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Cain, William Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The following study was framed around a simple question: when a group of people is engaged in video conferencing, "what sort of things can they do to improve their group dynamics?" This is an important question for current and future educational practice because web-based video conferencing has increasingly become an important tool for…
Descriptors: Intervention, Group Dynamics, Videoconferencing, Educational Environment
Clark, Julie Marlene – ProQuest LLC, 2019
As technology changes in our everyday lives, so does education to parallel those changes in technology. Nationally, distance education is rapidly changing, and community colleges are chasing after students digitally to add them to their enrollment numbers. Federal regulations require distance education courses to include regular and substantive…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Distance Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction
Obodai, Jennifer Lynne – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The problem presented by this study was reduced synchronous instruction in online learning environments often causes students to disengage by not participating in coursework or completing assignments. Additionally, a reduced amount of synchronous instruction opportunities yielded a reduction in coursework progress, decreased interaction, and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Web Based Instruction, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
Vyas, Anita – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Background: New emerging online technologies have made dynamic changes in the structure of the online environment possible to address varying needs of diverse learners. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the changes that occurred in online instructional design and strategies in mathematics education courses taught over a course of…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Change, Online Courses, College Mathematics
Jones, Jenny Bailey – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Professional development is a lifelong learning process and technology has provided and will continue to provide new and different delivery methods. Regardless of the delivery method, the intention of professional development is to increase teacher knowledge, which in turn, increases student achievement. At a southeastern community college,…
Descriptors: Internet, Conferences (Gatherings), Web Based Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Wilson, Aaron James – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Since being introduced into classrooms in the late 1990s, online instruction has grown substantially both in student enrollment and the number of programs offered at state, district, and multi-district levels. Although having been applied liberally to all core subjects and many supplemental subjects, online instruction has yet to be utilized…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Instruments, Web Based Instruction, Feasibility Studies
Rich, Rachel L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Through the evolution and proliferation of the Internet, distance and online education have become more prevalent in modern society. Synchronous web-based professional development continues to gain popularity. Although online education has grown in popularity and breadth, there has been a lack of research about the impact of synchronous web-based…
Descriptors: Internet, Professional Development, Computer Uses in Education, Web Based Instruction
Al-Jabri, Abdullah – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Technology has become an essential component of the teaching-learning process, and online learning, in particular, has captivated the interest of many educational institutions throughout the world. Web-based learning has provided both students and teachers with new and unique ways of communicating with each other. As a result, many studies have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Undergraduate Students
Stanford, Roger John – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Web-conferencing software was chosen for course delivery to provide flexible options for students at a two-year technical college. Students used technology to access a live, synchronous microeconomics course over the internet instead of a traditional face-to-face lecture. This investigation studied the impact of implementing web-conferencing…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Technical Institutes
Steinman, Debbie Cinque – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In this case study, the researcher observed the social interactions within a Web 2.0 learning environment to examine the nature of the learner social presence. Social presence is essential to facilitate group cooperation and plays a central role in establishing learners' sense of belonging and social cohesion to the group. Social presence is…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Constructivism (Learning), Web Sites, Electronic Publishing