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Direct linkLin, Xi; Sun, Qi – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
This qualitative study examines how a student-generated meme activity influences adult learners' interaction in online class discussions. A multiple-case design is applied to understand how this class discussion activity facilitates online threaded interactions. This study recruited 28 adult learners from a two-section graduate-level asynchronous…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Online Courses
Download full textBright, Amanda C. – Online Learning, 2020
The creation of an effective learning environment is always a challenge, but when the environment is online and the learners are a diverse group of adults in a specialized content area, the challenges become more complex. This best practices study used the intersection of the importance of the learner, Knowles's andragogy concepts, and the Dick…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Journalism Education, Needs Assessment, Asynchronous Communication
Xi Lin; Qi Sun – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2024
This quantitative study investigates the impact of four types of discussion activities on adult learners' asynchronous online interactions. Specifically, this study aims to understand how different discussion activities incorporated into online discussion boards motivate adult learners' online participation. The four discussion activities are…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Online Courses, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Asynchronous Communication
Koskinen, Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Face-to-face, hybrid, blended, and online learning have all provided adult students flexibility in how they participate. However, these courses are constructed in a manner where the instructor dictates the mode of instruction. Student choice and flexibility are important for adult students. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Adult Students, Graduate Students, Blended Learning
Trekles, Anastasia M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
An increasing number of university programs, particularly at the graduate level, are moving to an accelerated, time-compressed model for online degree offerings. However, the literature revealed that research in distance education effectiveness is still confounded by many variables, including course design and student approach to learning.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Transformative Learning, Critical Thinking, Acceleration (Education)
Chyung, Seung Youn – Journal of Educators Online, 2007
In a face-to-face classroom, the instructor can easily diagnose students' motivational status by observing their facial expressions and postures, but such cues are absent in an online classroom. Therefore, online instructors often estimate students' motivational level based on their online behavior such as the number of messages they post, and…
Descriptors: Cues, Learning Strategies, Adult Learning, Adult Students
