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Kearns, Lorna R.; Mancilla, Rae – American Journal of Distance Education, 2017
This study explored the impact of professional development workshops for online course design on faculty's pedagogical practices in online, face-to-face (f2f), and blended instructional modes. It specifically focused on trainings offered by the Quality Matters (QM) organization on a rubric for assessing quality in online course development. A…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Faculty Development, Teacher Workshops, Delivery Systems
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Vu, Phu; Crow, Sherry R.; Fredrickson, Scott – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2014
This study examined the impact of adding game elements on students' performances in an online learning setting. Two intact online graduate level course sections were chosen for this study. Each course sections had 18 students. The results of the study showed that there were significant differences in the time students spent in their courses and…
Descriptors: Games, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Educational Strategies
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Henry, Holly R.; Tawfik, Andrew A.; Jonassen, David H.; Winholtz, Robert A.; Khanna, Sanjeev – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2012
This qualitative case study examines the initial implementation of a problem-based version of an undergraduate course in materials science for the purpose of identifying areas of improvement to the curriculum prior to a planned second implementation. The course was designed around problems that students work in small teams to solve under the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Participant Satisfaction, Student Attitudes, Science Materials
Grimes, Paul W. – 1989
This final report details the results of an experimental program sponsored by the Mississippi State University (MSU) Special Teaching Projects Program which examined the effectiveness of video materials in a college economics classroom. The empirical results indicate that when video lessons are used as part of a course, students demonstrate…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, College Curriculum, Curriculum Enrichment, Economics Education
Berghel, Hal – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1986
Summarizes results of a University of Nebraska study on effects of different teaching methods on student performance in a computer literacy course for business administration students. Merits and weaknesses of the large class approach--the more successful method--are discussed, and academic achievement as a function of gender is analyzed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Administration Education, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy