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Stoebe, Amy – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2020
While there is a lack consensus as to whether orientations for online students should be completed on campus or online, research suggests that having an in-depth orientation and onboarding process increases the academic preparedness of online students and, consequently, improves retention. This action research study attempted to evaluate the…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Program Effectiveness, Orientation, Virtual Classrooms
Lin, Hong; Dyer, Kim; Guo, Yu – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2012
Using Fuller's concerns-based model for teacher development, this study identifies concerns and strategies experienced by 103 online instructors in a six-week online professional development course offered multiple times over a three-year period. The study reveals that online instructors identified concerns related to self, task, and impact. In…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Journal Writing
Downs, Guy H.; McAllen, Dorothy K. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2014
Universities have witnessed the consistent growth of increased college-level distance education programs with 32 percent of all students having taken at least one online course (Allen & Seaman, 2013). Key to this continued growth, however, is understanding the factors that contribute to the greatest growth and success in these programs.…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Military Service, Performance Based Assessment
Eskey, Michael T.; Schulte, Marthann – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2012
The past decade has witnessed an explosion in online learning opportunities for post-secondary students throughout the United States. The university has developed a Faculty Online Observation (FOO) model to allow for an annual observation of online adjunct faculty with a focus on five major areas of facilitation. To test the effectiveness and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Observation, Student Surveys, Teacher Surveys
Velez, Angela M. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2009
Online learning is in its infancy compared to other types of learning in the history of academe. Because of its limited history, there is much to be discovered about the ontological, axiological, and epistemological aspects of this technology-driven learning environment. While literature is saturated with online student experiences, and the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Collegiality, College Faculty
Mosier, Brian; Lynn, Susan – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2012
The incredible growth rates and increased enrollments in virtual physical education (VPE), otherwise known as K-12 online physical education, continue to rise. VPE has the potential to service K-12 student learning in independent and self-paced curriculum. However, VPE brings a healthy skepticism among the profession. To this point, it is…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Interviews, Content Analysis, Case Studies
Watson, George; Sottile, James – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2010
With the assistance of the Internet and related technologies, students today have many more ways to be academically dishonest than students a generation ago. With more and more Internet based course offerings, the concern is whether cheating will increase as students work and take tests away from the eyes of instructors. While the research on…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Conventional Instruction, Cheating
Black, Erik; DiPietro, Meredith; Ferdig, Richard; Polling, Nathanial – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2009
Limited data exists related to teaching and learning in K-12 virtual schools. This paper builds upon a recent study related to successful practices of K-12 online instructors. The paper describes the utilization of a survey built upon qualitatively derived best practices of K-12 online instructors and provides the opportunity to relate these…
Descriptors: Mentors, Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses, Professional Development
Heyman, Errin – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2010
Pressure exists to attract and retain students in higher education. Online educational programs have the potential to increase the number of students who can enroll in degree-bearing institutions. Explored in the qualitative study using a modified three-round Delphi technique was the phenomenon of consistently lower student retention rates in…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Reaction Time, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power
Huett, Kim C.; Huett, Jason B.; Ringlaben, Ravic – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2011
Using an explanatory mixed methods design, this study uses the National Standards of Quality for Online Courses to measure the extent to which teachers in a blended middle school and a fully online supplemental high school are designing quality online learning environments for students. As a part of fully online graduate coursework, graduate…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, National Standards, Online Courses, School Districts
Furey, Doug; Stevens, Ken – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2008
The introduction of web-based education in Canadian schools, as in other developed countries, has been particularly noticeable in rural areas. Small schools in rural communities have continued to get smaller as families relocate in urban areas in search of increased educational and vocational opportunities. There are a number of issues common to…
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, Leadership Role, Rural Schools, Online Courses
Puzziferro, Maria; Shelton, Kaye – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2009
Since 2005, the landscape of online teaching and learning has changed as well as the landscape of the academy, and continues to transform before our eyes. These changes are not only a product of technological innovation, but also a result of new and reconceptualized "values" of higher education, and so we must reexamine what changes to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Values, Quality Control, Competition
Roblyer, M. D.; Davis, Lloyd – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2008
Virtual schooling has the potential to offer K-12 students increased access to educational opportunities not available locally, but comparatively high dropout rates continue to be a problem, especially for the underserved students most in need of these opportunities. Creating and using prediction models to identify at-risk virtual learners, long a…
Descriptors: Prediction, Predictor Variables, Success, Virtual Classrooms
Al-Fadhli, Salah – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2009
The recent revolution in information technology (IT) has significantly challenged society's perception and thinking about the world in which we live. Because of its many advantages, distance learning has been identified by educators, scholars, academicians, and researchers as one of the most effective ways to improve the quality of learning. This…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Open Universities, Distance Education, Self Efficacy
Mandernach, B. Jean; Donnelli, Emily; Dailey, Amber; Schulte, Marthann – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2005
The rapid growth of online learning has mandated the development of faculty evaluation models geared specifically toward the unique demands of the online classroom. With a foundation in the best practices of online learning, adapted to meet the dynamics of a growing online program, the Online Instructor Evaluation System created at Park University…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Mentors