This experimental study tested the knowledge gap hypothesis at the intersection of audience education levels and news formats (newspaper versus online). The findings reveal a gap in public affairs knowledge acquisition between South Korean citizens (N=123) from different educational backgrounds. Moreover, the high education group comprehended news with the same level of efficiency across online...

Khe Foon Hew is an Assistant Professor at the Learning Sciences and Technologies academic group at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His research interests include teacher education, online learning and technology integration. Wing Sum Cheung is an Associate Professor, also with the same academic group at the National Institute of Education, Nan...

This paper connects an online learning model to the rights to education that the online educational environments can provide. The model emerges from a study of ninety-two online learners and is composed of three kinds of inquiries, namely, independent inquiry, collaborative inquiry, and formative inquiry towards expert knowledge. Online learners naturally pursue and undertake these inquiries wh...

Computers have introduced into our common experience ‘‘ideas about the instability of meanings and the lack of universal and knowable truths.’’ Online education, in particular, serves as a site for alternative enactments of the self, that is, the embodiment of multiple identities in learners. These multiple identities are rather complex: they are enactments of the self implicated in the politic...

As many institutions of higher education further incorporate online courses into their curriculum, it is important to understand the characteristics of courses that affect students’ preference for either traditional classroom environments or online environments. As technological advancements and penetration into society increases, it has become more apparent in higher education institutions tha...

Online education has a long-standing tradition in academia, and yet online programming remains a relatively undeveloped area in the computing education literature. This is in sharp contrast with in-person programming courses, which have been a favorite subject of study in computing education. Research into teaching on-site programming is so extensive that numerous practices have emerged and are...

Online discussions are an important component of both blended and online courses. This paper examines the varieties of online discussions and the perils, pitfalls and possibilities of this rather new technological tool for enhanced learning. The discussion begins with possible perils and pitfalls inherent in this educational tool and moves to a consideration of the advantages of the varieties o...