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Harrison, J. Buckley; West, Richard E. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
This design-based research study explored whether "sense of community" was maintained while flexibility in the course was increased through an adoption of a unique blended learning model. Data collected in this study show a significant drop in the sense of connectedness score from a mean of 50.8 out of 66 to a mean of 39.68 in the first…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Blended Learning, Student Projects, Active Learning
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Shattuck, Julie; Anderson, Terry – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
Within the overall framework of design-based research, this paper reports on a study that focused on evaluating an online training course for online instructors. This intervention was designed as a possible solution to the problem facing some higher education institutions of how to provide quality, accessible training for mostly part-time…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Inservice Teacher Education, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty
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Gorsky, Paul; Caspi, Avner; Blau, Ina; Vine, Yodfat; Billet, Amit – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
The goal of this study is to further corroborate a hypothesized population parameter for the frequencies of social presence versus the sum of teaching presence and cognitive presence as defined by the community of inquiry model in higher education asynchronous course forums. This parameter has been found across five variables: academic institution…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Inquiry, Communities of Practice