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Title: Civic learning in online courses: The experience of emerging adults at the community college
Author: Ritter, Gary Paul
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: Civic learning is an important part of the mission of higher learning. The community college is a unique and integral part of the system of higher education in the United States. Digital technology has increased the options for students to take cl...

Title: Effects of Growth Mindset and Belongingness Messaging in an Online Classroom
Author: Hall, Ryan
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Education
Description: This paper examines how growth mindset and belongingness messaging can be applied to instruction in an online classroom to improve student outcomes. Research has shown that growth mindset and belongingness messaging can be used to improve student ...

Title: FACULTY PERCEPTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE IN DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING ACCESSIBLE ONLINE COURSES
Author: Guilbaud, Thelma
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education, Higher, Educational technology
Description: This study examined the perceptions of university faculty on their knowledge and accessibility practices in designing and delivering online courses for students with disabilities. An online survey developed by the researcher was utilized to collec...

Title: Investigation of the Relationships Among Online Community College Students' Characteristics and Instructional Delivery Model Preferences
Author: Lander, Maria
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Educational technology
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between age, gender, program of study, and number of online courses previously taken and instructional delivery preferences related to students' control of their own learning, interaction,...

Title: PREPARING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS: AN INVESTIGATION OF PEDAGOGIES AND STRATEGIES USED IN AN ONLINE ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS COURSE
Author: Potter III, James
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Educational leadership, Educational technology
Description: ABSTRACTJAMES THOMSON POTTER III. Preparing high school students for success in advanced placement statistics: an investigation of pedagogies and strategies used in an online advanced placement statistics course.(Under the direction of DR. RICH LA...

Title: STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN ONLINE LEARNING: HELPFULNESS AND EFFECTS ON TEACHING, SOCIAL, AND COGNITIVE PRESENCE
Author: Salloum, Sara
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Higher, Educational technology
Description: Distance learning continues to be used in the context of teacher training in special education. Distance learning is experienced through computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools via the Internet, or online learning. Little research has been don...

Title: State-Led Virtual School Senior Leaders: An Exploratory Study
Author: Sivy, Mark
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, School management and organization
Description: The purpose of this study was to explore the role-related characteristics, factors, and requirements that can influence state-led virtual school senior leaders' leadership qualities, attributes, beliefs, and approaches. Semi-structured interviews ...

Title: THE EFFECTS OF BLENDED LEARNING ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, INTERACTION LEVELS, AND ONLINE READINESS SKILLS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM
Author: Rinehardt-Cline, Michelle
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Educational technology
Description: ABSTRACTMICHELLE RINEHARDT-CLINE THE EFFECTS OF BLENDED LEARNING ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, INTERACTION LEVELS, AND ONLINE READINESS SKILLS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM (Under the direction of DR. JIM BIRD) The purpose of this experime...

Title: The Multiple Writing Genres of Online Learning: Students' Experience of Writing in the Online Classroom Space
Author: Wilson, Lynn
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Rhetoric, Educational technology
Description: Based upon theories of computer mediated communication of Herring and Lemke and the work of genre scholars such as Askehave, Santini, and Devitt, this qualitative study explored how computer mediated communication shapes writing genres in an onlin...

Title: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SELF-EFFICACY AND PERCEPTIONS OF VIRTUAL WORLD LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Author: Stanton, Lorraine
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Educational technology
Description: Virtual worlds are innovative teaching and learning methods that can provide immersive and engaging learning experiences (Lu, 2010). Though they have potential benefits, students sometimes experience a steep learning curve and discomfort with the ...