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Jennifer Lynn Horvath – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite research and advances in hybrid learning in the field of education, the gap lies in the lack of research focusing on community college students' perceptions of which elements of hybrid classes significantly impact their academic achievement. This problem, often leading to lower completion rates and higher attrition, was particularly…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Attitudes, Blended Learning, Academic Achievement
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Bass, Scott A. – Journal of General Education, 2014
This article is critical of the implementation of massive open online courses (MOOCs) by institutions seeking the deep student learning often found in general education learning outcomes. Customized student interaction with an expert in the field is rendered impossible by the scale of mooc enrollment. Concerns are also raised about the economic…
Descriptors: Open Education, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Program Implementation
Mason, Jon – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
"Asking why" is an important foundation of inquiry and fundamental to the development of reasoning skills and learning. Despite this, and despite the relentless and often disruptive nature of innovations in information and communications technology (ICT), sophisticated tools that directly support this basic act of learning appear to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questioning Techniques, Inquiry, College Students
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Simmons, Lakisha L.; Simmons, Chris B.; Hayek, Mario; Parks, Rachida; Mbarika, Victor W. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2012
A significant body of literature focuses on learning mediated by technology (eLearning). We conceptually develop and empirically test a model of trust antecedents with online undergraduate students. Contributing to the student eLearning success literature, we posit that eLearning students require the support of technologies and trust in those…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Comparative Analysis, Trust (Psychology), Undergraduate Students
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Ducut, Erick; Fontelo, Paul – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2008
The increasing amount of new scientific information made available by computers and the Internet is demonstrated by the growing number of available health sciences journals. Medical students, nursing students, those in other health science disciplines, and clinicians need to make information more manageable and accessible, especially at the point…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Medical Students, Management Systems, Health Education
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers