Search for dissertations about: "distance education"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 95 swedish dissertations containing the words distance education.
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11. Digital Distance Education – A Longitudinal Exploration of Video Technology
Abstract : The context of this thesis is digital distance education. Distance education has developed from correspondence courses, based on letters sent by mail between student and teacher, to digital distance education with interactive video classes from anywhere, as long as a computer/tablet/smartphone and an Internet connection are available. READ MORE
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12. Participating in Synchronous Online Education
Abstract : There is an increasing need for education since the workforce of today is expected to be highly educated and continuously learn. Distance education is a powerful response to meet the growing need for education. Online education, here concisely defined as distance education mediated online, is the most common type of distance education. READ MORE
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13. Training teachers through technology : A case study of a distance-based teacher training programme
Abstract : This thesis’ main theme is the relationship between teacher training, distance education, ICT and community. These aspects of an educational practice are conceptualised within a hermeneutical approach as aspects of edukation. The thesis consists of eight articles. READ MORE
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14. Without mast, without sails, without compass : Non-traditional trajectories into higher education and the duality of the folk-market
Abstract : In 1809, the trajectory of Swedish history and the identities associated with the country changed after Finland was lost to Russia. Swedish General von Döbeln explained that the loss left the nation "without mast, without sails, without compass." The research within this dissertation is not of war but of a similar sense of loss. READ MORE
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15. Online teaching practices : Sociomaterial matters in higher education settings
Abstract : The aim of this study was to describe and analyse online teaching practices in the Swedish higher education context. The study had an online ethnographic approach and was based on empirical data on the teaching in two university courses. READ MORE