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Brennan, Amelia; Sharma, Akshay; Munguia, Pablo – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2019
A common use of technology in higher education is the provision of online course materials, invoking an investigation of the ways in which students engage with online course content, and how their participation changes over time. This is particularly necessary in the context of high absenteeism from lectures, where online access may be the only…
Descriptors: Attendance, Lecture Method, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2014
Postsecondary enrollment in distance education courses, particularly those offered online, has rapidly increased in recent years (Allen and Seaman 2013). Traditionally, distance education offerings and enrollment levels have varied across different types of institutions. For example, researchers have found that undergraduate enrollment in at least…
Descriptors: College Students, Distance Education, Enrollment Trends, Enrollment Rate
Evans, Brent J.; Baker, Rachel B.; Dee, Thomas – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2015
Using a unique dataset of 44 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), this paper examines critical patterns of enrollment, engagement, persistence, and completion among students in online higher education. By leveraging fixed-effects specifications based on over 2.1 million student observations across more than 2,900 lectures, we analyze engagement,…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Allen, I. Elaine; Seaman, Jeff – Babson Survey Research Group, 2016
This is the thirteenth annual report on the state of online learning in U.S. higher education. The survey is designed, administered and analyzed by the Babson Survey Research Group in partnership with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), Pearson, WCET, StudyPortals, and Tyton Partners, with additional data from the National Center for Education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education