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Out of a sample of 15 UHI online learners (13 female/2 male), who I asked how quickly they would like a response from their tutor to an important email query or discussion board post, the results are as follows:
Immediate…………26.7% (4)
Within 24 hours….46.7% (7)
Within 48 hours….13.3% (2)
Within 72 hours….6.6% (1)
Within 1 week……6.6% (1)
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The interview question I have sent has proven to be a difficult one for the learners to answer overall. It is not easy for many to think of a specific experience.
So I have decided to change it and send it to new interviewees.
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The new question is:
What kinds of learning materials, activities and delivery [...]

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In order to broaden the range of my research findings and to learn from the experience of e-learning experts outside of the UK, I have invited online course developers and facilitators who are members of the Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research to complete a 3-question survey.
CIDER (http://cider.athabascau.ca) is a resource portal for Canadian and [...]

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At the end of the online survey, respondents were asked to type in their email addresses if they were willing to do a follow up interview by telephone or email. So far 40 people have provided their emails.
(Another five people said yes but unfortunately they didn’t provide their email addresses so I don’t know [...]

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Is there a specific learning style that is best suited to learning online?
This is a question I have been pondering from the start of this research. It seems to me that learning via computers favour those with logical abilities and who like to learn in irrelevant contexts, and is not ideal for those who like [...]

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