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Corfman, Timothy Dwight – ProQuest LLC, 2017
It is vital for online educators to know whether the strategies they use help students gain 21st-century skills. One skill that has been identified as important in the 21st century is creativity; however, a gap existed in the literature concerning whether online courses could help students to develop creativity. Thus, the purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Creativity, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Online Courses
McGuire, Beverley – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2017
Asynchronous online instruction has become increasingly popular in the field of religious studies. However, despite voluminous research on online learning in general and numerous articles on online theological instruction, there has been little discussion of how to effectively design and deliver online undergraduate courses in religious studies.…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Weirick, Joshua; Davis, Tracy; Lawson, Daniel – Learning Assistance Review, 2017
This case study examines the differences in comments offered by asynchronous online writing center consultants to L1 and L2 speakers and examines the potential disconnects in consultant perceptions of their practice. The researchers collected and coded sample papers and interviewed participants to contextualize data from the quantitative portion…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Laboratories, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication
Barbour, Michael; Davis, Niki; Wenmoth, Derek – International Journal on E-Learning, 2016
This paper describes the organisational development of virtual learning in networked rural schools in New Zealand, specifically the obstacles that e-learning clusters of rural schools face in their journey to sustainability and maturity through the lens of the Ministry's Learning Communities Online Handbook. Analysis of a nationwide purposeful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Distance Education, Rural Schools
Rivers, Bethany Alden; Richardson, John T. E.; Price, Linda – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Increasingly, universities are embedding reflective activities into the curriculum. With the growth in online tertiary education, how effectively is reflection being promoted or used in online learning spaces? Based on the notion that teachers' beliefs will influence their approaches to teaching, this research sought to understand how a group of…
Descriptors: Reflection, Asynchronous Communication, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Wilson, Gail; Myat, Paula; Purdy, Jonathan – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2018
This research examines the design and delivery of a new Foundations of University Teaching Practice (FUTP) program delivered through asynchronous online modules. The freedom to choose defines the new momentum of openness in distance and open learning. University teaching staff expect quality resources to support their professional development…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Professional Education, Educational Resources, Faculty Development
Oakman, Jodi – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2016
The nexus between paid work and study is important. Developing opportunities to facilitate this link is a key part of good course design especially in postgraduate programs. Strong communities of practice can also assist with improving links between research and practice. The online study environment affords some challenges to achieving these…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Communities of Practice, Interaction, Synchronous Communication
Zoumenou, Virginie; Sigman-Grant, Madeleine; Coleman, Gayle; Malekian, Fatemeh; Zee, Julia M. K.; Fountain, Brent J.; Marsh, Akela – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2015
A webinar or web-seminar is a presentation, seminar, lecture, or workshop transmitted over the internet. This emerging technology is becoming increasingly popular due to its convenience and affordability. However, little research has been conducted on best practices for an interactive webinar that engages learners in a professional development or…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Literature Reviews
Jackson, Jane – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2016
This paper centers on student perceptions of a fully-online course that was designed to enhance their intercultural learning during study abroad. By way of a post-course questionnaire survey and interview, 22 international exchange students from a Hong Kong university divulged their views about this mode of learning. Although many lamented the…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Connected Discourse, Multicultural Education, Online Courses
Wilcox, Gabrielle; Lock, Jennifer – International Journal on E-Learning, 2017
The purpose of the study was to investigate practicum students' perceptions of their experience with an online practicum course in an Applied School Psychology graduate program. With the use of synchronous and asynchronous communication technology, the instructor and students met in the online environment to engage in discussion with regard to…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Online Courses
Dana, Nancy Fichtman; Dawson, Kara; Wolkenhauer, Rachel; Krell, Desi – Professional Development in Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to understand the ways virtual school teachers experienced professional development framed as a year-long collaborative action research endeavor. These virtual school teachers taught completely online courses for a large virtual school and did not reside within the same geographical location. Thus, the professional…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Online Courses, Action Research, Asynchronous Communication
Adams, Jacob Lyle – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Purpose: This study sought to (1) identify and describe the experiences of international students participating in U.S. cohort- and text-based asynchronous online courses and to 2) analyze perceptions of belonging/isolation within online environments through group and organizational socialization theory. Research Methods: Data from interviews with…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Online Courses, Socialization
Çardak, Çigdem Suzan – Higher Education Studies, 2016
This article focusses on graduate level students' interactions during asynchronous CMC activities of an online course about the teaching profession in Turkey. The instructor of the course designed and facilitated a semester-long asynchronous CMC on forum discussions, and investigated the interaction of learners in multiple perspectives: learners'…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Online Courses
Barril, Linda – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The ongoing popularity and increased availability of online college courses and programs has attracted a greater diversity of students. Along with continued female-majority enrollment, increasing numbers of students of traditional college age and students from a variety of ethnicity groups are taking online courses. The prevailing guiding…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, College Students, Online Courses, Preferences
Barnett, Karis K. – Journal of Online Learning Research, 2016
Studies addressing at-risk students' perceptions of valuable caring relationships within their unique online environment are rare. While the phrase at-risk has a variety of meanings, this study examined the term pertaining to students who were labeled due to endangerment of not graduating from high school based on their life circumstances. Through…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Online Courses, Repetition, Required Courses