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Download full textCraig E. Shepherd; Doris U. Bolliger; Courtney McKim – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
This study focused on the development and validation of the Sense of Online Community Scale (SOCS), which includes 28 Likert-type scale items across six subscales: (1) program community; (2) program academic activities; (3) program social activities; (4) institutional academic activities; (5) institutional social activities; and (6) affiliation.…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Computer Mediated Communication, Measures (Individuals), Electronic Learning
Rudhumbu, Norman – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
Technology-mediated distance education (TDE) has become part of the new normal in the range of teaching strategies used in universities in Zimbabwe. Contemporary literature abounds with studies that highlight challenges associated with access to education in universities, yet very little is highlighted about how TDE can be used to enhance access…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Intention, Persistence
Sohyeon Bae; Kyle L. Chong – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2024
In this qualitative study, we analyzed the processes of a collaborative online international learning (COIL) collaboration between two higher education institutions in Japan and the United States from the perspective of the technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPACK) framework. The research question this study aimed to address was:…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Cooperative Learning
Yang, Hongwei; Su, Jian – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
The study revisited the community of inquiry (CoI) instrument for construct revalidation. To that end, the study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine four competing models (unidimensional, correlated-factor, second-order factor, and bifactor models) on model fit statistics computed using parameter estimates from a statistical…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Communities of Practice, Factor Analysis, Correlation
Santoveña-Casal, Sonia – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
The main objective of this study was to analyse the influence of social media participation on academic performance. The sample consisted of 1960 students taking one of two courses at undergraduate or postgraduate level, respectively (Faculty of Education, National Distance Education University, Spain), of whom 411 students carried out an activity…
Descriptors: Social Media, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Li, Fengliang – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
The returns of traditional face-to-face education are widely analyzed, but there is a need for empirical studies on the returns of distance education. Further, comparative studies on returns of both traditional and distance education using high-quality data are rare. Since 1999, continuous and rapid expansions have occurred in the whole Higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Higher Education, Educational Quality
Williams, Peter E.; Wall, Natalie; Fish, Wade W. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
Adult professionals enroll in online graduate programs and rely on social support and on their ability to self-regulate to be successful. The literature on academic self-regulation among emerging adults (traditional college age) is ample, but we do not know how social support interacts with academic self-regulation among adult graduate students at…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Social Support Groups, Doctoral Programs, Online Courses
Zimmerman, Tekeisha; Nimon, Kim – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
The Online Student Connectedness Survey (OSCS) was introduced to the academic community in 2012 as an instrument designed to measure feelings of connectedness between students participating in online degree and certification programs. The purpose of this study was to examine data from the instrument for initial evidence of validity and reliability…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, Student Surveys, Attitude Measures, Likert Scales
