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Zhan, Zehui; Xu, Fuyin; Ye, Huiwen – Computers & Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an Online Learning Community (OLC) on active and reflective learners' learning performance and attitude in a face-to-face undergraduate digital design course. 814 freshmen in an introductory digital design course were randomly assigned to one of two treatments: one offered students an OLC,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Classroom Techniques, Intervention, Online Courses
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
The 2013 study, "Interactive Learning Online at Public Universities: Evidence From a Six-Campus Randomized Trial," examined the impact of interactive learning online (ILO) on the pass rates of 605 students enrolled in introductory statistics courses at six public universities. ILO is a form of online course instruction in which…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Public Colleges, Interaction, Educational Technology
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Khoo, Elaine; Cowie, Bronwen – Educational Action Research, 2011
This paper reports on the use and impact of a negotiated intervention for teacher development adopted for facilitating the teaching and learning in a semester-long fully online graduate course in a tertiary institution in New Zealand. The negotiated intervention strategy, while it begins by exploring teachers' current practice, is explicit in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Online Courses, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Castello, Montserrat; Inesta, Anna; Pardo, Marta; Liesa, Eva; Martinez-Fernandez, Reinaldo – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2012
This intervention study aimed at helping undergraduate students of psychology learn to use the discursive resources useful to make academic voice visible in their texts and to improve their writing practices. The intervention involved tutorial meetings and collaborative revisions in two different learning environments, on-line and face-to face.…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Undergraduate Students, Intervention, Knowledge Level
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Bharuthram, Sharita; Kies, Carolynn – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
This article draws on research conducted at a tertiary institution in South Africa as part of the redesigning of an English for Educational Development (EED) course to include an e-learning online discussion component. The subject material used was based on HIV/AIDS topics that students had to debate within an online discussion forum. Framed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intervention, Barriers
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Haynes, Deborah C.; Haynes, George W.; Weinert, Clarann – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2011
This research was part of a larger longitudinal study of chronically ill rural women to determine if computer technology could be effective in allowing the women to take control of their own well-being, including finances. The current study examined whether chronically ill rural women can effectively use on-line personal finance educational…
Descriptors: Intervention, Females, Pretests Posttests, Computers
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Fozdar, Bharat Inder; Kumar, Lalita S. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2007
Student retention in open and distance learning (ODL) is comparatively poor to traditional education and, in some contexts, embarrassingly low. Literature on the subject of student retention in ODL indicates that even when interventions are designed and undertaken to improve student retention, they tend to fall short. Moreover, this area has not…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Student Attitudes, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2006
For the twenty-ninth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Professional Associations, Educational Technology, Teacher Educators
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2006
For the twenty-ninth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Educational Technology, Educational Games, Computers