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de los Santos, Esmeralda; Zanca, Nürsen A. – e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 2018
Online education continues its growth trajectory benefitting public four-year institutions of higher education as well as private universities. Recently, private non-profits have experienced double-digit increases despite late entry into online education. Situated within the context of a private nonprofit institution and its recently developed…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Beginning Teachers
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Farina, William J., Jr.; Bodzin, Alec M. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2018
Web-based learning is a growing field in education, yet empirical research into the design of high quality Web-based university science instruction is scarce. A one-week asynchronous online module on the Bohr Model of the atom was developed and implemented guided by the knowledge integration framework. The unit design aligned with three identified…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Science Instruction
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D'Souza, Malcolm J.; Fry, Katelynn; Koyanagi, Lyndsey; Shepherd, Andrew – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, with very little preparation and within a brief span of 48 hours, the Wesley College STEM faculty and students triaged into a remote-only form of instruction. Wesley College STEM student COVID-19 impact surveys showed underlying gaps in economic equity, increased family responsibilities, struggles to stay motivated,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Online Courses
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d'Alessio, Matthew A.; Schwartz, Joshua J.; Pedone, Vicki; Pavia, Jenni; Fleck, Jenna; Lundquist, Loraine – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2019
Promoting collaboration and discourse in asynchronous online courses is challenging; students need something engaging to talk about, a communications medium in which to fluidly discuss it, and a social environment that supports discourse. We designed a fully online introductory geoscience lecture and lab course called Geology Goes Hollywood that…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Online Courses, Cooperative Learning, Asynchronous Communication
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Mays, Thomas – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2016
As colleges and universities increase their online course offerings, student social experiences in online learning environments require further examination, specifically for nonresidential students who may already be less integrated into college social networks. A social capital framework was used to guide this qualitative study of 17…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Out of State Students, Social Capital, Online Courses
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Al-Qahtani, Awadh A. Y.; Higgins, S. E. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2013
The study investigates the effect of e-learning, blended learning and classroom learning on students' achievement. Two experimental groups together with a control group from Umm Al-Qura University in Saudi Arabia were identified randomly. To assess students' achievement in the different groups, pre- and post-achievement tests were used. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Conventional Instruction