The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Career and Technical Education (CTE) concentration on academic and behavioral success among high school students. The research design involved a quantitative approach, analyzing data from 931 students in a single high school collected through convenience sampling. The students were…

The first MOOC course on geo-informatics, 'maps and the geospatial revolution' was provided as video materials by Penn State in July 2013, since then, the number of geo-informatics MOOC courses has increased significantly (Robinson et al., 2015). This study uses the edX geo-informatics course model as the origin of the experimental results to…

Although learning analytics dashboards (LADs) are being recognized as tools that can enhance engagement--a crucial factor for the success of asynchronous online higher education--their impact may be limited without a solid theoretical basis for motivation. Furthermore, the processes through which students make decisions using dashboards and engage…

This study aimed to investigate the trajectories of students' self-regulated learning in an online course and the predictive role of students' satisfaction with basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, relatedness) on these trajectories. Additionally, the potential variation in the relationship between basic psychological needs and…

Background: Online collaborative learning has been broadly applied in the field of higher education. Nevertheless, not all types of collaborative learning can produce the desired learning results. Objectives: To facilitate online collaborative learning, the present study proposed an innovative artificial intelligence-enabled group cognitive…

Introduction: The impact of online vicarious racial/ethnic discrimination on academic experiences among youth is an understudied area, especially during the shift to online learning due to COVID-19. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of online vicarious racial/ethnic discrimination on student subjective wellbeing, as well as…

In this paper, we discuss the skills required for academics to effectively utilize digital technologies within open distance learning institutions in South Africa. The growing prevalence of activities within these institutions has led to shifts in academic skill requirements, particularly as academics increasingly work remotely from home or in…

The broad-scale challenges that higher education undertook in response to the COVID-19 pandemic changed a great deal about the student experience. Ongoing throughout several semesters, those changes may have affected the ways that transfer students experienced transition to the 4-year university setting, with implications for student retention.…

This paper explores how COVID-19 affected the experiences of international students enrolled to UK on-campus universities and how they made sense, navigated and lived out the on-line university as the possible educational alternative put in place during COVID-19. We argue that 'emergency teaching' was normalised as digital education, leading…

Background/purpose: The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the direction of education worldwide, emphasizing the prospects and problems of using online learning platforms. This study aims to investigate the dual aspects of COVID-19 (positive and negative) on facilitating conditions for learning quality that affect students'…

The field of online education has increasingly recognized digitally automated proctoring as a prominent and pressing issue in recent years. The increasing prevalence of online examination deception has prompted a heated debate. The purpose of the study is to capture advancements in this research field, offering a concise overview of current…

This study explored the viability of applying an innovative model of teacher professional development (PD) within the context of the UAE. Predicated upon a conceptual framework incorporating the principles of content focus, active learning, and duration of training, the model aimed to promote the capability of teachers to meet the needs of all…

This study investigates the heterogeneity in the effects of a Learning Analytics Dashboard (LAD) intervention, which provides personalized feedback messages, across a diverse population of learners. Specifically, it evaluates the impact of the LAD on learners' total material usage and final grades, considering variables such as age, sex, prior…

Deep learning-based course recommendation systems often suffer from a lack of interpretability, limiting their practical utility for students and academic advisors. To address this challenge, we propose a modular, post-hoc explanation framework leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance the transparency of deep learning-driven…

The complex processes of collaborative knowledge construction require a multimodal approach to capture the interplay between learners, tools, and the environment. While existing studies have recognized the importance of considering multiple modalities, there remains a need for a comprehensive framework that explicitly models the dynamics of…