The e-Tools (1) Report: Pedagogic, Assessment and Tutoring Tools

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^ See Forrester, http://www.forrester.com/.

2 See GSM World, http://www.gsmworld.com/.

3 See Forrester, http://www.forrester.com/; and Semico Research, http://www.semico.com/.

4 Peter J. Bates, Development of Satellite and Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting Systems and Services and Implications for Education and Training, Final Report, a study for the DGXIII C3 Telematics Applications Programme Education and Training Sector, European Commission (pjb Associates, July 1999), http://www.pjb.co.uk/.

5 Bates, Digital Broadcasting Systems.

6 Jupiter Communications, “Interactive TV and the Internet – Broaden Internet Strategy to include Multiple Platforms”, 28 December 1999.

7 Stuart Nolan, Interactive TV: Planned Educational Uses vs Real Educational Needs (London: Oyster Partners, 1999).

8 Craig Blurton (presentation of the Hong Kong University laptop case study, Flashlight Prize Winners’ Conference, Denver, June 2000).

9 Comparing Sun Solaris 7, Windows NT Server 4.0, and Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft white paper, 12 April 2000, http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/compare/solaris7.asp.

10 William J. Gibbons, From Dungeons to Degrees (New York: Syracuse University, n.d.).

11 Bruce Landon et al. Online Educational Delivery Applications: a Web Tool for Comparative Analysis, http://www.edutools.info/course/; and Bengt Olsen (managing director, FirstClass Sweden), e-mail message to the author, June 2000.

12 Derek Morrison, Virtual Learning Environments (University of Bath, May 2000).

13 Review of The Sheffield College’s WebBoard use, personal communication with the authors, 2000.

14 WBTSystems press release, 22 June 2000.

15 “Three New Studies Confirm Webct's Leadership in the Higher Education Market for e-Learning”, press release, 3 July 2000, http://www.webct.com/service/viewcontentframe?contentID=2551262.

16 Taylor Straut, “CUOnline Case Study” (presentation, FLISH Conference, Sheffield, 19–20 May 1997).

17 “Lotus LearningSpace Provides Online Delivery Platform: Lotus and UNext.com Announce Alliance to Deliver Global Online Business Education”, press release, 29 June 1999.

18 Robin Murray, “The Digital Library Jigsaw: Fitting the Pieces Together”, (presentation to Online 1999).

19 “Summary of the Responses from the FE and HE Sectors on the e-University”, HEFCE internal document, May 2000. Public version published on 20 June 2000, http://www.hefce.ac.uk/partners/euniv/resp.htm.

20 Paul Bacsich, “Planning and Costing Virtual Universities” (presentation to Euro-Med conference, Israel, November 1999).

21 “Student Opinion of Counselling: the Experience of Indira Gandhi National Open University”, Indian Journal of Open Learning 5 no. 2, 19.

22 P. Rickwood and V. Goodwin, A Year at the Front: A Consideration of the Experience of a Group of Students During their First Year of Study with the Open University, The Open University (West Midlands Region), 62.

23 M. Thorpe et al., Adult Learning: Constructing Knowledge through Texts and Experience, Student Research Centre Report No. 1, Institute of Educational Technology (Milton Keynes: Open University, n.d.); A. Jelfs, Second Level Entry Students, Student Research Centre Report 136, Institute of Educational Technology (Milton Keynes: Open University, 1998); and J. Field, End-of-Year Comments on 18 Courses in 1992: Undergraduate and Associate Students from Annual Survey of New Courses, Student Research Centre Report 75, Institute of Educational Technology (Milton Keynes: Open University, 1993), as cited in J. Castles, Characteristics of Adult Learners: A Review of the Literature, Student Research Centre Report 165, Institute of Educational Technology (Milton Keynes: Open University, 1999), 15.

24 M. Gallagher, Broadcasting and the Open University Student, Institute of Educational Technology Papers on Broadcasting, no. 88 (Milton Keynes: Open University, 1977).

25 Robin Mason and Martin Weller, Factors Affecting Students’ Satisfaction on a Web Course (forthcoming, 2000).

26 Robert G. Holmberg and Trilochan S. Bakshi, “Post Mortem on a Distance Education Course: Successes and Failures”, American Journal of Distance Education 6, no. 1 (1992), 36.

27 D. Kember and J. Dekkers, “The Role of Study Centres for Academic Support in Distance Education”, Distance Education 8, no. 2 (1987), 4.

28 Bade A. Agboola, “Contact session in distance education: an asset as well as a burden”, Indian Journal of Distance Education 2, no. 1 (1993), 17–21.

29 Gordon Burt, Face to Face with Distance Education: a Literature Review (Milton Keynes: Open University, 1997), 107.

30 A. Ashby, Equal Opportunities – Statistical Digest, Student Research Centre, Institute of Educational Technology (Milton Keynes: Open University, 1995).

31 Burt, Face to Face, 118.

32 Rickwood and Goodwin, A Year at the Front, 58.

33 John Stathakos and Lynn Davie, Learning Partnerships in the Online Classroom: A Collaborative Design Model (presentation, TCC 2000 Conference, Hawaii, April 2000).

34 Robin Mason, Globalising Education: Trends and Applications (Routledge: London, 1998).

35 Castles, Characteristics.