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Lucas Kohnke; Dennis Foung; Di Zou – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This paper explored teacher professional development (TPD) for online and blended learning (OBL) via microlearning in the higher education English language teaching context in Hong Kong in 2021 and 2022. OBL requires teachers to integrate technology. This study drew on quantitative survey data (N = 67) and interviews (N = 12) that took place after…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Electronic Learning, Blended Learning
James, Ted – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2023
Post-secondary institutions in British Columbia and elsewhere were forced to react quickly and boldly when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in early 2020. The pandemic had unforeseen consequences, but it also created opportunities for new approaches to institutional systems and service delivery. This study evaluates the impact of the pandemic on…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Registrars (School), Foreign Countries
Pickett, Shannon Dianne – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Over the past 2 decades, the number of adult learners seeking an online education has dramatically increased, but student retention and degree completion rates for adult students are lower than those of other student populations. Research has shown that adult learners working full time achieve at higher levels than adult learners who are not…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Electronic Learning, Work Attitudes, Motivation
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Stadtlander, Lee; Sickel, Amy – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2021
Objectives: Using the lens of the virtual workplace model, the current basic qualitative study examined how COVID-19 self-isolation affected both online and land-based faculty (working online as an emergency due to COVID-19) workspaces and work processes. Method: A total of 20 online and six land-based faculty completed e-mail interviews both one…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Work Environment, Working Hours
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Shanahan, Jenny Olin; Ingle, Jeanne Carey; Tan, Jing; Paramanathan, Thayaparan; Adams, Kenneth W. – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2021
Bridgewater State University moved undergraduate research (UR) programs online in early 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A few months later, Black Lives Matter demonstrations, the university's racial justice reckonings and recommitments, and the disproportionate effects of the pandemic on Black and Brown communities guided the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Tynan, Belinda; Ryan, Yoni; Lamont-Mills, Andrea – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
Over the past decade, most Australian universities have moved increasingly towards "blended" and online course delivery for both undergraduate and graduate programs. In almost all cases, elements of online teaching are part of routine teaching loads. Yet detailed and accurate workload data associated with "e-teaching" are not…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Faculty Workload
Thomas, Eddie D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The United States faces a substantial nursing shortage that is expected to increase over the next decade and beyond. Understaffing and erratic work schedules result in minimal opportunities to participate in continuing education courses, which are required for registered nurses (RNs) to maintaining proficiency and licensure. Online learning is…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Caring, Working Hours, Education Courses