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McMillion, Tonya; Tucker King, Carie S. – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2017
In designing online and hybrid courses, instructors should consider structure, student motivation, and interaction (per Moore's 1993 Theory of Transactional Distance). To motivate students to interact and to build course community, instructors may assign student introductions. However, after examining students' introductions in a hybrid…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Blended Learning, Instructional Design, Females
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Borgemenke, Arthur J.; Holt, William C.; Fish, Wade W. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2013
Instructors are continually looking for means to improve outcomes for students in online courses. This article examines the instructional design of courses to determine if consistent components implemented in a recently established online master's degree program can produce significant student outcomes. The authors detail the construction and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Instructional Design, Masters Programs, Outcomes of Education
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Young, Andria; Hoerig, Beverley – International Journal on E-Learning, 2013
The purpose of the present study is to describe faculty development activities at one university and to show how these activities were reviewed for relevance to students. As a means to validate faculty development activities and make adjustments for future development activities, a survey of students was undertaken. A survey was completed by…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Faculty Development, Online Courses
Scott-Bracey, Pamela – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore the alignment of soft skills sought by current business IS entry-level employers in electronic job postings, with the integration of soft skills in undergraduate business information systems (IS) syllabi of public four-year universities in Texas. One hundred fifty job postings were extracted from two major…
Descriptors: Skill Analysis, Job Skills, Job Search Methods, Computer Mediated Communication