This three-article dissertation aims to examine self-regulated learning (SRL) in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) through the conduct of a systematic literature review and two empirical studies. The first article is a systematic literature review study that investigates the current status of studies on SRL in MOOCs, SRL strategies employed by…

This quantitative, non-experimental study was conducted to examine if there was a relationship between four aspects of the professional learning environment and tenured and non-tenured teachers' self-regulated learning in the workplace. The four aspects of the professional learning environment include: opportunities for professional development,…

This study sought to determine whether frequent goal setting could increase the use of self-regulated learning strategies in at-risk college students. The students' locus of control, task value for their course, and self-efficacy were also examined in an effort to determine whether frequent goal setting would have an impact on those variables. The…

This is an educational ethnography of collective informal learning and education in social movements based on five years of participant observation among Boston's New Majority from 2003-2009. The New Majority is a "movement of movements" and an organization of People of Color in Boston that seek to address an egregious obstacle to…

Civic competence is critical to the successful functioning of pluralistic democracies. Developing the knowledge, skills, and motivations for effective democratic participation is a national and global imperative that many higher education institutions have embraced through the teaching strategies of community-based learning and service-learning.…