Abstracts Selected

Abstract submissions have now closed. The review panel have completed the selection process for abstracts submitted before 20 December and this page lists the abstracts selected for submission as full papers. Late submissions are currently being considered and the page will be updated as appropriate.

Full papers are due not later than 24 January 2011. Please read the style guidelines document. Papers should be submitted as .doc or .rtf file attachments by email to the Conference Manager, Carol Sheasby with the paper submission checklist and copyright form, which are available from the download area on the At a Glance page.

In order to preserve the double blind review process the authors names are listed alphabetically whilst the paper titles are listed in no particular order. You can see an outline programme on the programme page

Abstract titles: Listed in no particular order
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Use in Teaching and Learning at the Pre-Primary Level in Nigeria - The Role of the Teacher	Improving Open Distance Learner Support through Podcasting - Reflections from the Facilitation of an Undergraduate Course
The Effect of Podcast on Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension	On Trust and Assurance - Towards a Risk Mitigation Normative Framework for e-Learning Adoption
Twitter and Edulink - Balancing Passive Consumption with Knowledge Creation	The Provision of Diverse E-Learning Needs across Faculties at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa - A Co-ordinator’s Perspective
e-Learning in the Western Cape Education Department	Academic Staff and Student Adoption Rate of E-Learning at Walter Sisulu University
Learning Methods and Concepts Used in Mobile-Learning and how to improve them using New Approaches	Articulating assessment design practice for online courses and programs; cases in assessment strategy design and development.
Prospects and Opportunities of Distance Learning in the Sphere of Legal Education (Experience of Petrozavodsk State University and its Foreign Partners)	UK Dietitians meet NHS Agenda for Improved Patient Care and Clinical Outcomes through Masters Level Blended Learning
Utilizing E-mail to develop Saudi Students Global Awareness	Are your Students Social?
Using Videos and Online Lessons to Enhance Art Education Students Artistic Skills at KSU	Learning with, from and about each other - Interprofessional Learning in a Blended Community of Practice
Mobile Learning and 21 Century	The Importance of Culture in Designing e-Learning Environments
An Accounting Foundation Module at the University of the Western Cape “joins the evolution”	Enhancing the Off Campus Students’ Reading Comprehension through Asynchronous Forum
E-listening - The Promotion of EFL Listening Skill via Educational Podcasts	Role and importance of Factors affecting University Students’ Performance in the Multimedia Based Learning Environment
Innovatively using 3D virtual world technologies to examine citizenship education	E-learning in Continuous Medical Education - Development and Assessment of Online Problem Based Contents
Semantic Web and Intelligent Cooperative Agents in Educational Simulators for Mathematics -Developing a Graphic Simulator of Conic Sections to Improve Learning Experiences	Correlating Students’ Perceptions with their Actual Usage of Mobile Learning for High School Mathematics
“What do I want my doctor to know?” - Integrating Video Simulation and Multimedia for the Learning and Teaching of Residents	The Challenges of Managing E-records in Higher Education Institutions in Uganda - A Case of Students Records
On-line Discussion Forums - New Platform to Supplement Face-To-Face Professional Development at a Multi Campus University	Using Knowledge Management and E-Learning for Strategic Change
Drill-and-Practice is not Necessarily a Pejorative Approach - An Example of its Successful Application as a Self-learning Component of a Phonetics Blended Learning Environment	A Platform for E-Learning from the Engineering Sense
E-Learning Design and Evaluation of a Global Executive MBA Programme of a UK University	The Structural Model of Knowledge Management in Higher Education Institutions
Developing e-Learning Competency Based portal for Lifelong Study of Security and Safety – eSEC	Experience on Using a Virtual World for Software Engineering Projects
Participative Faculty Development - Design Guidelines and Experiences with an Online Course in e-Collaboration	Enhancing Student Interaction in Didactics Teaching Approaches – The right to text during class
The Use of Blogs to Prompt Learner Reflection during First Co-operative Education Work Terms	Building an Inter-Institutional Community of an Open Educational Resource (OER) of Contributors - A Communicative Rationality Perspective
Design an Interactive Competency-based Learning System Using the Formative Adaptive Assessment	Socio-Cultural Implications for the User-perceptions of e-Learning in Universities in a Developing Country - A Grounded Theory Approach
Interactive Learning for Evidence-Based Dentistry - Hands-on Activity and Library Quiz	English Second Learners (ESL) Language Use on Online Communication Tools - Opportunity or Threat to Academic Writing Skills
How to Integrate Social Media in a Problem Based Learning Approach?	Providing Access and Inclusion to Students through Computer Supported Collaborative Learning - A Nigeria University’s Experience
A Measurement Model of E-Learning Satisfaction	The Quantitative Approach to Knowledge Management for E-Learning Based on Learning Objectives
The Impact of Communicating Institutional Strategies in Teachers Attitude about Adopting E-Learning	Creating and Using a Wiki Textbook to Teach Management Information Systems
Educative Simulator to Visualize the Effect of Chemical and Hormonal Contraceptives in the Human Body Based on a Three-Dimensional Environment	Using Social Networking Approach as a Medium for Electronic Learning (E-Learning)
Contemporary Trends in Language Training - Practical Implementation of ICT in Tertiary Education	Cooperative Learning Environment with the Web 2.0 tool e-portfolios
Challenges of Lecturers as Adult Learners in ICT Training	Using the Artistic Pedagogical Technology of Photovoice to Stimulate Interaction in the Online Post-Secondary Classroom - The Instructors’ Perspective / Using the Artistic Pedagogical Technology of Photovoice to Promote Interaction in the Online Post-Secondary Classroom: The Students’ Perspective
Are we Over-generalizing the Competencies of the Millennial Generation?	Using Invitational Theory to Understand the Effectiveness of Artistic Pedagogical Technologies in Creating an “Invitational Classroom” in the Online Educational Milieu
Personal Devices in Public Settings - Lessons Learned from an iPod touch / iPAD Project	Curriculum Mapping, Management and Delivery - Technology Options
(Re)Visioning E-Learning for Liberal Education	More than a Game. The Institutional Roles of a Simulation Game
Non-Humanistic Face of E-Learning	Good Teaching Co-decide. How do Innovative Teaching Draughts come with Competitors and Public? Evaluation of the Multi-Media Based University Teaching Award of Lower Saxony ‘campusemerge’
Advantages and Disadvantages of Network-based Language Learning in Iran	Internationalising e-Learning for Malaysian Higher Education
Utilization of e-Learning Tools, Virtual Machines, and Open Source Software to Enhance Graduate Systems Engineering Programs	Bonjour/Hello - Just-in-Time Learning in Canada
Adoption of e-Learning by Academic and Industry Staff	Social Media as ‘Disruptive Technologies - Negotiation of Power and Social Learning in Facebook Postings
Continuing Professional Development for the Purposeful Use of Social Media in Teaching	3D Educational Videogame for Teaching Human Immune Response against Influenza Virus Supported on a Web Platform
e-Learning Strategy Implementation in a Comprehensive University in South Africa, an Institutional Development Perspective	Adaptative Virtual Learning Environment, Based on Learning Style, to Support the Teaching of Numerical Methods Subject
Evidence of Distributed Leadership in Virtual Communities of Practice	Improving Online Peer Learning Through Social Networks
Educating Youngsters for the Workforce - Tutoring F1 in School teams with an e-Learning Strategy	Online Communication in Distance Teaching
Effectiveness of Formative E-Assessment in Large Language Classes	Learning Algorithms in Mobile Devices through Bluetooth, SMS and MMS
The Ubiquitous Learning and Computing Environment	Where There’s Gold There’s a Gold Digger - Developing Rich Community in Online Environments
Mobile E-learning Handheld Recording Devices in the General English Classroom	Do Learning Technologies Make Better Teachers? Faculty Acceptance of Synchronous and Asynchronous Modes of Teaching
SIMUL@ - 3D spaces to learn generic skills. A pilot study with Education students	The Effect of e-Instruction in the Teaching of Introductory Computer Concepts to Non-IT Courses at Arellano University, Main Campus
The Learning Game - What can it do for Instructors and Students?	Online Learning Barriers - Achieving the Impossible (Interprofessional and Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives of Solutions including Blended Learning)
Improving e-learning quality through evaluation: the case of the Cuban University	Investigating and Specifying the Effective Factors on Knowledge Management in Sample Universities of Iran
Creating the e Learning Experience for Talent Development through ICTed Info	Evaluating the Adoption of Contemporary e-Learning practices by Academia and Industry
Using Games Technology to Develop Reusable Virtual Learning Environments - An Embedded Approach	Course Development Strategies for e-Learning in Music Disciplines - Structure, Presentation, and Facilitation
Social Not-working? - Evaluating An Online Collaborative Academic Community	Risk and Revelation - An Exploration of Perceived Differences in Online Versus Face-to-Face Instruction
The Pinocchio Revolution	Can Online Peer Review Assignments Replace Essays in Third Year University Courses? And If So, What Are the Challenges?
Uses And Gratifications Of Web 2.0 Among Learners - A Case Of South African Higher Education	3D Educational Videogame for Teaching of Human Reproduction Process Aimed at Junior High School Students Supported in a Web Platform
The Effectiveness of WiSeUpOnline, E-learning System at Walter Sisulu University - Student Attitudes and Perceptions.	Intercontinental Quibbles - Negotiating University Partnerships for the Delivery of e-Learning Programs
Implementing e-Learning at a University of Technology, South Africa: A qualitative study	Promoting Social E-Inclusion among Online Learning Communities
Learning At “Frikking 4 In the morning”: Using Facebook and Blogs to enhance student engagement	Opening new boundaries in Science and Education
Can Mathematics be Taught at a Distance?	Project Management and Assessment of Distributed Teams in an Online Capstone Masters-Level Information Technology Course
A Structural Equation Model of Student’s Priority for Selecting Between eLearning Tools	Towards Developing a Web-based Blended Learning Environment at the University Of Botswana
Using the Social Web for Teaching and Learning User Stories	Conceptualized Framework for Virtual Communities of Practice in a Mobile Learning Environment
The Impact of an Online Educational Game on Knowledge and Attitudes	Social Networking - The use of Ning as a Collaboration and Learning Tool improve Student’s Academic Performance?
Convergence of Mobile Learning Technology and Knowledge Management System Innovation for SME Clustering	Choosing a Blog tool for Larger Student Numbers
Adoption of e- and Blended Learning in Okanagan College and Vancouver Island University Projects	Institutional Repositories - Strengthening Scholarly Communication through Open Access
The Global Classroom Project - Learning a Second Language in a Virtual Environment	mLearning in a New Zealand Secondary School - A case study
The Role of Mobile Phones in E-learning-The Ugandan Experience	Digital Media and the Health of Children in Postmodernity
Effective Pedagogies for Online Mathematics Courses: A Review of Literature	Development of the Portal for Mobile Learning in Health
Technology - Is it Driving Instructional Design and Delivery?	Successful Implementation of Blended Learning in Tehran University of Medical Sciences
How to Multiple Satellite Campuses without Multiplying Faculty	E-learning Portal for Student Teachers of Universitas Terbuka and Teachers in Indonesia
Increasing Student Participation and Success in Online Education	Videowiki as a learning tool: Comparing ways to use this technology in IS education

Authors: Listed alphabetically by lead author surname
Abidogun Babajide, University of Pretoria, South Africa	Matthee Tahirih, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Abol-Nejadian Rezvan and Reza Khany, University of Ilam, Iran	Mayisela Tabisa, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa
Agherdien Najma, Carina Van Rooyen and Sharon Ramborosa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa	McCracken Janet, University of British Columbia, Canada
Agherdien Saaid, WCED, South Africa; Osman Sadeck, WCED and CPUT, South Africa	McCullough Fiona, University of Nottingham, England; with Anne Micklewright
Aghigh Kamal and Masumeh Bodaghi, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Iran	McKerlich Ross, Centerboard Strategic Learning, Canada
Alexander Larichev and Sergei Chernov, Petrozavodsk State University, Russia; Tatiana Chernova, Karelian Regional Center of Law and Public Policy, Russia	Mentis Mandia, Massey University, New Zealand
Allen Lisa, The University of British Columbia, Canada	Merchant Guy and Richard Pountney, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Arendse Ronald, University of the Western Cape, South Africa	Mohamad Maslawati, Supyan Hussin and Zaini Amir, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Ashraf Hamid, Sara Noroozi and Maryam Salami, Islamic Azad Uinversity, Torbat-e Heydarieh Branch, Iran	Mohamed Iqubal Jawid Nazir, Karpagam University, India; Aftab Haider Rizvi, Manipal University, UAE; Pujeri Ramachandra V, KGiSL - College of Engineering Technology, India
Aslam Nayyera, Teesside University, England	Mohammadi Aeen, Rita and Amirhossein Emami, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Baleni Zwelijongile Gaylard, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa	Motamadi Abbas, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun Branch, Iran; Nahid Arsalani, Shiraz Educational Organization, Iran; Neda Rahimi, Shiraz Data Center, Iran
Baptista Nunes Miguel, University of Sheffield/Information School, UK; Solomon Alexis, University of East London/ School of Computing, Information Technology & Engineering, UK; Christel de Bruijn, Birmingham City University/The School of Health and Social Care, UK	Muhenda Mary Basaasa and Kawuma Elizabeth Lwanga, Uganda Management Institute, Uganda
Bentley Yongmei, Habte Selassie and Anjali Shegunshi, University of Bedfordshire, UK	Muse Nosiru Oluwatosin, MSC International College, South Africa
Bernik Igor and Gorazd Mesko, University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, Slovenia	Namasivayam Satesh, KDU University College, Malaysia
Bettoni Marco, Fernfachhochschule Schweiz, Switzerland	Nazem Fattah, Islamic Azad University Roudehen Branch, Iran
Birrell Sandra, Simon Fraser University, Canada	NG Vincent, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China; with Zoe Tang
Buda Maria, Helen He and Amir Azarpazhooh, Faculty of Dentistry/University of Toronto, Canada	Ng'ambi Dick, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Burrell Darrell, A..T. Still University and Virginia International University, USA; Maurice Dawson, Morgan State University, USA	Ng'ambi Dick, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Airong Luo, University of Michigan, USA
Buus Lillian, Aalborg University, Denmark	Ngwenya Bongani, Solusi University, Zimbabwe
Calli Levent and Fatih Calli, Sakarya University,Distance Learning Center, Turkey	Ntereke Beauty, University of Botswana, Botswana
Casanovas Ines, Jönköping International Business School (Sweden) & National Technological University (Argentina), Argentina	Oladipo Francisca Onaolapo and Sylvanus Anigbogu, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
Cechova Ivana, University of Defence, Czech Republic; with Jana Berankova and Dana Zerzanova	Olaniyi Ismaila Olawunmi, MSC College South Africa
Ceza Nomnqophiso, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa	Olson Timothy, University of Minnesota USA
Cockerline Glenn and Mike Nantais, Brandon University, Canada	Olugbara Oludayo, Durban University Of Technology South Africa; Oluwarotimi Randle, Tshwane University Of Technology, South Africa
Crichton Susan, University of Calgary, Canada; Karen Pegler and Duncan White, Calgary Board of Education, Canada	Or Kan Soh, University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Malaysia
Dalley Stephen, University of British Columbia, Canada	Perry Beth and Margaret Edwards, Athabasca University, Canada
Daneshdoust Bahare, Islamic Azad University-Tabriz Branch, Iran; Amin Keshmiri, Tehran University, Iran	Piotrowski Marcelina, UBC Faculty of Medicine Canada
Dawson Maurice, Morgan State University, United States; Darrell Burrell, Virginia International University, United States; Carl Featherston , Liberty University, United States	Posada Elizabeth, University of Quebec in Montreal Canada; Eric Fernando Rodriguez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Deconinck Alain, TELL ME MORE, USA; Grisel María García Pérez, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada	Prey Gisela, Kompentenzzentrum Hochschuldidaktik für Niedersachsen Germany; Lorenz Strittmatter, Germany
Doherty Iain, Learning Technology Unit, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand	Puteh Marlia, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Malaysia
Dwayi Valindawo, Walter Sisulu University, Republic of South Africa	Ragoonaden Karen, The University of British Columbia Okanagan Canada
Fallah Nima, BETA - Strasbourg University, France	Rambe Patient, University of Cape Town South Africa
Fernandes Cláudia and Luís Rocha, CATIM - Technological Centre for the Metal Working Industry, Portugal	Ramirez Guzman John Fredy, Juan Carlos Guevara Bolaños and Jairo Ricardo Pinilla Gonzalez, Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas, Colombia
Flensborg Ingelise and Mie Buhl, Danish School of Education Aarhus University, Denmark	Ramos Berdugo Jorge Luis, Jhon Edison Londoño Hernandez and Juan Carlos Guevara Bolaños, Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas, Colombia
Garcia Perez Grisel and Catharina Moolman, UBC Okanagan, Canada	Randle Oluwarotimi, Tshwane University of Technology South Africa
Gbemileke Oluwanishola Charles, MSC International College, South Africa	Reis Felipa, University Aberta, Portugal
Ghorbandordinejad Farhad and Abdolvahhab Aghasafi, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Iran	Ricardo Barcelos and Tarouco Liane, IFF, Porto Alegre
Gnarpe Judy, University of Alberta, Canada	Roberts Anthony, Mount Allison University Canada
Gowdara Pandu, Parkway Technologies, India; Nagendra Asha, Symbiosis International University, India	Salajan Florin, Anita Welch and Claudette Peterson, North Dakota State University, USA
Graven Olaf Hallan and Lachlan MacKinnon, Buskerud University College, Norway	Santos Amelita, Zenaida Abalos and AL Santiago, Arellano University, Philippines
Gray Colin, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland; Keith Smyth, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland	Schonwetter Dieter, Faculty of Dentistry/The University of Manitoba Canada; Patricia Reynolds, Centre of Flexible Learning/King's College London Dental Institution, UK
Hart Melissa Mix, UBCO, Canada	Shahrabi Jamal, Industrial University of Amirkabir Iran; Abbas N, University of Mazandaran, Iran; Eesa Niazi, Tehran University, Iran
Howe Emmanuel, Dumisani Tsela and Raymond Kekwaletswe, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), South Africa	Sharma Rachna and Sudipto Das, CMR Institute of Technology, India; Y S Kumaraswamy, Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering, India
Ikedinobi Thandokazi Euthodora, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa	Simonovic Schiff Jelena, Portland State University USA
Ivala Eunice Ndeto and Daniela Gachago, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa	Slavik Christine, University of the Fraser Valley Canada
Ivala Eunice Ndeto, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa	Smith Martin, University of Victoria - Department of Psychology Canada
Jayasundera Kanthi, Center for Online and Distance Education, Simon Fraser University, Canada	Solano Villanueva Cesar Augusto, Gino Aldo Forero Rozo, Juan Calos Guevara Bolaños, Jairo Ricardo Pinilla Gonzales, Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose De Caldas, Colombia
Kalema Billy Mathias, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa; Oludayo Olugbara, Durban University of Technology, South Africa; Ray Kekwaletswe, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa	Sork Thomas J. and Garnet Grosjean, University of British Columbia-Vancouver, Canada
Kamthan Pankaj, Concordia University, Canada; Nazlie Shahmir, Shaw Cablesystems G.P., Canada	Sousa Sonia, Tallinn University Estonia
Kaufman David, Simon Fraser University, Canada; Louise Sauve, Tele-universite, Canada; Lise Renaud, UQAM, Canada	Stoltenkamp Juliet and Jason Kasuto, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Khmelevsky Youry, Okanagan College, Canada; Mikhail Govorov, Vancuver island University, Canada	Tappert Charles and Allen Stix, Pace University, USA
Knutzen Brant, Lingnan University, Hong Kong; David Kennedy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong	Thomas Pelleth, University of Botswana Botswana
Komadina Olivija, Australian Industry trade College, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	Tsela Dumisani, Emmanuel Howe and Raymond Kekwaletswe, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Komak Dan Bernie, NFT Consult LTD, Uganda; Francis Agaba, Marcom Associates Ltd, Uganda	Uzokwe Ajuluchukwu, National College of Ireland, Ireland
Korkmaz Ozlem, Science and Mathematics Teaching Center, University of Wyoming, USA	van Heerden Dalize and Francette Myburgh, University of South Africa, South Africa
Levine Joel, Barry University, US	Wasan Shalini, Vivek High school India; Rupak Chakravarty, Panjab University, Chandigarh., INDIA
Lim Dan and David Tao, Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences, USA	Wright Noeline, The University of Waikato New Zealand
Lindh Jorgen and Ines Casanovas, Jönköping International Business School (Sweden) and National Technological University (Argentina), Argentina; Carol-Ann Soames, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden; , ,	Zebroff Yvan, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Lynch Grace, Open Universities Australia, Australia	Zlatko Covic, Subotica Tech - College of Applied Sciences Serbia; Ivkovic Miodrag, Technical Faculty Mihajlo Pupin, Serbia
Madiope Maria and Dalize van Heerden, University of South Africa, South Africa	Zolfaghari Mitra and Reza Negarandeh, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran; Fazlollah Ahmadi, Tarbiat Modaress University, Iran
Makkonen Pekka, Finland	Zuhairi Aminudin, Andayani, Mestika Winahyu and Denny Setiawan, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
Martins Jorge Tiago and Miguel Baptista Nunes, The University of Sheffield, Information School, United Kingdom

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