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Halawa, Ahmed; Sharma, Ajay; Bridson, Julie M.; Lyon, Sarah; Prescott, Denise; Guha, Arpan; Taylor, David – World Journal of Education, 2017
Background: Good performance in a summative assessment does not always equate to educational gain following a course. An educational programme may focus on improving student's performance on a particular test instrument. For example, practicing multiple choice questions may lead to mastery of the instrument itself rather than testing the knowledge…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Evaluation, Masters Programs, Electronic Learning
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Backenroth, Ofra Arieli; Katz, Meredith Lynn – Religious Education, 2017
Online programs are becoming more ubiquitous in higher education; however, there has been a lack of research on the merit of this style of educating. Using the concept of constructivism as a framework, the idea that individuals construct their own understanding of world experiences, the authors generated a case study to explore the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Distance Education, Guidelines, Case Studies
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Rao, Kavita; Giuli, Charles – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
Access to higher education in the U.S-affiliated Pacific Islands is limited. The island nations and territories in this Pacific region are geographically dispersed and separated by thousands of miles of ocean. Although local and regional colleges offer undergraduate degrees (associate's and bachelor's levels), islanders who seek graduate-level…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Distance Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
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Zhang, Zuochen; Kenny, Richard F. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
This case study explores the learning experiences of three international students who were enrolled in an online master's program offered by a large university in Canada. The aim of the study was to understand the international students' experiences with, and perspectives on, the online learning environment. Findings indicate that previous…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Cues, Distance Education
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Engstrom, Mary E.; Santo, Susan A.; Yost, Rosanne M. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2008
This study sought to understand how an online cohort in a master's program, comprised of teachers from the same school district, constructed knowledge about instructional theories and practices. Participants in this descriptive study included 10 teachers from the same rural school district. Data collection consisted of a focus group and written…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Questionnaires, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers
Carrell, Michael R.; Carlson, Rosemary – 1998
This paper presents background on distance learning programs at Morehead State University (Kentucky), focusing on the development of the MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. Distance learning faculty training that included use of the technology, pedagogy alternatives, and the basic "Do's and Don'ts" of distance learning is…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Business Administration Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Evaluation