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Heyes, R. Clarke – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Research indicates that online education is becoming a more prominent platform for higher education. Using a constructivist pedagogical lens, this qualitative phenomenological study was designed to explore students' learning experiences within an online masters program. The study examined the extent to which effective engagement was facilitated by…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Learning Experience
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Parenti, Melissa A. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
With an increasing presence and continual adaptations related to distance learning, there is a recognized need for up-to-date research in the area of effectiveness of online education programs. More specifically, assessing the capacity to attain academic goals by use of asynchronous and synchronous web based tools within Learning Management…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Distance Education
Parenti, Melissa A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With the advent of and continual adaptations related to distance learning, there is a recognized need for up to date research in the area of effectiveness of online education programs. More specifically, assessing the capacity to attain academic goals by use of asynchronous and synchronous learning management systems (LMS) that power distance…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Synchronous Communication
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Flynn, Marilyn; Maiden, R. Paul; Smith, Wendy; Wiley, June; Wood, Gary – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2013
In October 2010, the University of Southern California School of Social Work entered the online education environment with the launch of the first national web-based MSW program. After an initial enrollment of 80 students, in just 3 years this state-of-the-art MSW, offered in a technology-advanced synchronous and asynchronous format, has generated…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Social Work, Web Based Instruction, Synchronous Communication