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Abramenka-Lachheb, Victoria; Ozogul, Gamze – Online Learning, 2022
This study investigated similarities and differences in faculty's interpretation of authentic learning and how their interpretations were manifested into their design and implementation practices in competency-based, fully online courses. From a theoretical perspective, designing for authentic learning calls for a holistic approach, which…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Authentic Learning, Online Courses, Competency Based Education
Watson, Sharon; Sullivan, Daniel P.; Watson, Kathryn – Online Learning, 2023
The expanding scale and scope of online education options, both in terms of design and delivery, create significant questions that increasingly warrant research attention. Previous research has demonstrated that higher levels of teaching presence in online courses is positively related to student engagement, satisfaction and learning. Although…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Asynchronous Communication
Ramani, Swati; Bradford, George; Dias, Shamini; Olfman, Lorne – Online Learning, 2022
As the number of online courses increase in higher education, many higher education institutions outsource online course development to an Online Program Management (OPM) provider because of a lack of budget, staff, and technology. Current research indicates that OPM providers often do not have instructional design (ID) services tailored to a…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, Online Courses
Van Wig, Ann; Yang, Shuling; Bahlmann Bollinger, Chelsey; Chen, Xiufang; Karkar-Esperat, Tala; Pole, Kathryn; Wilson, Nance – Online Learning, 2022
Even before COVID-19, literacy graduate coursework was increasingly offered online, replacing the traditional campus-based courses This study investigated how graduate literacy students perceive coursework in an online learning environment. This understanding is important because (a) student perceptions regarding online learning are critical to…
Descriptors: Literacy, Graduate Students, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Guo, Pengyue; Saab, Nadira; Ren, Danli; Admiraal, Wilfried – Online Learning, 2022
The role of teachers is an important element of online project-based learning courses. Based on the Community of Inquiry framework, this study examined how students' perceptions of teaching presence, through social presence and cognitive presence, were related to their evaluations of online project-based learning. A 16-week online project-based…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Role, Student Attitudes, Electronic Learning
Witthaus, Gabi – Online Learning, 2023
There are almost 90 million forced migrants around the world, many of whom could benefit from online higher education, and yet there is evidence that displaced people face challenges in online learning environments. This paper reports on a study in the context of a UK university's master'slevel distance learning program that offers Sanctuary…
Descriptors: Refugees, Distance Education, Higher Education, Masters Programs
Alwafi, Enas Mohammad – Online Learning, 2022
This study investigated the impact of using a discussion strategy with learning analytics on the level of student cognitive presence and interaction. The study used a quasi-experimental design with control and experimental groups. The experimental group applied open-ended discussion and elaborated feedback with learning analytics while the control…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Computer Mediated Communication, Learning Analytics, Interpersonal Communication
Dempsey, Patrick R.; Zhang, Jie – Online Learning, 2019
Despite the prevalence of research on the Community of Inquiry framework and its associated measurement instrument, more research is needed to re-evaluate the factor structure, study the effects of covariates or measurement invariance, and explore the relationships among the three presences. Results of this study indicated that (a) teaching,…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Inquiry, Construct Validity, Factor Structure
Glori Hinck; Rice, Kerry; Lowenthal, Patrick R.; Perkins, Ross – Online Learning, 2018
Online MBA programs have undergone significant growth in recent years. However, quality assurance measures have not kept pace with this growth. The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize aspects of quality assurance specific to Association to Advance College Schools of Business (AACSB)-accredited online MBA programs. The Delphi…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Masters Programs, Online Courses
Strycker, Jesse – Online Learning, 2016
Online courses and programs have grown to become and continue to be a popular option for students. As part of an online Master's of Education in Instructional Technology program, students must complete a school technology leadership course. Leadership decision making, policy making, and how to have innovations take hold in a school settings are…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Online Courses, Leadership Training
Trespalacios, Jesus – Online Learning, 2017
The case-based approach is a constructivist instructional strategy that helps students apply their emerging knowledge by studying design problems in authentic real-world situations. One important instructional strategy in case-based instruction is to analyze cases in small groups before discussing them with the whole class. This study investigates…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Teaching Methods, Small Group Instruction
Sadykova, Gulnara; Meskill, Carla – Online Learning, 2019
As more distance education courses broaden their reach across borders, the chances of online classes being multicultural are high. This means that more often students may find themselves in courses designed for and by a host culture that differs from their own regarding its approach to teaching and learning. Compounding the difficulties inherent…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Online Courses, Cultural Pluralism
Newhouse, Noelle K.; Cerniak, Jessica – Online Learning, 2016
Research examining factors contributing to online students' success typically focuses on a single point in time or completion of a single course, as well as individual difference variables, such as learning style or motivation, that may predispose a student to succeed. However, research concerning longer term online student outcomes, such as…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Psychology, Online Courses, Graduate Students
Cooke, Nicole A. – Online Learning, 2016
In a study of the information behaviors of graduate students enrolled in an online Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program, it was determined that learners engage in threaded discussions not only for cognitive purposes but for affective reasons as well. The information sharing among students was particularly prolific during a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Graduate Students, Information Science, Library Science
Sullivan, Daniel P. – Online Learning, 2016
Cheating, left untended, erodes the validity of evaluation and, ultimately, corrupts the legitimacy of a course. We profile an approach to manage, with an eye toward preempting, cheating on asynchronous, objective, online quizzes. This approach taps various technological and social solutions to academic dishonesty, integrating them into a…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Cheating, Prevention, Business Administration Education
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