International Journal of Distance Education Technologies
2012 Volume 10, Number 2
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 4
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The Development of a Virtual Farm for Applications in Elementary Science Education
Wernhuar Tarng, Mei-Yu Chang, Kuo-Liang Ou, Kein-Fu Yu & Kuen-Rong Hsieh
The goal of this study is to develop a virtual farm for educational applications. Users can play the role of a farmer by planting vegetables and raising poultry on the virtual farm to observe their... More
pp. 1-16
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Exploration of Social Capital and Knowledge Sharing: An Empirical Study on Student Virtual Teams
Ying Chieh Liu & FengChia Li
Although research on virtual teams is becoming more popular, there is a gap in the understanding of how social capital affects knowledge sharing and creating, and their impacts on virtual team... More
pp. 17-38
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Group Modeling in Social Learning Environments
Slavomir Stankov, Vlado Glavinic & Divna Krpan
Students' collaboration while learning could provide better learning environments. Collaboration assumes social interactions which occur in student groups. Social theories emphasize positive... More
pp. 39-56
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A Distance Instructional System with Learning Performance Evaluation Mechanism: Moodle-Based Educational System Design
Ying-Chen Lee & Nobuyoshi Terashima
In this paper, a Moodle-based educational system has been constructed by providing friendly interface to fit most students in e-learning. For the website implementation, the authors take the course... More
pp. 57-64