez & Cornelio Yez-Mrquez, Instituto Politcnico Nacional, Mxico
The present work describes an original associative model of pattern classification and its application to align different ontologies containing Learning Objects (LOs), which are in turn related to ... More
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Use of Social Media in Uncovering Information Services for People with Disabilities in China
Wenke Wang, Sichuan Normal University; Yen Wu, National Taiwan Normal University; Chih-Hung Yuan, National Sun Yat-Sen University; Hongxia Xiong, Sichuan Normal University; Wan-Ju Liu, National Taipei University
The tangible and intangible needs of people with disabilities have been neglected in research agendas over the past decades, particularly in China. Bringing more benefits to people with... More
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Quality Assurance for Postgraduate Programs: Design of a Model Applied on a University in Chile
Marcelo Careaga Butter, Universidad Catlica de la Santsima Concepcin; Eduardo Meyer Aguilera, Universidad Catlica de Valparaso; Maria Badilla Quintana, Laura Jimnez Prez & Eileen Seplveda Valenzuela, Universidad Catlica de la Santsima Concepcin
The quality of Education in Chile is a controversial topic that has been in the public debate in the last several years. To ensure quality in graduate programs, accreditation is compulsory. The... More
