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Building Belonging in Online Classrooms: Relationships at the Core
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Nicky Dulfer; Annie Gowing; Julie Mitchell – Teaching in Higher Education, 2025
Understanding students' sense of belonging in Higher Education is crucial for designing courses that improve retention, learning, and wellbeing outcomes. With the rise of online learning, educators face new challenges in fostering belonging in virtual environments. This study delves into the experiences of twenty postgraduate students in online…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Electronic Learning, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Humanizing Online Teaching: Bringing the Distant Near
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Dilara Boz; Hasan Uçar – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2025
In online distance learning, the lack of interaction between teacher and student can raise a significant drawback that hinders social connection and belonging. Numerous studies have highlighted the importance of humanized online teaching in enhancing social presence and teacher-student relationships. In this regard, this study used a narrative…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction
An Exploration of the Use of Twitter as a Professional Development Platform for In-Service Secondary School Physical Educators
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Olivia Haslam; Ashley Casey – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2025
Purpose: To explore secondary school physical educators' use of Twitter (now X) for professional development, examining engagement patterns and evolution over time through the lens of sense of community theory. Method: Sixty-one secondary school physical educators completed a questionnaire shared on Twitter (now X). Ten teachers also completed…
Descriptors: Social Media, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Secondary School Teachers
The COVID-19 Effect: How Student Financial Well-Being, Needs Satisfaction, and College Persistence Has Changed
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Mia B. Russell; Lorna Saboe-Wounded Head; Kelli Wolfe-Enslow; Jacqueline Holland; Nicholas Zimmerman – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2025
Millions of students experienced increased levels of stress and worries about their college pursuits as they were forced to abrupt pivot to online and hybrid learning due to the global pandemic. Drawing from the theory of human needs, this study examined the extent to which COVID-19 influenced the relationship between financial well-being, needs…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Needs
Benefits and Challenges of Virtual Early Arrival or Summer Bridge Programs for Underrepresented Minority Students Majoring in STEM
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P. Abena Anyidoho; Dorinda J. Gallant – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
Benefits of summer bridge and early arrival experiences include the academic and social integration of incoming first-year students into their chosen institutions. The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic created opportunities to re-imagine delivery of activities and engagement of incoming first-year students in summer bridge and early…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, STEM Education, Minority Group Students
Fostering the Development of Earth Data Science Skills in a Diverse Community of Online Learners: A Case Study of the Earth Data Science Corps
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Nathan A. Quarderer; Leah Wasser; Anne U. Gold; Patricia Montaño; Lauren Herwehe; Katherine Halama; Emily Biggane; Jessica Logan; David Parr; Sylvia Brady; James Sanovia; Charles Jason Tinant; Elisha Yellow Thunder; Justina White Eyes; LaShell Poor Bear/Bagola; Madison Phelps; Trey Orion Phelps; Brett Alberts; Michela Johnson; Nathan Korinek; William Travis; Naomi Jacquez; Kaiea Rohlehr; Emily Ward; Elsa Culler; R. Chelsea Nagy; Jennifer Balch – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2025
Today's data-driven world requires earth and environmental scientists to have skills at the intersection of domain and data science. These skills are imperative to harness information contained in a growing volume of complex data to solve the world's most pressing environmental challenges. Despite the importance of these skills, Earth and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Earth Science, Environmental Education, Science Education
Rising to the Occasion--How Community College Faculty Adjust Instructional Approaches and Student Supports amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Xiwei Zhu; Xueli Wang – Community College Review, 2025
Objective: This study explores how community college faculty adjust their instructional approaches and student supports amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This research drew on a basic qualitative approach to analyze 18 semi-structured interviews with faculty teaching math or math-heavy courses at two institutions. Results: Our findings add to…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Community Colleges, College Faculty, Distance Education