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Neuwirth, Lorenz S. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2022
Cellular phone distractions inhibit faculty delivering and students learning the curriculum by reducing student attendance and active engagement. Arguably, cellular phone usage during precious class times can be a risk factor for student attrition, but scarce solutions have been offered to address this problem in colleges. The Flipd App, a…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Attention, Computer Use
Kenneth G. Ingle – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The future of the workforce requires post-secondary education and the ability to effectively use technology. Technology has become an integral part of education, business, and daily life. Yet, there remains a digital divide for many individuals. Increasingly, community colleges are using technology in the classroom and as part of the processes…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Laptop Computers, Access to Computers, Computer Uses in Education
Hossain, Syed Far Abid; Nurunnabi, Mohammad; Hussain, Khalid – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2021
This article examines the consequences of routine mobile devices usage tendency in the TPACK-based classroom with the aim of improving academic performance. Findings from the primary data analysis with students and prospective graduates with teaching intention in future (n = 313) in China indicate that the regular usage tendency of mobile devices…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Electronic Learning, Technology Integration
Dobronyi, Christopher R.; Oreopoulos, Philip; Petronijevic, Uros – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
This article presents an independent large-scale experimental evaluation of two online goal-setting interventions. Both interventions are based on promising findings from the field of social psychology. Approximately 1,400 first-year undergraduate students at a large Canadian university were randomly assigned to complete one of two online…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Intervention, College Freshmen, Undergraduate Students
Denner, Jill; Werner, Linda; O'Connor, Lisa – NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 2015
Community colleges (CC) are obvious places to recruit more women into computer science. Enrollment at CCs has grown in response to a struggling economy, and students are more likely to be from underrepresented groups than students enrolled in 4-year universities (National Center for Education Statistics, 2008). However, we know little about why so…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Persistence, Females, Womens Education
Britto, Marwin; Rush, Susan – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2013
Student retention in higher education has become a critical focus in recent years. This paper describes the efforts of Lone Star College-Online and its Online Student Support Services unit to build and implement a comprehensive suite of services for online students with the intention of enhancing the
online student experience and ultimately,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Online Courses, Distance Education, Student Personnel Services
Rush, Penny – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2015
In 2013, the Student Centre at The University of Tasmania began researching the development of distance learning support. A survey was designed as part of this endeavour, which attracted 1002 responses. The survey's broad context focused on the primary drawbacks and benefits of distance education in general and sought to identify emergent themes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Benefits, Barriers
Nolan, Kimberly – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2013
As more colleges add online courses and fully online programs, the need to offer online supports to students becomes more apparent. The connection to an adviser is critical for all students, but for online students it can serve as their primary connection to the institution. In Fall 2011 a pilot study was
conducted at the Community College of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Cohort Analysis, Academic Persistence
Association Supporting Computer Users in Education, 2019
The Association Supporting Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) is a group of people interested in small college computing issues. It is a blend of people from all over the country who use computers in their teaching, academic support, and administrative support functions. Begun in 1968 as the College and University Eleven-Thirty Users' Group…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Open Educational Resources
Investigating Uses and Perceptions of an Online Collaborative Workspace for the Dissertation Process
Rockinson-Szapkiw, Amanda J. – Research in Learning Technology, 2012
The intent of this study was to investigate 93 doctoral candidates' perceptions and use of an online collaboration workspace and content management server, Microsoft Office SharePoint, for dissertation process. All candidates were enrolled in an Ed.D. programme in the United States. Descriptive statistics demonstrate that candidates frequently use…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computer Software, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication
Woodley, Carolyn; Meredith, CaAtherine – American Journal of Distance Education, 2012
Views about the role of Facebook and other social networking sites in education are extremely varied. Facebook threatens academic success and yet "certain kinds of Facebook use" can support study; indeed, Facebooking students may perform better than their unwired peers (Ellison, Steinfield, and Lampe 2007). Facebook is emphatically a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Web Sites, Web 2.0 Technologies
Guzeller, Cem Oktay – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2012
The web-based portfolio emerged as a result of the influence of technological developments on educational practices. In this study, the effect of the web-based portfolio building process on academic achievement and retention is explored. For this purpose, a study platform known as a computer-assisted personal development portfolio was designed for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment
Steel, Nancy; Fahy, Patrick J. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
For several years, the government of the western Canadian province of Alberta has drafted policies and conducted research on the problem of populations under-represented in adult education. This Alberta-North and Athabasca University study, funded by the Alberta government's Innovation Fund, uses the advice and educational experiences of northern…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Methods
Essa, Alfred; Ayad, Hanan – Research in Learning Technology, 2012
The need to educate a competitive workforce is a global problem. In the US, for example, despite billions of dollars spent to improve the educational system, approximately 35% of students never finish high school. The drop rate among some demographic groups is as high as 50-60%. At the college level in the US only 30% of students graduate from…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Statistical Analysis
Pontes, Manuel C. F.; Hasit, Cindi; Pontes, Nancy M. H.; Lewis, Phillip A.; Siefring, Karen T. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2010
The purpose of this research is to identify student-specific characteristics that are related to students' preference for distance education courses. Since distance education courses provide students with more convenient and flexible class schedules, they should be preferred by students who have a greater number of competing demands, such as work…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Physical Disabilities
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