As education has evolved towards online learning, the availability of learning materials has expanded and consequently, learners' behavior in choosing resources has changed. The need to offer personalized learning experiences and content has never been greater. Research has explored methods to personalize learning paths and match learning…

In the last few decades, the expansion of online learning and online assessment has attracted both negative and positive attention, some of which has celebrated the flexibility and individualised affordances of online learning contexts, while also lamenting the overuse of one-size-fits-all teaching approaches. Virtual learning contexts have been…

Higher education institutions have recently increased the number of online courses offered to students. A need exists to understand student success within asynchronous self-paced online education programs. This study explores the factors that impact student success in the Independent Study Program (iStudy) at the University of Mississippi,…

Privacy is a rather murky concept, but the absence of privacy is clearly felt in today's digital world. With the significant increase in surveillance power of software and hardware, storage capacity, computing power as well as advancement in data science technologies, the threat to privacy is ever increasing. Within the digital realm, privacy has…

Online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic compelled many instructors to seek efficient and effective ways to stay connected with their students and improve the learning experience by using a wide range of available technologies. This multiple-case study, in three South-East Asian universities, investigated whether the use of technology in…

Large-enrollment, asynchronous, online courses present significant teaching and learning challenges, particularly in implementing evidence-based practices such as building connections with students and offering personalized support. This Quick Hit explores the use of module conditional release, a feature in learning management systems, which can…

This study investigated the effect of differentiated instruction on Turkish preservice teachers' academic achievement and self-directed learning readiness in an online teaching profession course. The study utilized a pretest-posttest control group design. Data were collected through an achievement test and a self-directed learning readiness scale.…

This work details the ramifications of online learning using a novel, personalized learning system regarding high-school students' experiences, attitudes, self-efficacy, and achievements during the 2020-2021 school year. Although research has explored the implications of remote and online learning on education worldwide, little attention was…

One-to-one online learning has become pervasive in distance education. However, factors affecting learners' continuance intention toward one-to-one online learning are not well known. This study proposed a model to explain learners' continuance intention toward one-to-one online learning. The model extends previous technology acceptance models and…

This study focused on the impact that online "just-in-time" learning modules had on teacher candidates' beliefs about media literacy as well as their personal beliefs about learning in an online environment with online learning modules. Our findings indicate that the delivery of a self-paced online learning module may be an effective…

This instrumental case study explored 10 English as a foreign language (EFL) instructors' perceptions and experiences of participating in an asynchronous online professional development (OPD) program. The study aimed to explore instructors' professional development (PD) needs, the factors influencing their participation in OPD, and the perceived…

This capstone is an exploration of an online learning environment for teachers to receive professional learning at any time, anywhere. The focus of this capstone was to design a series of self-paced, asynchronous learning courses to help teachers implement one-to-one Chromebooks in the Fayette County Public School District. Additionally, the…

This paper presents survey findings of preservice (n = 128) and experienced teachers (n = 326) about enhancing the preparation of preservice teachers to include students with disabilities in regular classes during initial teacher education. Non-parametric statistics were used to analyse the data. When asked to rank their preferred mode of…

Contribution: This article explored blended learning by implementing a student-centered teaching method based on the flipped classroom and small private online course (SPOC). The impact of general online learning behavior on student performance was analyzed. This work is practical and provides enlightenment for learning analysis and individualized…

After making instructional changes due to COVID-19 lockdowns, secondary ensemble teachers reported stronger personal connections with students and increased focus on developing individual musicianship. Using an online survey, we examined if and how the shift to online instruction affected secondary music ensemble teachers' perceptions and…