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Lai Chun Wong; May Lee Low – Athens Journal of Education, 2025
Ethical dilemmas are multifaceted and complex, comprising a diverse set of viewpoints, values, beliefs, and attitudes. They rarely have a purely right or wrong answer. Not everyone will have the same answer to an ethical dilemma. Hence, teaching ethics is about helping students build critical thinking skills so that they can consider contradictory…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Debate, Synchronous Communication, Electronic Learning
Xu, Zhihong; Zhou, Xuan; Watts, John; Kogut, Ashlynn – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Evaluating the effectiveness of teaching methods for synchronous online instruction is integral to fostering student engagement and maximizing student learning, particularly in one-time workshops or seminars. Using the lens of social constructivism theory, this study investigated the effect of different approaches of synchronous online instruction…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Web Based Instruction, Data, Skill Development
Park, Ho-Ryong; Kim, Michelle Soonhyang; Mukherjee, Keya; Ates, Burcu – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2021
Due to advancements in technology and the demand for flexible instruction, online educational opportunities are increasing. However, instructors still need guidance to teach students effectively in different types of online courses. This article provides context- and delivery-specific guidelines for those teaching asynchronous, synchronous, and…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Guidelines, Teacher Effectiveness, Synchronous Communication
Wang, Jianlan; Wang, Yuanhua – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
Online teacher education is an important alternative in response to the problem of teacher shortage. The format of interaction is critical in leveraging social and intellectual connection between learners. Yet, few studies have examined this issue in online teacher preparation. In this study, we examined two commonly used interactional formats…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Web Based Instruction
Berk, Ronald A. – International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic upended higher education in March 2020 and has continued into 2022. Within days of the international lockdowns, an emergency conversion from face-to-face (F2F) to remote learning occurred. Educators scrambled to convert their in-class teaching into some version of online teaching. The transformations ignited a surge in…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Humor, Web Based Instruction, Distance Education
Clark, Renee M.; Besterfield-Sacre, Mary; Dukes, April – Advances in Engineering Education, 2020
During the summer 2020, when remote instruction became the norm for universities due to COVID-19, expectations were set at our school of engineering for interactivity and activity within synchronous sessions and for using technology for engaging asynchronous learning opportunities. Instructors were asked to participate in voluntary assessment of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Web Based Instruction, COVID-19, Pandemics
Martin, Florence; Sun, Ting; Turk, Murat; Ritzhaupt, Albert D. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
Synchronous online learning (SOL) provides an opportunity for instructors to connect in real-time with their students though separated by geographical distance. This meta-analysis examines the overall effect of SOL on cognitive and affective educational outcomes, while using asynchronous online learning or face-to-face learning as control groups.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
Akbari, Javad; Heidari Tabrizi, Hossein; Chalak, Azizeh – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2021
Virtual learning, in particular, has been defined as any system of education and instruction that brings together participants who are separated by geographical distances or time. Notably, in virtual learning environment interactive telecommunications systems are utilized to connect learners, resources, and instructors. Accordingly, the present…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Virtual Classrooms, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
Özdemir, Osman – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2021
The present case study aims to compare collaborative writing activities produced on the Padlet website on the internet and in a face-to-face (F2F) environment. This study for which criterion sampling was used included two different groups, both of which were formed with four people. For the triangulation of the case study, texts produced F2F and…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Writing Processes, Writing Achievement, Synchronous Communication
Mullen, Carol A. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2020
Expectations for online distance delivery of higher education courses and programmes are increasing globally, begging the question, 'Does modality matter?' Pedagogic research comparing online and face-to-face learningdemands more examination, particularly synchronous delivery. The purpose of this empirical study is to determine whether the quality…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Cognitive Style, Teaching Methods
Pulukuri, Surya; Torres, Daniela; Abrams, Binyomin – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
The transition from general chemistry to organic chemistry is challenging for many students. To succeed, students must remember their foundational chemistry skills and effectively transfer that knowledge into the context of organic chemistry. However, this transition is often hindered by many obstacles: (1) lack of prerequisite knowledge, (2) lack…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Summer Science Programs, Transfer of Training
Marden, Mariolina Pais; Herrington, Jan – Educational Media International, 2020
This paper describes a research study that investigated foreign language students' collaborative practice in a blended, authentic learning environment. A group of intermediate and advanced level students of Italian at an Australian university interacted and collaborated with each other and with a group of native speaker mentors through a web-based…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Design
Jones, Jenny Bailey – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Professional development is a lifelong learning process and technology has provided and will continue to provide new and different delivery methods. Regardless of the delivery method, the intention of professional development is to increase teacher knowledge, which in turn, increases student achievement. At a southeastern community college,…
Descriptors: Internet, Conferences (Gatherings), Web Based Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Oztok, Murat; Zingaro, Daniel; Brett, Clare; Hewitt, Jim – Computers & Education, 2013
While the independent contributions of synchronous and asynchronous interaction in online learning are clear, comparatively less is known about the pedagogical consequences of using both modes in the same environment. In this study, we examine relationships between students' use of asynchronous discussion forums and synchronous private messages…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Synchronous Communication, Online Courses, Discussion
Hussein, Hussein El-ghamry Mohammad – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study investigated the effect of Blackboard-based instruction on pre-service teachers' achievement in the teaching methods course at The Faculty of Education for Girls, in Bisha, KSA. Forty seventh-level English Department students were randomly assigned into either the experimental group (N = 20) or the control group (N = 20). While studying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Integrated Learning Systems, Web Based Instruction, Preservice Teachers