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Shang, Hui-Fang – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2017
In the English as a foreign language (EFL) writing context, most of the research studies on the feedback process are conducted in a face-to-face context and few research studies have been conducted to investigate what actually happens in online feedback conditions. Thus, this study aimed to compare 44 EFL university students' experience of…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Synchronous Communication, Feedback (Response), Student Experience
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Barbour, Michael; Davis, Niki; Wenmoth, Derek – International Journal on E-Learning, 2016
This paper describes the organisational development of virtual learning in networked rural schools in New Zealand, specifically the obstacles that e-learning clusters of rural schools face in their journey to sustainability and maturity through the lens of the Ministry's Learning Communities Online Handbook. Analysis of a nationwide purposeful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Distance Education, Rural Schools
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Rivers, Bethany Alden; Richardson, John T. E.; Price, Linda – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Increasingly, universities are embedding reflective activities into the curriculum. With the growth in online tertiary education, how effectively is reflection being promoted or used in online learning spaces? Based on the notion that teachers' beliefs will influence their approaches to teaching, this research sought to understand how a group of…
Descriptors: Reflection, Asynchronous Communication, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Simpson, Shelah Y. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In this multiple-case study, the author investigated fully online students' perceptions of and experiences with asynchronous and synchronous writing support options of an institutional writing center and a commercial tutoring service. This dissertation used a multiple-case study design (Merriam, 1998, 2009; Yin, 2009) to ascertain which features…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Electronic Learning, Writing (Composition), Laboratories
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Zoumenou, Virginie; Sigman-Grant, Madeleine; Coleman, Gayle; Malekian, Fatemeh; Zee, Julia M. K.; Fountain, Brent J.; Marsh, Akela – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2015
A webinar or web-seminar is a presentation, seminar, lecture, or workshop transmitted over the internet. This emerging technology is becoming increasingly popular due to its convenience and affordability. However, little research has been conducted on best practices for an interactive webinar that engages learners in a professional development or…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Literature Reviews
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Jung-Ivannikova, Liubov – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
Computer-mediated communication (CMC) has been argued to cause (mis)communication issues. Research and practice suggest a range of tactics and strategies for educators focused on how to encourage and foster communication in a virtual learning environment (VLE) (eg, Salmon). However, while frameworks such as Salmon's support the effective…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Communication Problems, Computer Mediated Communication, Communication Strategies
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Zhang, Li; Beach, Richard; Sheng, Yue – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
As computers and the Internet are increasingly employed in language teaching and learning, preparing teachers for the impending reality of online teaching is of paramount importance. This study investigated 10 in-service teachers participating in an online role-play as part of a digital education methods course to acquire an understanding of the…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Case Studies, Persuasive Discourse, Mixed Methods Research
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Wilcox, Gabrielle; Lock, Jennifer – International Journal on E-Learning, 2017
The purpose of the study was to investigate practicum students' perceptions of their experience with an online practicum course in an Applied School Psychology graduate program. With the use of synchronous and asynchronous communication technology, the instructor and students met in the online environment to engage in discussion with regard to…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Online Courses
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Marmon, Michael; Vanscoder, Jared; Gordesky, Josh – Current Issues in Education, 2014
Online courses provide students the opportunity and flexibility to attend college courses on their own schedule and within the comforts of their own home. While most enjoy the flexibility offered by this type of course delivery method and the quality between distance (online) and face-to-face courses being relatively equal, the question has been…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Ross, Carrie R.; Maninger, Robert M.; LaPrairie, Kimberly N.; Sullivan, Sam – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2015
This study sought to examine how educators are using Twitter to increase their professional learning opportunities beyond the boundaries of traditional professional development offers, and whether educators feel a greater sense of fulfillment receiving professional development through networking and community learning than they do through…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites
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Barnett, Karis K. – Journal of Online Learning Research, 2016
Studies addressing at-risk students' perceptions of valuable caring relationships within their unique online environment are rare. While the phrase at-risk has a variety of meanings, this study examined the term pertaining to students who were labeled due to endangerment of not graduating from high school based on their life circumstances. Through…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Online Courses, Repetition, Required Courses
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Koutsoupidou, Theano – Open Learning, 2014
This study examines online distance learning (ODL) as applied in music and music education programmes at different educational levels with a special focus on the digital tools employed in such programmes. It aims to provide an up-to-date snapshot of the current online courses focusing on the potential benefits and drawbacks of ODL from the…
Descriptors: Music Education, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Distance Education
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Chiasson, Kari; Terras, Katherine; Smart, Kathy – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2015
This qualitative study explores the experiences of 10 faculty members who developed and taught an online course that they had previously taught in a face-to-face classroom. The categories from the data analysis included planning, implementation, and reflection. Within the categories, eight themes emerged from the data. The themes addressed…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Educational Change, Teacher Attitudes
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Dzubinski, Leanne M. – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2014
The pace of globalization coupled with growing institutional pursuit of online education means that online classes are increasingly composed of a multi-national, multi-ethnic, and multi-cultural student body. Teaching presence, which is the ability to structure the class, create the social environment, give instruction, and assess student work, is…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Asynchronous Communication, Online Courses, Social Environment
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Barbour, Michael K.; McLaren, Angelene; Zhang, Lin – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
K-12 online learning is growing in Canada and elsewhere in the world. However, the vast majority of literature is focused on practitioners and not on systematic inquiry. Even the limited published research has largely excluded the perspectives of students engaged in virtual schooling. This study examines secondary student perceptions of components…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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