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Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2013
A rural Community College evaluated their procedures for preparing students for online courses and determined they were not meeting the needs of the students. Through the use of the ADDIE Model of Instructional Design, a mandatory online orientation for first time online/hybrid students was developed and implemented. Results from the…
Descriptors: School Orientation, Online Courses, Blended Learning, Instructional Design
Sener, John – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2010
Online higher education has attained scale and is poised to take the next step in its growth. Although significant obstacles to a full scale adoption of online education remain, we will see full scale adoption of online higher education within the next five to ten years. Practically all higher education students will experience online education in…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Higher Education, Social Change
deNoyelles, Aimee; Cobb, Clara; Lowe, Denise – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2012
This paper describes the redesign of a faculty development program at a large public university that transitioned from weekly face-to-face meetings to a version that reduced seat time by half. Focus is on course development activities in which individual faculty began designing and developing their online courses. Survey data was collected and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Faculty Development, Influences, Curriculum Design
Niemiec, Mary; Otte, George – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2010
Given the importance of administrative attention to blended learning, this article adumbrates the institutional benefits but also the institutional challenges of this integration of online and on-campus instruction. The reasons for engaging in blended learning determine how it will play out, so the "why" is given precedence over the "how." But…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Administrator Guides, Blended Learning, Educational Change
Picciano, Anthony G.; Seaman, Jeff; Allen, I. Elaine – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2010
The purpose of this article is to examine online learning at the macro level in terms of its impact on American K-12 and higher education. The authors draw on six years of data that they have collected through national studies of online learning in American education as well as related research to do a critical and balanced analysis of the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Institutional Mission, Online Courses, Participant Satisfaction
Mayadas, A. Frank; Bourne, John; Bacsich, Paul – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2009
Online education is established, growing, and here to stay. It is creating new opportunities for students and also for faculty, regulators of education, and the educational institutions themselves. Much of what is being learned by the practitioners will flow into the large numbers of blended courses that will be developed and delivered on most…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Federal Government, Access to Education