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Roepnack, Beth René – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2020
As online learning grows, we have an exciting opportunity and responsibility to create online discussion structures that promote engaging, generative, and discursive conversations that increase critical thinking and reflection. Organic-style discussions that are similar to classroom conversations increase critical thinking skills and offer a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Online Courses, Asynchronous Communication
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Puzziferro, Maria; McGee, Elisabeth – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented shift in how health science education is delivered (Sandars et al., 2020). With face-to-face learning, such as lab and classroom interactions, largely unavailable during the pandemic, institutions have been required to quickly shift the learning environment to a fully virtual format. While…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Health Sciences, Laboratories
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Tobin, Thomas J. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2015
Administrators at many colleges and universities have had online courses at their institutions for many years, now. One of the hidden challenges about online courses is that they tend to be observed and evaluated far less frequently than their face-to-face course counterparts. This is party due to the fact that many of us administrators today…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Online Courses, Evaluation Methods
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Corlett, Bradly – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2014
Several recent issues and trends in online education have resulted in consolidation of efforts for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), increased Open Educational Resources (OER) in the form of asynchronous course repositories, with noticeable increases in governance and policy amplification. These emerging enrollment trends in alternative online…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Source Technology, Asynchronous Communication, Transfer Students
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Bates, Rodger A. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2012
Distance education strategies for remotely deployed, highly mobile, or institutionalized populations are reviewed and critiqued. Specifically, asynchronous, offline responses for special military units, Native Americans on remote reservations, prison populations and other geographically, temporally or technologically isolated niche populations are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction, Distance Education, Correctional Institutions
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Deubel, Patricia – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2003
Authorship, implementation, and consumer perspectives should be considered when judging the quality of an online course. This article supports that position with reflections of an adjunct professor, who implemented a doctoral level course, Instruction Delivery Systems, during 2001 at Nova Southeastern University that had been authored by another…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Quality, Student Attitudes, Doctoral Programs
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Stick, Sheldon L.; Ivankova, Nataliya V. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2004
The manuscript explains the rationale, development, and success of a computer-mediated asynchronous learning (CMAL) program of graduate studies in Educational Leadership and Higher Education offered through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln . It details the evolution of the concept focusing on an integrated sequence of high-quality learning to:…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Educational Administration