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Innab, Adnan; Albloushi, Monirah; Alruwaili, Mohammed; Alqahtani, Naji; Alenazi, Latifah; Alkathiri, Alwah – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sudden shift to distance learning. For many nursing students, distance learning is a new experience and an essential requirement if they hope to complete their programs. Two challenges that nursing students could face during e-learning are the lack of social presence and low satisfaction. This study aimed to…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Sense of Community
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Al-Rahmi, Waleed Mugahed; Othman, Mohd Shahizan; Yusuf, Lizawati Mi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
Social media is widely considered to improve collaborative learning among students and researchers. However, there is a surprising lack of empirical research in Malaysian higher education to improve performance of students and researchers through the effective use of social media that facilitates desirable outcomes. Thus, this study offers a…
Descriptors: Social Media, Higher Education, Cooperative Learning, Literature Reviews
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Cavanaugh, Cathy; Hargis, Jace; Mayberry, John – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
This paper describes a study of success factors in the introductory semester of liberal studies blended courses offered at the bachelor of science level. The influence of student participation in the online course environment was examined, as measured by the number of times students logged into the learning management system (LMS) and average…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Blended Learning, Academic Achievement, Student Participation
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Madland, Colin; Richards, Griff – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The study buddy is a learning strategy employed in a graduate distance course to promote informal peer reviewing of assignments before submission. This strategy promotes student-student interaction and helps break the social isolation of distance learning. Given the concern by Arum and Roksa (2011) that student-student interaction may be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Study Habits, Cooperative Learning