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Download full textMiller, Tess; MacLaren, Kendra; Xu, Han – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing online learning given its rapid growth combined with the necessity to reduce attrition in online classes by providing quality instruction. This study was contextualized using the three elements of the community of inquiry (CoI) framework. We surveyed 93 students currently registered in…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
Direct linkPhirangee, Krystle; Malec, Alesia – Distance Education, 2017
Fostering a strong sense of community among students in online courses is the goal of many instructors because it is seen as being essential in supporting students' learning experiences. However, high dropout rates in online learning suggest that students feel disconnected and isolated from their course, feelings which have been attributed to the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Online Courses, Sense of Community, Dropout Rate
Castro, Juan Carlos; Lalonde, Martin; Pariser, David – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2016
Teens in high school who have or are at-risk of dropping out of school confront a number of educational challenges. One of these challenges is the restricted mobility students face in school. Mobile media offers the potential to engage with art curricula inside or outside of the classroom. It also offers new ways of thinking about the role of…
Descriptors: Art Education, At Risk Students, Physical Mobility, Telecommunications
Li, Jia; Zhang, Zheng – Intercultural Education, 2015
Adopting Cummins' model of intervention for collaborative empowerment, this study reports on a transnational project that examines (1) the effectiveness of enhancing critical cultural awareness by engaging culturally diverse university students in online discussions and (2) students' perspectives on understanding different cultures through mass…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Web 2.0 Technologies, Educational Environment, Cultural Awareness
Murray, Jacqueline; Giesbrecht, Natalie; Mosonyi, Samuel – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2013
In the 2011 Winter semester, the University of Guelph engaged in a pedagogical experiment: an online first-year seminar. This article is a conversation about the learning journey that surrounds this seminar, as experienced by three participants: Jacqueline Murray (JM), Professor of History and Director of the FirstYear Seminar Program (FYS);…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Centered Curriculum, Online Courses, Seminars
Teng, Daniel Chia-En; Chen, Nian-Shing; Kinshuk; Leo, Tommaso – Computers & Education, 2012
The development of computer-mediated communication enables teaching and learning to take place across geographical boundaries. An online synchronous learning environment with cyber face-to-face features affords students the sense of learning together online. This study reports a novel design of organizing a 16-week seminar for doctoral students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Seminars, Student Attitudes, Educational Environment
Kop, Rita – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
Self-directed learning on open online networks is now a possibility as communication and resources can be combined to create learning environments. But is it really? There are some challenges that might prevent learners from having a quality learning experience. This paper raises questions on levels of learner autonomy, presence, and critical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Learning Experience, Online Systems
Stodel, Emma J.; Thompson, Terrie Lynn; MacDonald, Colla J. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006
Despite the success that instructors and learners often enjoy with online university courses, learners have also reported that they miss face-to-face contact when learning online. The purpose of this inquiry was to identify learners' perceptions of what is missing from online learning and provide recommendations for how we can continue to innovate…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Online Courses, Learning Experience, Higher Education
Lai, Ming; Law, Nancy – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2006
This article describes a case study of an international collaboration between two classes of fifth grade students through an online discussion platform with one group more experienced in online knowledge building activities than the other. Before the collaboration, the novice class tended to produce isolated notes filled with information and…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Cooperative Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Gray, Bette – Journal of Distance Education, 2004
What role can online communities play in meeting the informal learning needs of a professional association? This article presents the results of an interpretive study of the experiences of coordinators of Alberta Community Adult Learning Councils who participated in an online community of practice designed to support informal workplace learning.…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Professional Associations, Foreign Countries, Discourse Communities
Theroux, James; Kilbane, Clare – Journal of Education for Business, 2004
In this article, the authors report on a new type of case study, called real-time case method (RTCM), which was produced and taught at four business schools. This new method of developing cases was applied in a course on entrepreneurship. The authors describe it and evaluate its effectiveness. RTCM was conducted over the course of one university…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries, Web Sites, Computer Mediated Communication
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends
