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Coaching for Professional Development for Online Higher Education Faculty: An Explanatory Case Study
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Direct linkBedford, Laurie; DiTommaso Downs, Lyda; McDowell, Melissa – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2021
Coaching is increasingly being used in higher education as a mechanism to meet the individualized professional development needs of faculty. Faculty coaching has been associated with positive organizational and pedagogical outcomes. However, missing from the research is insight into why faculty choose to participate in coaching and how the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Coaching (Performance), Individualized Instruction
Johnston, Jason Paul – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2020
Distance education across all levels of education is growing at a rapid rate. As institutions and governments attempt to guide distance education, working definitions and their meanings conflict. Perhaps this is in part because administrators and practitioners are working from definitions that are decades-old. This paper suggests new definitions…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Definitions, Educational Change, Educational History
Ferguson, Karen; Aitken, Renee – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2019
Traditionally, online learning has been limited to written lectures, readings, discussions, and assignments with an occasional video presentation or simulation included due to the limitations of technology (Kirkwood & Price, 2013). While this form of learning has served the online environment well, the process does not address individual…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Individual Needs, Electronic Learning, Retention (Psychology)
Shaw, Cassandra S.; Irwin, Kathleen C. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between forum quality and student engagement. It was hypothesized when the forum prompt was of expected quality it would be a driver of student engagement and examined the length of the forum prompt in relation to student engagement. The methodology adopted for this study was…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Electronic Learning, Regression (Statistics), Virtual Universities
Boston, Wallace; Ice, Phil; Burgess, Melissa – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2012
In their initial study, authors Boston, Ice, and Gibson (2011) explored the relationship between student demographics and interactions, and retention at a large online university. Participants in the preliminary study (n = 20,569) included degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed at least one course at the American Public University…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, School Holding Power, Private Colleges, Nontraditional Students
Bailey, Jeffrey S.; Flegle, Larry V. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2012
Researchers have theorized that online degrees are less valuable in the perception of hiring managers. Identifying the factors which influence the hiring managers' perceptions and if obtaining a degree from a for-profit institution influences that perception is critical in designing programs and courses. The purpose of this study was to identify…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Personnel Selection, Business Administration Education, Graduate Study
