Previous research examining student satisfaction in China has been broad in its demographic profile while utilizing instruments that have questionable reliability. This study has incorporated a newly validated model to assess student satisfaction, specifically Chinese students majoring in English at a domestic Chinese university, an…

Higher education institutions' growth in online course offerings has led faculty to designers-by-assignment (DBAs). Faculty DBA are tasked with designing online courses without foundational instructional design knowledge, skills, or institution-provided instructional design support. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews using Zoom.…

This book explores and further expands on the rich history of theoretical and empirical research in open and distributed learning, and addresses the impact of the "data revolution" and the emergence of learning analytics on this increasingly diverse form of educational delivery. Following an introductory chapter that maps the book's…

The intent of "Challenges in (Re)designing EdD Programs: Supporting Change with Learning Cases" is to provide faculty, who are seeking to redesign their EdD programs into professional practice doctorate, with case examples that describe common challenges and pitfalls encountered during the redesign process. Each of the cases portrays…

Across the OECD, enormous effort and investment has been made to reinforce the quality, production and use of education research in policy and practice. Despite this, using research in education remains a challenge for many countries and systems. The OECD launched the Strengthening the Impact of Education Research project to respond to this…

Learning and Employment Records (LERs) require careful, deliberate design to ensure that workers benefit from their adoption and use. If designed without the inclusion of individuals who are most marginalized in the workforce, LERs could reproduce existing inequities in the talent pipeline. Digital Promise collaborated with workers in frontline…

Compliance training can be problematic, especially when training transfer does not occur consistently, as non-adherence to governmental regulations can result in monetary sanctions. The purpose of this qualitative action research case study was to explore employees' perceptions of and experiences with the User Design intervention process, as they…

Emotional learning has become an important part of professional development. The problem, however, concerns the limited understanding of the effects of emotional intelligence (EQ) training for individuals in business settings. Emotional intelligence served as the theoretical basis for this research. The purpose of this nonrandomized…

One avenue for improving reading outcomes is to ensure children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) enter school with the foundational skills needed to learn to read. Our research team developed an early literacy curriculum specifically for DHH children. Teachers use Foundations for Literacy (FFL) in a one-hour literacy block for the school…

The EdResearch for Action "Design Principles Series" focuses on a single program or practice that has been proven to have positive effects on student outcomes. Authors -- leading experts from across the field of education research -- look across many high-quality studies of similar programs to identify the components and conditions that…

Dual enrollment opportunities are key to increasing college access, completion, and transfer rates for students who are historically underrepresented in college. Dual enrollment partnerships between colleges and high schools or school districts can focus on a variety of academic subjects to form well-sequenced pathways that meet certificate,…

A higher education international institution set forth a virtual training program for its faculty (n = 13) to enable successful implementation of flipped teaching (FT), which utilizes synchronous and asynchronous features to engage students in learning. Six biweekly sessions were scheduled via Zoom on Moodle, the Learning Management System. Pre-…

The need to administrate experiments online is rising due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which brings both challenges and opportunities. However, the field of online experimental research design is still in its infancy. This case study elaborates on the experiences and decision-making process that guided an online experimental research project. First,…

The manuscript describes the designs of two teachers' online professional development (PD) projects to support teachers of English-as-Second/Foreign Language in Indiana and in Beijing, China. We provide descriptions of each of the contexts; judgments and decisions we made along the way; the contextual/cultural and pedagogical factors we took into…

The purpose of this design case is to report on the design of a course template to be used for institutional training at a public university in Turkey and to be published on the in-house learning management system of the university. Following a detailed description of the design context, the step-by-step design process is explained in detail with…