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Pål Anders Opdal – Discover Education, 2025
In the wake of the COVID-pandemic, and from the perspective of analytical philosophy of education, this paper investigates into, and discusses, costs and benefits to online teaching in higher education. Contrasting old and new ways of teaching, notions that are developed below, notable results in the paper are the following: a) even if expedient,…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Teaching Experience, Teaching (Occupation), Online Courses
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Sang Joon Lee; Kun Huang – International Journal on E-Learning, 2024
The community of inquiry (CoI) framework identifies three essential elements--social, cognitive, and teaching presences--that are crucial for fostering a successful online learning experience. This study utilized the CoI framework to examine whether differences existed in students' perceived CoI presences between online and face-to-face sections…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Information Technology, Online Courses, In Person Learning
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Melissa A. St. Hilaire; Jimmy Franco – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Higher education constantly has to adapt to meet the changing needs of our students. One of the challenges instructors have faced when delivering online courses is the assessment integrity. This issue was highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced educators to quickly convert traditional in-person courses to online versions of the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, COVID-19, Pandemics, Intermode Differences
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Ellegood, William A.; Bernard Bracy, Jill; Sweeney, Donald C., II; Duncan, Mimi; Burns, Kathleen – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
In this study, we investigate the joint impacts of class size, modality of content delivery and instructor workloads on 1078 student performances from 2010 through 2014 in a required College of Business Administration Information Systems (IS) course at a public Midwestern university, controlling for 11 demographic and other factors that might…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Academic Achievement, Class Size, Faculty Workload
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Kalpokaite, Neringa; Radivojevic, Ivana – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2020
In today's world of pervasive technology use, online education is rapidly growing. Online learning environments offer a multitude of benefits for both learners and teachers, as there are substantially more accessible and affordable. The present research focuses on teaching the use of qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) to researchers.…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Computer Software, Conventional Instruction
Julia E. Seaman; Jeff Seaman – Bay View Analytics, 2019
Student enrollment in higher education institutions has undergone fundamental changes over the last decade, a condition only exacerbated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2012 and 2019, the total number of students enrolled at U.S. degree-granting institutions dropped by almost 1.1 million. At the same time, the number of students…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Enrollment Influences, Colleges, COVID-19
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Robertson, Patricia R.; Wakeling, Victor – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2018
Three separate baseline decisions are recommended when designing an undergraduate course prior to considering any course content. The "Three S" course design decisions include determining (1) the "setting" (on-campus, online or hybrid), (2) the learning "style" (passive or active), and (3) the learning…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Course Organization, Delivery Systems, Learning Strategies
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Slover, Ed; Mandernach, Jean – Journal of Educators Online, 2018
While it is well-established that nontraditional students are more likely to take online courses than their traditional-age counterparts, investigations of the learning equivalence between online and campus-based instruction typically fail to consider student age as a mediating factor in the learning experience. To examine learning outcomes as a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Intermode Differences, Online Courses
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Crosslin, Matt – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
Open online courses provide a unique opportunity to examine learner preferences in an environment that removes several pressures associated with traditional learning. This mixed methods study sought to examine the pathways that learners will create for themselves when given the choice between an instructor-directed modality and learner-directed…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Independent Study, Preferences, Mixed Methods Research
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Jones, Irma S.; Blankenship, Dianna – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2017
Presently, at the post-secondary level, digital or online education is offered in addition to traditional face-to-face courses and the number of online course offerings is rapidly growing. The "Occupational Outlook Handbook" reveals that employment in" computer and information technology" occupations is projected to grow 12…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Student Attitudes, Computer Science Education, Preferences
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Nakos, George; Whiting, Anita – Journal of Education for Business, 2018
The authors investigate whether frequent in class exams can improve the performance of students in hybrid global business courses. An experiment was conducted in three hybrid sections of a global business course exposing students to short in class exams. The expectation of a short exam forces students to watch the online lectures and study the…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Student Improvement, Performance Based Assessment, Incidence
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Brown, Victoria S.; Toussaint, Mario; Lewis, David – Online Learning, 2018
Four course development models were compared over a 3-year period, based upon student perceptions of the integration of the Quality Matters (QM) Standards, course structure, and quality. Points of comparison included (a) faculty training, (b) instructional designer supported, (c) additional QM training course, and (d) no training or support used.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Quality, Curriculum Design, Models
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Friðriksdóttir, Kolbrún – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2018
This article presents an analysis of tracking data collected over eight years on 43,000 users on "Icelandic Online (IOL)," seven open, guided online courses in Icelandic as a second language. The main objective in this study is to (a) map out retention for all the "IOL" courses, (b) compare retention on the same course…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Sanford, Douglas; Ross, Douglas; Rosenbloom, Alfred; Singer, Daniel – e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 2017
Students' desire for course convenience may lead to their preference for online courses. But in their desire for convenience, are students sacrificing satisfaction or perceived learning? This article investigates the moderating impact of course format on the relationship between convenience and both perceived learning and satisfaction. Moderated…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Student Satisfaction, Online Courses, Blended Learning
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Ellis, Robert A.; Han, Feifei – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2018
Integrating an online component into a university course is typically done to improve the student experience. However the intent of the teacher's blended design may not always align to the students' experience of it. Their experience may be mediated by a number of factors including student perceptions of the online environment and their approach…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Environment, Blended Learning, Student Experience
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