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Alhamadi, Asma Abdulmana – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative multiple participant case study was to identify the influence of social media on Saudi graduate students who are active social media users. Social media have been influencing Saudi students differently than those in other socio-cultural contexts due to the uniqueness of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in terms of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Social Media
Edmonds, Leonard – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study was designed to introduce specific activities/lessons to students in an online university gender and communication course. It was also designed to determine how participants made meaning of and felt about learning about intersectionality of gender and cultural identities, using arts-based data collection. Previous research on the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Communications, Gender Issues, Cultural Influences
Hristova, Adelina – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This participatory and grounded theory ethnography focuses on mobile learning practices of a group of adult Romani women and their families. Framed through the lens of cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) and technofeminism, these practices challenge existing integration programs with their binary approach as insufficient to analyze informal…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology
Covert, Michelle L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This phenomenological study is about the lived experiences of rural mothers who are pursuing their educational goals via online learning. How and why they negotiate the often conflicting roles of mother and of student in the ways that they do is the primary focus of this research. Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) is used to further…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Rural Areas