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Direct linkAllan Jeong; Ming Ming Chiu – Distance Education, 2025
Computer-supported collaborative argumentation is an online activity that can engage students in deep discussion and analysis of complex problems. Given the potentially confrontational nature of argumentation, using polite language becomes a strategic approach to prevent breakdowns in group communication and nurture productive dialogues. This…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Debate
Download full textKucukgencay, Naci; Peker, Bilge – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2023
Turkey experiences distance education at the master's and doctorate degrees for the first time. This study aims to reveal the essence of the distance education experiences of mathematics teachers who continue their postgraduate education with distance education due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was carried out using the phenomenological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Mathematics Education, Distance Education
Allan Jeong; Ming Ming Chiu – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2024
Computer-supported collaborative argumentation is an online activity that can engage students in deep discussion and analysis of complex problems. Given the potentially confrontational nature of argumentation, using polite language becomes a strategic approach to prevent breakdowns in group communication and nurture productive dialogues. This…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Debate
Littlefield, Melissa B.; Rubinstein, Karen; Laveist, Cynthia Brown – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2019
There has been a rapid increase in the number of online MSW programs in the past decade without a commensurate body of literature on their administration. This article acquaints MSW program faculty and administrators with quality assurance rubrics, which are research-informed tools intended for use by distance education providers to develop,…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Distance Education, Quality Assurance, Scoring Rubrics
Yildizhan, Yilmaz; Güçlü, Nezahat – Educational Administration: Theory & Practice, 2019
The purpose of this study is to assess the distance education master's non-thesis programs in the field of educational administration based on the opinions of instructors. Research data were collected using semi-structured "Instructor Interview Form," with 16 academics. Data were analyzed through content analysis. The results of the…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Educational Administration, Distance Education, College Faculty
Jordan, LuAnn; Spooner, Fred; Anderson, Kelly; Dillon, Ann S. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2019
For more than 20 years, distance education has provided an option for prospective special education teachers to achieve licensure and a graduate degree. The program began as a two-way interactive television endeavor located at area community college sites. Over time, the program evolved to include online coursework with synchronous class meetings.…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Students with Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Certification
Pétursdóttir, Anna-Lind – Psychology in the Schools, 2017
In this study, 188 master-level students received training through a distance education course to conduct functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) and behavior support plans with 68 boys and six girls (aged 3-20 years) displaying persistent behavior problems in inclusive preschools, elementary, and secondary schools. In the course, master-level…
Descriptors: Student Problems, Distance Education, Behavior Problems, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Savard, Isabelle – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2015
This case describes the strategies implemented in the development of an online Master's degree program in Health Professions Education (HPE) and an online short, Master's level diploma program. The strategies presented pertain to three of the main challenges identified: program cohesiveness, a multidisciplinary approach, and information technology…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Masters Programs, Online Courses, Interdisciplinary Approach
Brooks, Sally; Roberts, Ellen – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
This paper examines how the process of engaging simultaneously in study and work--through online distance-based study--affects students' capacity to apply their learning in and for the workplace. The paper takes as its starting point the importance of extending notions of "educational effectiveness" beyond course-based attainment to…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Workplace Learning
Dorothy, J. S.; Kumar, Ashwini – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) which was established initially as a Single mode Distance Teaching Institution (DTI) in the year 1985 opened its campus to face-to-face education in the year 2008 and thus now is a Dual mode Distance Teaching Institution (DTI). The Post Graduate Programme (Master of Science) in Dietetics and Food…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dietetics, Food Service, Distance Education
Cowan, John E.; Menchaca, Michael P. – Distance Education, 2014
This study reports an analysis of 10?years in the life of the Internet-based Master in Educational Technology program (iMET) at Sacramento State University. iMET is a hybrid educational technology master's program delivered 20% face to face and 80% online. The program has achieved a high degree of success, with a course completion rate of 93% and…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Educational Technology, Masters Programs, Blended Learning
Rockinson-Szapkiw, Amanda J.; Wendt, Jillian; Wighting, Mervyn; Nisbet, Deanna – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The Community of Inquiry framework has been widely supported by research to provide a model of online learning that informs the design and implementation of distance learning courses. However, the relationship between elements of the CoI framework and perceived learning warrants further examination as a predictive model for online graduate student…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, Grades (Scholastic), Synchronous Communication
Adams, Alyson; Ross, Dorene D. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2014
In this article we describe a graduate program for practicing teachers at the University of Florida. Offered in a blended format (mostly online but supported by a local faculty member), the program embeds graduate work within school reform efforts in hard to staff schools in partner school districts up to 350 miles away from campus in order to…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Graduate Study, Blended Learning, Educational Change
Croxton, Rebecca A. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2015
This study explores how factors relating to fully online Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) students' connectedness with peers and faculty may impact their professional identity development as library and information studies professionals. Participants include students enrolled in a fully online MLIS degree program in the…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Individual Development, Mixed Methods Research, Electronic Learning
Singleton, Jacques; Bowser, Audrey; Hux, Annette; Neal, Gwendolyn – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2013
As with most states, Arkansas is experiencing substantial growth in the delivery of academic programs and courses by distance learning provided by institutions of higher education. At Arkansas State University faculty have adhered to the need of students and developed a completely online certification and master's program in Educational…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Colleges, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
