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Bai, Hua – International Journal on E-Learning, 2022
This paper reports a study of students' use of Desire2Learn (D2L), a learning management system in hybrid classes that had more asynchronous online learning than face-to-face meetings. The participants in the study accessed D2L using a computer browser, mobile browser and the mobile learning management system (m-LMS) app, Brightspace Pulse. The…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Blended Learning, Handheld Devices, Asynchronous Communication
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Smidt, Esther; Cheong, Cecilia Yin Mei; Kochem, Timothy – International Journal on E-Learning, 2020
In this Internet age, learners need to know how to efficiently use the massive amount of information available at their fingertips and disseminated online by their teachers. In relation to this, teachers and learners need to embrace online technology to make learning more engaging and interesting so that effective learning takes place. Malaysian…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Li, Kuiyuan; Stone, Erin; Seals, Samantha R. – International Journal on E-Learning, 2022
Due to COVID-19, all courses at a regional comprehensive university in the southeastern United States transitioned online and were delivered remotely in the latter half of the spring semester of 2020. In this study, students' performance data from four graduate programs in social sciences and two graduate mathematics programs for the spring…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning, Masters Programs
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Vicenti, Giovanni; Hilberg, J. Scott; Braman, James – International Journal on E-Learning, 2017
The concept of flipping the classroom is slowly gaining tractions at all levels of education. An ever-growing set of resources gives unprecedented access to Information Technology (IT), Computer Science (CS), and Information Systems (IS) students to a significant amount of supplemental material. Videos, interactive demonstrations, and sandboxes…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Student Attitudes, Preferences, Information Technology
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Rosenthal, David; Weitz, Rob – International Journal on E-Learning, 2012
This research reports the results of a survey administered to 25 of the 30 institutions that participated in the National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) large-course redesign project that took place between 1999 and 2003. According to NCAT, the benefits of these course redesign efforts included an average reduction in costs of about 40%…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Curriculum Design, Costs, Surveys
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Gould, Kathleen; Sadera, William – International Journal on E-Learning, 2015
The intent of problem-based learning (PBL) is to increase student motivation to learn, to promote critical thinking and to teach students to learn with complexity. PBL encourages students to understand that there are no straightforward answers and that problem solutions depend on context. This paper discusses the experience of undergraduate health…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, Critical Thinking
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Cavanaugh, Cathy; Mayberry, John; Hargis, Jace – International Journal on E-Learning, 2016
This paper describes an observational study of the introduction of Sakai's Learning Management System (LMS) into several liberal arts courses at a women's college in the Middle East. Student participation in the CLE was tracked over the course of the semester and summarized by their number of logins and average session length. These measures were…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Blended Learning, Academic Achievement, Student Participation
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Cohen, Anat; Nachmias, Rafi – International Journal on E-Learning, 2012
This paper describes implementation of a quantitative cost effectiveness analyzer for Web-supported academic instruction that was developed in our University. The paper presents the cost effectiveness analysis of one academic exemplary course in Life Science department and its introducing to the course lecturer for evaluation. The benefits and…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Science Departments, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
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Tang, Michael; David, Hyerle; Byrne, Roxanne; Tran, John – International Journal on E-Learning, 2012
This paper is a mathematical (Boolean) analysis a set of cognitive maps called Thinking Maps[R], based on Albert Upton's semantic principles developed in his seminal works, Design for Thinking (1961) and Creative Analysis (1961). Albert Upton can be seen as a brilliant thinker who was before his time or after his time depending on the future of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Computer Science, Semiotics, Mathematical Concepts
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Alvich, Dori; Manning, JoAnn; McCormick, Kathy; Campbell, Robert – International Journal on E-Learning, 2012
This paper reflects on how one mid-Atlantic University innovatively incorporated technology into the development of a hybrid doctoral program in educational leadership. The paper describes a hybrid doctoral degree program using a rigorous design; challenges of reworking a traditional syllabus of record to a hybrid doctoral program; the perceptions…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Educational Practices, Educational Innovation, Doctoral Programs
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Griffin, Timothy; Rankine, Lynnae – International Journal on E-Learning, 2010
Learning Management Systems (LMS) can be used to deliver learning designs that meet students' learning needs. There is a raft of teaching and learning tools that can be enabled in LMS to engage and support learners. The design and ongoing management of these environments rest largely on the knowledge and skills of academic staff. While increasing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Case Studies
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Abas, Zoraini Wati – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
Many higher education institutions have embarked on e-learning as a means to support their learning and teaching activities. In distance learning institutions, e-learning has enabled them to reach out to students dispersed over a wide geographical area, locally and internationally. In some countries, e-learning has also given students the…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations
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Dela Pena-Bandalaria, Melinda M. – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
In the Philippines, the term "e-learning" is used synonymously with online learning and concerns the online delivery of instructional content as well as associated support services to students. This article is primarily based on experiences at the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU). It showcases the development of…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Online Courses, Educational Quality