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Increasing Student Success with Team Projects in the Virtual Classroom
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Deem, Jack; Beyer, Stephen; Dana, Heather; Chicone, Rhonda; Ringler, Ilene; Ferebee, Susan; Strouble, Dennis – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2020
Virtual teams have become a major component in the delivery of online courses at Purdue University Global (PUG) and in higher education in general (Olson, et. al, 2015). To help provide employers with qualified candidates for their talent needs, teamwork has been established as one of the six professional competencies that Purdue University Global…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Student Projects, Virtual Universities
Evaluation of Instructional Design Capabilities of Asynchronous and Synchronous Instruction
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Garrett, Kristi N.; Benson, Angela D. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2017
From a quantitative perspective, this study examined the instructional design knowledge of higher education instructors and others within the instructional design/technology arena who are members of a global educational based Internet forum. Results showed significant difference in opinions between genders, where males were more inclined to…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, College Faculty, Internet, Attitude Measures
Designing Instruction for Speed: Qualitative Insights into Instructional Design for Accelerated Online Graduate Coursework
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Trekles, Anastasia M.; Sims, Roderick – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2013
The purpose of this exploratory case study was to explore instructional design strategies and characteristics of online, asynchronous accelerated courses and students' choices of deep or surface learning approaches within this environment. An increasing number of university programs, particularly at the graduate level, are moving to an…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Acceleration (Education), Qualitative Research
Perceptions of Online Course Communications and Collaboration
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Barnard, Lucy; Paton, Valerie Osland; Rose, Kristyn – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2007
An increasing number of students are choosing online education programs to complete their higher education. Research concludes that student satisfaction and retention are related to program completion. Furthermore, research indicates that physical distance alone does not influence student satisfaction and retention. In this study, we examined…
Descriptors: Online Courses, State Universities, Higher Education, Academic Persistence