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Gaševic, Dragan; Kovanovic, Vitomir; Joksimovic, Srecko; Siemens, George – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
This paper reports on the results of an analysis of the research proposals submitted to the MOOC Research Initiative (MRI) funded by the Gates Foundation and administered by Athabasca University. The goal of MRI was to mobilize researchers to engage into critical interrogation of MOOCs. The submissions--266 in Phase 1, out of which 78 was…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Research, Research Proposals, Content Analysis
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Lowes, Susan; Lin, Peiyi; Wang, Yan – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2007
As online professional development courses for teachers have grown, the discussion forum has become a locus of considerable research. This study analyzes the discussion forums in four different sessions of a short (4-week) online course for teachers from six schools in three states. This study also compares four methodologies, all of which have a…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Online Courses, Program Effectiveness, Computer Mediated Communication