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Sharron DeRosier; Angela Atwell – Journal of Faculty Development, 2024
Whether required or optional, faculty professional development offerings must be built upon a strong foundation and scaffolded to provide structure and support initially, with increasing theoretical connections and practical applications. Understanding the faculty population and providing experiences that meet their needs, while also providing…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Online Courses
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Ralston-Berg, Penny; Braatz, Heather – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
This article examines the design structure and interface of online courses and explains how program-wide design standards can benefit the learner, educator, and organization as a whole. Standards in program design can help support learner success, and these examples serve as a guide when designing, updating, or improving online adult and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Instructional Design, Standards, Program Design
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Freire, Fabián – Open Praxis, 2021
This report presents the activity systems analysis of the general MOOC design process adopted by a multidisciplinary team for delivering edX courses to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This report builds on Freire's (2020) exploratory case study [EJ1275469], which applied work-based learning theory and activity systems theory to determine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Glazer, Hilda R.; Murphy, John A. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2015
The first-year experience for students enrolled in an online degree program, particularly the orientation and the first course experience, is critical to success and completion. The experience of one online university in improving persistence through enhancing orientation and the first academic course is presented. Factors impacting persistence…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Academic Persistence, College Students, Distance Education
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Robideau, Kari; Vogel, Eric – Journal of Extension, 2014
Volunteers are central to the delivery of 4-H programs, and providing quality, relevant training is key to volunteer success. Online, asynchronous modules are an enhancement to a training delivery menu for adult volunteers, providing consistent, accessible options traditionally delivered primarily face to face. This article describes how Minnesota…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Volunteer Training
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Fitzgerald, Rachel; Anderson, Maggie; Thompson, Ross – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2015
Evidence suggests that MOOCs are being used as a strategic tool to explore alternative models of course delivery (Allen & Seaman, 2013) and this paper shares insight into an example of such innovation for Business School Education. Gateway MBA draws on examples of open learning worldwide to create a MOOC to extend the MBA distance learning…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Educational Quality
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Miller, Christopher T.; Curry, John H. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2014
There is growing potential for the development of practitioner-based doctor of education (EdD) programs as potential students in the field recognize that they do not need to leave their current work positions to obtain a doctorate particularly if it enhances their work. This article chronicles 1 university's process in developing an innovative…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Leadership Training, Administrator Education, Doctoral Programs
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Cho, Moon-Heum – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2012
Although orientation for online students is important to their success, little information about how to develop an online student orientation (OSO) has appeared in the literature; therefore, the purpose of this article was to describe the entire process of developing an OSO. This article describes the analysis, design, development, and evaluation…
Descriptors: College Students, School Orientation, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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Duell, Christian; Wright, Natalie; Roxburgh, Joanna – Design and Technology Education, 2014
Education in the 21st century demands a model for understanding a new culture of learning in the face of rapid change, open access data and geographical diversity. Teachers no longer need to provide the latest information because students themselves are taking an active role in peer collectives to help create it. This paper examines, through an…
Descriptors: Design, Online Courses, Educational Change, Rural Areas
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Terras, Melody M.; Ramsay, Judith – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) offer an exciting range of opportunities to widen access and participation in education. The massive and open nature of MOOCs places the control of learning at the discretion of the learner. Therefore, it is essential to understand learner behaviour. This paper examines the psychological considerations inherent…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Performance Factors, Barriers
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Alebaikan, Reem; Troudi, Salah – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2010
This study is an attempt to investigate the nature of obstacles and challenges encountered at Saudi universities while implementing a blended learning approach. A literature review of blended learning rationale and designs, and the status of web-based education in Saudi higher education are demonstrated. Three main challenges of applying blended…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Foreign Countries, Blended Learning
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Barger, Bonita – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2008
How does one design an on-line course to bridge theory and practice? How can the feedback of on-going stakeholder (student and administration) be incorporated into the design process to enhance quality? This paper presents the theoretical underpinning of designing an on-line management course recognized as best practice for a "well organized…
Descriptors: Program Design, Online Courses, Business Administration Education, Models
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Vogel, Linda R.; Rude, Harvey – Educational Considerations, 2010
In a 1991 report, the Indian Nations at Risk Task Force documented a lack of Native educators as role models for Native American students and set a goal of doubling their number by the year 2000. Under-representation of Native American educators remains an issue today particularly with regard to school leaders (Planty et al. 2009; Snyder and…
Descriptors: Role Models, American Indians, American Indian Education, Instructional Leadership
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Roblyer, M. D.; Davis, Lloyd; Mills, Steven C.; Marshall, Jon; Pape, Liz – American Journal of Distance Education, 2008
Two lines of research have emerged to study the causes and prevention of student failure in virtual (K-12) schools: studies of learner characteristics and studies of learning environment characteristics. To develop a useful model for predicting failure and promoting success in virtual school environments, a study was designed to measure the…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Educational Technology, Models
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Adams, Jean; Morgan, Gareth – International Journal on E-Learning, 2007
This article develops the concept of "second generation" e-learning as a new paradigm for thinking about online learning. Whereas "first generation" approaches have been effective for developing technical skills, the same approach has not proven effective for developing management soft-skills (e.g., in the field of leadership education). The…
Descriptors: Management Development, Online Courses, Research Methodology, Program Development
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