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Tasha D. Jackson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The College of Technology at Wilmington University launched the Virtual Instructor Pilot Program (VIPP) in Fall 2022 to address the shortage of qualified adjunct instructors for on-campus courses following the COVID-19 pandemic. This study assessed the VIPP's effectiveness by analyzing student academic performance in on-campus courses with remote…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Program Effectiveness, Distance Education, On Campus Students
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Bowers, Lisa Jane – Open Learning, 2019
Machine haptics has been shown to assist and enhance human--computer interactions. Research from previous studies in the field of haptics has focused on developing a user's sense of realism of touch when using a haptic device. This paper examines the use of haptics for education, specifically for creative online education. The paper is presented…
Descriptors: Creativity, Distance Education, Tactual Perception, Interaction
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Fagan, Mary Helen – Computers in the Schools, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore the acceptance of mobile learning by students in a higher education setting. The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) was extended to include hedonic motivation, operationalized as enjoyment, as well as social influence in a field study involving the adoption of iPad mobile devices.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education
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Flavin, Michael; Quintero, Valentina – Research in Learning Technology, 2018
The publication of institutional strategies for learning, teaching and assessment in UK higher education is practically ubiquitous. Strategies for technology-enhanced learning are also widespread. This article examines 44 publicly available UK university strategies for technology-enhanced learning, aiming to assess the extent to which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education, Qualitative Research
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Gokhale, Anu; Machina, Kenton – International Journal on E-Learning, 2018
A teacher's objective is to provide students the cognitive strategies that enable them to think critically, make decisions, and solve problems. In order to guide student learning, teachers should be aware of the concepts that are prerequisite to the understanding of others and also of typical student misconceptions. The goal of this study was to…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
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García López, Alfonsa; García Mazarío, Francisco – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2016
This work describes a formative assessment model for a Mathematical Analysis course taken by engineering students. It includes online quizzes with feedback, a portfolio with weekly assignments, exams involving the use of mathematical software and a project to be completed in small groups of two or three students. The model has been perfected since…
Descriptors: Models, Technology Uses in Education, Formative Evaluation, Foreign Countries
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Toktarova, Vera Ivanovna – International Education Studies, 2015
The present study considers issues related to the planning and implementation of the system of pedagogical management of learning activities of students in the context of modern electronic educational environment of the higher education institution. As a methodological basis considered a differentiated approach based on flexible individual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Electronic Learning, Educational Environment
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Song, Donggil; Oh, Eun Young – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2016
This study reports on a participatory design approach including the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of a mobile app-based personal response system (PRS). The first cycle formulated initial design principles through context and needs analysis; the second utilized the collaboration with instructors and experts embodying specific…
Descriptors: Teacher Participation, Participative Decision Making, Electronic Learning, Class Activities
DiGiacomo, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In order to serve its nontraditional students, a university piloted a competency-based program as alternative method for its students to earn college credit. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to conduct a summative program evaluation to determine if the program was successful in order to make decisions about program revision and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Competency Based Education, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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Ashton, Jennifer – Journal of Instructional Research, 2012
Adjunct faculty members teaching online often experience feelings of isolation and lack of connection to the larger academic community. The current study examines the impact of teaching circles and the effectiveness of teaching circles in creating a sense of community for online adjunct professors in the asynchronous learning environment. Factors…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Adjunct Faculty, Asynchronous Communication, Distance Education
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Cavanaugh, Cathy; Hargis, Jace; Mayberry, John – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
This paper describes a study of success factors in the introductory semester of liberal studies blended courses offered at the bachelor of science level. The influence of student participation in the online course environment was examined, as measured by the number of times students logged into the learning management system (LMS) and average…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Blended Learning, Academic Achievement, Student Participation
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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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Gordon, Megan; Hodson, John; Kitchen, Julian – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2014
Recent Ontario provincial and federal education policy developments propose to increase the academic success of an ever increasing number of First Nation children attending urban and First Nation schools. Key to achieving that goal is increasing the number of Aboriginal educators who are skilled in teaching that is grounded in culturally…
Descriptors: American Indians, Federal Government, Teacher Education Programs, Culturally Relevant Education
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Lim, Billy; Hosack, Bryan; Vogt, Paul – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2012
This paper describes a framework for measuring student learning gains and engagement in a Computer Science 1 (CS 1) / Information Systems 1 (IS 1) course. The framework is designed for a CS1/IS1 course as it has been traditionally taught over the years as well as when it is taught using a new pedagogical approach with Web services. It enables the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Science, Internet, Information Systems
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Rubin, Beth; Fernandes, Ron; Avgerinou, Maria D. – Internet and Higher Education, 2013
This paper extends the research on the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework of understanding features of successful online learning to include the effects of the software used to support and facilitate it. This study examines how the Learning Management System (LMS) affords people the ability to take actions in an online course. A model is…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Integrated Learning Systems, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
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