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Hezel Associates, 2015
In February 2015, the State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher and the Business-Higher Education Forum announced a partnership to create over 100,000 new applied learning opportunities for SUNY students. This effort falls in line with Chancellor Zimpher's goal of ensuring that every SUNY student enrolled in an academic…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning, State Universities
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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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Wang, Shiang-Kwei – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2008
Literature suggests that developing a community of learners is the key to a successful online-learning experience. In this study, the instructor of a multimedia authoring course adopted a synchronous communication tool (Yahoo Messenger) to interact with learners orally on a weekly basis and, thereby, to establish a sense among the learners that…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning, Online Courses