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Mokhtar, Farha Alia – Online Learning, 2018
With the advancement of digital technology, software and applications are overwhelmingly accessible to teachers and students. Digital designs for teaching and learning are highly encouraged by scholars as they prepare students of today for the demands of the future workforce. Thus, many educators use available social networks for their classrooms.…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Software, Social Media
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Spring, Kristian J.; Graham, Charles R. – Online Learning, 2017
The goal of this research was to discover and compare themes of the top blended learning (BL) articles from seven different regions of the world. Top cited articles in BL from these regions show strong similarities in research processes, practice, terminology, and focus. Small differences are apparent among the regions and top articles in general,…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
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Smith, Sedef Uzuner; Hayes, Suzanne; Shea, Peter – Online Learning, 2017
After presenting a brief overview of the key elements that underpin Etienne Wenger's communities of practice (CoP) theoretical framework, one of the most widely cited and influential conceptions of social learning, this paper reviews extant empirical work grounded in this framework to investigate online/blended learning in higher education and in…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Blended Learning, Communities of Practice, Literature Reviews
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Archambault, Leanna; Kennedy, Kathryn; Freidhoff, Joseph R. – Online Learning, 2016
Policy surrounding K-12 online learning continues to evolve as the field grows exponentially. In Michigan, Section 21f of the State School Aid Act enacted in 2013 strengthened parents' and students' ability to request online courses: "A student enrolled in a district in any of grades 6 to 12 is eligible to enroll in an online course as…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Accountability, Stakeholders, Online Courses
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Rice, Mary Frances; Carter, Richard Allen, Jr. – Online Learning, 2015
As participation in online learning grows, so do concerns around the ways in which students with disabilities are served in virtual school programs, both full and part-time. At the crux of this struggle is the way in which federal and state laws (many of which were incepted before online learning existed or gained traction as an educational…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Disabilities
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Ruckert, Elizabeth; McDonald, Paige L.; Birkmeier, Marissa; Walker, Bryan; Cotton, Linda; Lyons, Laurie B.; Straker, Howard O.; Plack, Margaret M. – Online Learning, 2014
Time and space constraints, large class sizes, competition for clinical internships, and geographic separation between classroom and clinical rotations for student interaction with peers and faculty pose challenges for health professions educational programs. This article presents a model for effectively incorporating technology to overcome these…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Technology Uses in Education