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Steele, John; Holbeck, Rick – Journal of Educators Online, 2018
Online learning is growing rapidly and shows no signs of slowing down. This growth requires strategies to make online teaching as efficient and effective as possible in order to provide students with a quality education. One of the important factors that help support student learning is timely, quality feedback on assignments and in discussion…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Virtual Classrooms, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
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Blackmon, Stephanie J. – Journal of Educators Online, 2012
Online discussion boards are often used in traditional courses, hybrid courses, and fully online courses. Online chats and discussions can be particularly useful in fully online courses, as these communication connections are often students' only means of connecting with each other and sharing ideas in an open forum. While traditional face-to-face…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Blended Learning
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McFarlane, Donovan A. – Journal of Educators Online, 2011
This paper examines online versus face-to-face organizational structure and pedagogy in terms of education and the teaching and learning process. The author distinguishes several important terms related to distance/online/e-learning, virtual learning and brick-and-mortar learning interactions and concepts such as asynchronous and synchronous…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods, Class Size, Synchronous Communication
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Chyung, Seung Youn – Journal of Educators Online, 2007
In a face-to-face classroom, the instructor can easily diagnose students' motivational status by observing their facial expressions and postures, but such cues are absent in an online classroom. Therefore, online instructors often estimate students' motivational level based on their online behavior such as the number of messages they post, and…
Descriptors: Cues, Learning Strategies, Adult Learning, Adult Students