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Number of articles: 3

1. Rethinking Learner Support: The Challenge of Collaborative Online Learning

   Mary Thorpe

   Discussion of computer-mediated communication in open and distance learning focuses on how learner support of online-intensive and interactive forms of learning and teaching are conceptualized.... More

   pp. 105-19

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2. Beyond Interaction: The Relational Construct of "Transactional Presence."

   Namin Shin

   Defines transactional presence as the degree to which a distance student perceives the availability of, and connectedness with, other parties involved in a distance education setting. Analyzes... More

   pp. 121-37

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3. Training for Distance Teaching through Distance Learning

   Jill Cadorath, Simon Harris & Fatima Encinas

   Describes a mixed-mode bachelor degree course in English language teaching at the Universidad Autonoma de Puebla (Mexico) that was designed to help practicing teachers write appropriate distance... More

   pp. 139-52

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