Terry Anderson

Biographic Data

ID3767633
NAMETerry Anderson
GIVEN NAMESTerry
FAMILY NAMEAnderson
SIGNATUREANDERSON T
AFFILIATIONSAthabasca University
ORCID0000-0001-6122-2078
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS36
TOTAL CITATIONS160
AUTHOR COUNT35
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1980
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX5

  • The Answerthis.io AI App Looks at My Interaction Equivalency Theory

    Open AccessTerry AndersonARTICLEThe International Review of…2026

    This field note provides an example of the use of an education/researcher artificial intelligence program to provide an overview of the Interaction Equivalency Theory. This theory was first presented as an example in Anderson, T. (2003), "Getting the mix right again: An updated and theoretical rationale for interaction", in the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 4(2). The AI tool provides a useful synopsis and over…

  • Twenty-Five Years of Innovation and Knowledge Sharing: The Legacy and Future of the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

    Open AccessTerry Anderson, Peter S Cookson et al.ARTICLEThe International Review of…2025

    Since its founding in 2000 by Athabasca University, the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL) has emerged as a leading platform for the dissemination of scholarly work in open and distributed learning. This article revisits IRRODL’s foundational goals, the institutional support that facilitated its creation, and its evolution over 25 years. Through this retrospective, we celebrate the journal’s achievements an…

  • Ideas for Transforming Higher Education: An Overview of Ongoing Trends and Challenges

    Open AccessLuis Guerrero Ortiz, Derek Clougher et al.ARTICLEThe International Review of…2021

    The recent unexpected impact of the global pandemic on higher education has caused universities, governments, students, and teachers to reexamine all components of existing systems, including how to become more effective and efficient in using technologies for education. We have seen that moving classes online—either blended or fully online—can be done rapidly, but early reports show huge variations in quality, acceptance, completion, and learnin…

  • Exploring students’ learning experience in online education: Analysis and improvement proposals based on the case of a Spanish open learning university

    Open AccessPablo Rivera-Vargas, Hee-Soo Im et al.ARTICLEEducational Technology Research…2021

    Not surprisingly, the number of online universities continues to expand—especially in Covid-19 times. These institutions all offer “online education” with diverse institutional, technological, and pedagogical processes. However, a fundamental element has to do with the experience of the students, and how they adapt to the educational model of the online university in which they are studying. In this article, we present the main results of the cas…

  • Contemporary terrorism and the true believer

    Michael Zekulin, Terry AndersonARTICLEBehavioral Sciences of Terrorism…2016References: 12

    Living in a time of terror, we argue that there needs to be research on what types of people choose to join Islamist terrorist groups. We think that Eric Hoffer's reflections on the ‘true believer' are illuminating. His meditations on the poor, the misfit, the selfish, and the bored provide a framework for a typology of potential terror converts. We work through the literature on terrorism movements, ideology, and the ‘global jihadist narrative' …

  • Moocs and crowdsourcing: Massive courses and massive resources

    Open AccessJohn Prpić, James Melton et al.ARTICLEFirst Monday2015

    Premised upon the observation that MOOC and crowdsourcing phenomena share several important characteristics, including IT mediation, large-scale human participation, and varying levels of openness to participants, this work systematizes a comparison of MOOC and crowdsourcing phenomena along these salient dimensions. In doing so, we learn that both domains share further common traits, including similarities in IT structures, knowledge generating c…

  • On the Design of Social Media for Learning

    Open AccessJon Dron, Terry AndersonARTICLESocial Sciences2014References: 2

    This paper presents two conceptual models that we have developed for understanding ways that social media can support learning. One model relates to the “social” aspect of social media, describing the different ways that people can learn with and from each other, in one or more of three social forms: groups, networks and sets. The other model relates to the ‘media’ side of social media, describing how technologies are constructed and the roles th…

  • Design-Based Research: A Decade of Progress in Education Research

    Open AccessTerry Anderson, Julie ShattuckARTICLEEducational Researcher2012Cited by: 80References: 27

    Design-based research (DBR) evolved near the beginning of the 21st century and was heralded as a practical research methodology that could effectively bridge the chasm between research and practice in formal education. In this article, the authors review the characteristics of DBR and analyze the five most cited DBR articles from each year of this past decade. They illustrate the context, publications, and most popular interventions utilized. The…

  • The first decade of the community of inquiry framework: A retrospective

    Open AccessD Randy Garrison, Terry Anderson et al.ARTICLEThe Internet and Higher Education2010

  • Learning outcomes and students' perceptions of online writing: Simultaneous implementation of a forum, blog, and wiki in an EFL blended learning setting

    Open AccessTerumi Miyazoe, Terry AndersonARTICLESystem2010Cited by: 8References: 4

  • The Theory and Practice of Online Learning

    Open AccessTerry AndersonBOOKThe theory and practice of online…2008Cited by: 45References: 17

    The revised version of the Theory and Practice of Online Learning, edited by Terry Anderson, brings together recent developments in both the practice and our understanding of online learning.Five years have since passed between this new edition and the first version.Five years is certainly a long time in this business as this second edition illustrates.The improvement in versatility and sophistication of the technologies that have been coming int…

  • Ethical Issues in Qualitative E-Learning Research

    Open AccessHeather Kanuka, Terry AndersonARTICLEInternational Journal of…2007Cited by: 5References: 27

    In the mid 1980s education researchers began exploring the use of the Internet within teaching and learning practices, now commonly referred to as e-learning. At the same time, many e-learning researchers were discovering that the application of existing ethical guidelines for qualitative research was resulting in confusion and uncertainty among both researchers and ethics review board members. Two decades later we continue to be plagued by these…

  • On-Line Forums[1]: New Platforms for Professional Development and Group Collaboration

    Open AccessTerry Anderson, Heather KanukaARTICLEJournal of Computer-Mediated…2006Cited by: 4References: 3

    This study evaluated the output, level of participation and perceptions of effectiveness and value among participants in a virtual forum. Twenty-three experts in the field of adult education and community development were invited to participate in a three-week interactive session using a WWW-based, asynchronous computer conferencing system. Data gathered through surveys, interviews, transcript analysis and on-line discussion revealed that this te…

  • The search for learning community in learner paced distance education: Or, 'Having your cake and eating it, too!'

    Open AccessTerry Anderson, David Annand et al.ARTICLEAustralasian Journal of…2005

    University distance and e-learning programs generally follow one of two models. Most dual mode institutions and some open universities follow a model of cohort learning. Students start and terminate each course at the same time, and proceed at the same pace. This model allows for occasional or regular group based activities. The second model, referred to as learner paced, is based on increased student independence. Students may start their course…

  • The Athabasca University eduSource Project: Building an accessible learning object repository

    Open AccessMartha Cleveland‐inne, Martha Cleveland-Innes et al.ARTICLEAustralasian Journal of…2005

    Athabasca University - Canada's Open University (AU) made the commitment to put all of its courses online as part of its Strategic University Plan. In pursuit of this goal, AU participated in the eduSource project, a pan-Canadian effort to build the infrastructure for an interoperable network of learning object repositories. AU acted as a leader in the eduSource work package, responsible for the metadata and standards for learning objects. In add…

  • E-Learning in the 21st Century: A Framework for Research and Practice

    D Randy Garrison, Terry AndersonBOOKE-learning in the 21st Century2003

    There is currently a technological revolution taking place in higher education. The growth of e-learning is being described as explosive, unprecedented, and above all, disruptive. This timely and comprehensive book provides a coherent framework for understanding e-learning in higher education.The authors draw on their extensive research in the area to explore the technological, pedagogical and organisational implications of e-learning, and more i…

  • Critical thinking, cognitive presence, and computer conferencing in distance education

    D Randy Garrison, Terry Anderson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Distance…2001

    This article describes a practical approach to judging the nature and quality of critical discourse in a computer conference. A model of a critical community of inquiry frames the research. A core concept in defining a community of inquiry is cognitive presence. In turn, the practical inquiry model operationalizes cognitive presence for the purpose of developing a tool to assess critical discourse and reflection. The authors present encouraging e…

  • Assessing Teaching Presence in a Computer Conferencing Context

    Open AccessTerry Anderson, Liam Rourke et al.ARTICLEOnline Learning2001

    This paper presents a tool developed for the purpose of assessing teaching presence in online courses that make use of computer conferencing, and preliminary results from the use of this tool. The method of analysis is based on Garrison, Anderson, and Archer’s model of critical thinking and practical inquiry in a computer conferencing context. The concept of teaching presence is constitutively defined as having three categories – design and organ…

  • Allies and Adversaries: The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Grand Alliance, and U.S. Strategy in World War II

    Terry H Anderson, Terry Anderson et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2001Cited by: 1

    World War II witnessed dramatic changes in U.S. security requirements. In 1939 security needs were limited and focused on defending our interests in the Western Hemisphere and our territories in the Pacific. By 1945, however, military planners defined U.S. security in global terms, and they continued to do so during the Cold War. Many scholars have examined this change, but, as Mark A. Stoler contends, “little attention has been given to the spec…

  • Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education

    Open AccessD Randy Garrison, Terry Anderson et al.ARTICLEThe Internet and Higher Education1999

  • Facing life without the Internet

    Open AccessPaul Kingsley, Terry AndersonARTICLEInternet Research1998Cited by: 5References: 1

    The size of that section of the electronic market place known as the Internet is substantially dependent on how many people acquire and retain Internet access. This core of Internet users is the bedrock on which electronic commerce will be built. More attention has been given to the reasons why people join the Internet community than to their motivation for leaving. We therefore sought to carry out exploratory research into the thinking of some o…

  • Analysis of a Global Online Debate and the Development of an Interaction Analysis Model for Examining Social Construction of Knowledge in Computer Conferencing

    Open AccessCharlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena, Constance A Lowe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Educational Computing…1997

    This study attempts to find appropriate interaction analysis/content analysis techniques that assist in examining the negotiation of meaning and co-construction of knowledge in collaborative learning environments facilitated by computer conferencing. The authors review strengths and shortcomings of existing interaction analysis techniques and propose a new model based on grounded theory building for analyzing the quality of CMC interactions and l…

  • Making Peace with the 60s

    Terry Anderson, David BurnerARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1997

  • Anglo-American Relations in the Twentieth Century: Of Friendship, Conflict, and the Rise and Decline of Superpowers

    Terry H Anderson, Terry Anderson et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1997

    Journal Article Anglo-American Relations in the Twentieth Century: Of Friendship, Conflict, and the Rise and Decline of Superpowers. By Alan P. Dobson New York and Anglo-American Approaches to Alliance Security, 1955–60. By G. Wyn Rees New York Get access Terry Anderson Terry Anderson Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue …

  • Rites of Passage: A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle

    Terry H Anderson, Terry Anderson et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1996

    Journal Article Rites of Passage: A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle. By Walt Crowley. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995. xiv, 351 pp. $22.95, ISBN 0-295-97492-3.) Get access Terry Anderson Terry Anderson Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 3, December 1996, Pages 1091–1092, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945783 P…