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Rory McGreal
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The Internet: A Learning Environment
Rory McGreal
New Directions for Teaching and Learning Vol. 71 (1997) pp. 67–74
The Internet environment is suitable for many types of learning activities and teaching and learning styles. Every World Wide Web-based course should provide: home page; introduction; course overview; course requirements, vital information; roles...
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Integrated Online Learning Environments
Rory McGreal
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) pp. 1579–1580
Integrated online learning environments (IOLE's) have emerged with the internet itself. They are based more on a collaborative learning instructional paradigm than the self-instructional paradigm of the multimedia authoring systems and as such, make ...
Topics: Standards, Collaboration, Instructional Design, Integration, Multimedia
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Stealing the Goose: Copyright and Learning
Rory McGreal
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 5, No. 3 (Nov 01, 2004)
The Internet is the world's largest knowledge common and the information source of first resort. Much of this information is open and freely available. However, there are organizations and companies today that are trying to close off the Internet...
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Information Technology and Telecommunications: A Course on the World Wide Web
Rory McGreal
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 12, No. 1 (1997) pp. 67–84
The East-West project was designed to provide Canadian adult learners, particularly learning professionals, with the opportunity to complete a Web-based course. Four provinces participated in examining different approaches to implementing accredited ...
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A Heterogeneous Distributed Database System for Distance Education Networks
Rory McGreal
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 9, No. 1 (1995) pp. 27–43
A heterogeneous distributed database systems (HDDS) offers distance education networks feasible, simple, cost-effective, and efficient database access systems. An HDDS can be used to provide information on available courses, course design,...
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Comparison of the Attitudes of Learners Taking Audiographic Teleconferencing Courses in Secondary Schools in Northern Ontario
Rory McGreal
Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal Vol. 2, No. 4 (1994) pp. 11–23
Reports on a descriptive study of the effects of remoteness on the attitude levels of secondary school students taking audiographic teleconferencing courses. Attitudes of students taking courses on site with a teacher were compared to those of...
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eduSource: A Pan–Canadian Learning Object Repository
Rory McGreal
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 32–40
As more and more institutions and companies in Canada develop online learning content, the importance of learning objects and the metadata used to describe them becomes clear. EduSource has brought together Canada's leading experts, researchers and...
Topics: Learning Objects
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Special Report on the Role of Open Educational Resources in Supporting the Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education Challenges and Opportunities
Rory McGreal
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 18, No. 7 (Nov 29, 2017)
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My boomerang won't come back: Learning objects and interoperability
Rory McGreal
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 2015–2018
. A learning object must be reusable if it is to have any significant application in education. For this it must be retrievable. Like a boomerang, if it can't come back it is of little use. This paper explores the nature of learning objects, several ...
Topics: Learning Objects
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Building OER for a mobile and connected world
Rory McGreal
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 1853–1857
Abstract. OER development is becoming more sophisticated as instructors and course specialists become more familiar with the environment. Most OER development approaches for online courses have been developed from those that were appropriate in the ...
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TeleEducation NB: Developing a Provincial Learning Industry
Rory McGreal
T.H.E. Journal Vol. 25, No. 6 (1998) pp. 47–49
TeleEducation NB through the Telecampus is creating a virtual environment that will support the development of multimedia courseware and the online delivery of courses throughout New Brunswick. This public-private initiative stimulates the growth of ...
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A case study of an international e-learning training division: Meeting objectives
Rory McGreal
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 10, No. 6 (Dec 14, 2009) pp. 1–20
This paper presents an evaluation of the work of the Commonwealth of Learning’s (COL) eLearning with International Organisations (eLIO) section. Participants in the investigation included a representative sample of the learners (N = 15), their...
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HEARABLES FOR ONLINE LEARNING
Rory McGreal
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 19, No. 4 (Sep 26, 2018)
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Disruptive Pedagogies and Technologies in Universities
Terry Anderson; Rory McGreal
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 15, No. 4 (2012) pp. 380–389
This paper is a reaction to the increasing high cost of higher education and the resulting inaccessibility for the millions of potential learners now seeking opportunities for quality higher education opportunities. The paper examines the cost...
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International E-learning Specifications
Norm Friesen; Rory McGreal
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 3, No. 2 (Oct 01, 2002)
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Open Educational Resources in Canada 2015
Rory McGreal; Terry Anderson; Dianne Conrad
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 16, No. 5 (Sep 29, 2015)
Canada’s important areas of expertise in open educational resources (OER) are beginning to be built upon or replicated more broadly in all education and training sectors. This paper provides an overview of the state of the art in OER initiatives and ...
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Measuring use and creation of open educational resources in higher education
Ross McKerlich; Cindy Ives; Rory McGreal
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 14, No. 4 (Aug 28, 2013)
The open educational resources initiative has been underway for over a decade now and higher education institutions are slowly adopting open educational resources (OER). The use and creation of OER are important aspects of adoption and both are...
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Formalising informal learning: Assessment and accreditation challenges within disaggregated systems
Rory McGreal; Dianne Conrad; Angela Murphy; Gabi Witthaus; Wayne Mackintosh
Open Praxis Vol. 6, No. 2 (Apr 23, 2014) pp. 125–133
This report shares the findings and lessons learned from an investigation into the economics of disaggregated models for assessing and accrediting informal learners undertaking post secondary education. It presents some key economic and governance...
Topics: Post Secondary Education
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The Athabasca University eduSource Project: Building an accessible learning object repository
Martha Cleveland-Innes; Rory McGreal; Terry Anderson; Norm Friesen; Mohamed Ally; Tony Tin; Rodger Graham; Susan Moisey; Anita Petrinjak; Steve Schafer
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jan 01, 2005) pp. 367–381
Athabasca University - Canada's Open University (AU) made the commitment to put all of its courses online as part of its Strategic University Plan. In pursuit of this goal, AU participated in the eduSource project, a pan-Canadian effort to build...