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Facilitating Online Communities For Educators, Managers, And Leaders, Lily Drabkin
Facilitating Online Communities For Educators, Managers, And Leaders, Lily Drabkin
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper explores strategies for promoting social learning among adult peers in online classrooms and workspaces. It examines the challenges faced by facilitators and leaders in fostering social learning in an increasingly digital context and offers solutions for overcoming these challenges.
The Value Of Interactive Multimodal Online Higher Education Classrooms: Examining The Impact Of Interactive Multimedia-Based Instructional Design (Imbid), Andrea Munro
Dissertations
Purpose: Despite their affordability and convenience, online courses have higher student failure and dropout rates than ground based-courses. The purpose of this quantitative causal-comparative single-case study was to determine if there is a difference between interactive, multimedia-based online instruction and traditional text-based online instruction as it relates to the level of student performance, engagement, and satisfaction in higher education.
Methodology: This quantitative research design used inferential statistics to analyze the research questions. The researcher selected 13 text-based courses that were redesigned to become interactive, multimedia-based courses. Archival student performance, engagement, and satisfaction data was abstracted from both the text-based and …
Factors That Influence Nontraditional Adult Learners' Online Course Persistence: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study, Millicent D. Braxton
Factors That Influence Nontraditional Adult Learners' Online Course Persistence: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study, Millicent D. Braxton
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Historically, the typical first-year college student was an 18-year-old high school graduate still living at home. However, today’s college students are frequently older adults pursuing higher education in record numbers and for a myriad of reasons. In fact, these older students are nontraditional adult learners (NALs), and they are the new majority student population (NCES, 2012). Nontraditional adult learners are identified as a student 25-years and older, entering college for the first time or re-entering college after a gap in their education. Additionally, NALs prefer to enroll in online courses because of the convenience and flexibility of online learning. However, …
Perceptions About Hands-On Art Making By Non-Art Major Online Students, Gayle Nelson
Perceptions About Hands-On Art Making By Non-Art Major Online Students, Gayle Nelson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
As higher education moves increasingly to online and hybrid programs, more students will be taking art appreciation courses virtually. The research that exists on student perceptions related to hands-on art making suggests that active creation is valuable in fostering creativity, inspiring knowledge, and supporting and motivating students. The purpose of this case study was to explore non-art major, college-level students' experiences, perceptions, and reflections of an active learning component within an online art appreciation class delivered at a public university in the southeastern United States. Three research questions were developed to explore the students' experiences, perceptions, and reflections of this …
Using Critical Reflection To Effect Dispositional Change Toward Critical Thinking And Gain Insight Into Student Learning, Steven D. Koether
Using Critical Reflection To Effect Dispositional Change Toward Critical Thinking And Gain Insight Into Student Learning, Steven D. Koether
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this research roundtable is to discuss the use of Brookfield’s Critical Incident Questionnaire to effect dispositional change in students toward critical thinking, gain greater instructor insight, and improve instruction. My preliminary, and future, work in this area derives from experience with undergraduate students taking a general education science course.
To Game Or Not To Game? How Using Massively Multiplayer Online Games Helped Motivation And Performance In A College Writing Course: A Mixed Methods Study, Papia Bawa, William Watson, Sunnie L. Watson
To Game Or Not To Game? How Using Massively Multiplayer Online Games Helped Motivation And Performance In A College Writing Course: A Mixed Methods Study, Papia Bawa, William Watson, Sunnie L. Watson
Journal of Research Initiatives
The use of Massively Multiplayer Online Games or MMOGs is receiving attention in the educational world due to increased availability of such games, a growing consumer base, and the proven benefits of video games as engagement tools. MMOGs that have been known to possess a significantly high capacity to keep users involved over sustained periods, which gives them the potential to enhance learning experiences and performances. However, most available studies on MMOGs do not discuss relationships between MMOG use and performance outcomes in Higher Education. Additionally, majority of such studies focus on examining a single MMOG, providing limited scopes of …
Relationships Among Student Type, Gpa, And Retention Within A Proprietary Career College, Steven Charles Parker-Young
Relationships Among Student Type, Gpa, And Retention Within A Proprietary Career College, Steven Charles Parker-Young
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Researchers have suggested that the college student population in the United States is evolving and the number of nontraditional students is rising. New student retention and academic success were ongoing concerns at a college in the southern United States and the association of those outcomes with instructional delivery model and student type was not known. In an effort to improve new student outcomes, this study examined differences in first-quarter student retention and academic success, as measured by GPA, for courses taught strictly online or on campus, and for traditional versus nontraditional students. Guided by Bean and Metzner's conceptual model of …
Nursing Distance Learning Course Comparison Of Assignments And Examination Scores, Jennifer Mundine
Nursing Distance Learning Course Comparison Of Assignments And Examination Scores, Jennifer Mundine
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Nursing programs have embraced distance learning in their curricula, but discussion is ongoing about course assignments and grading criteria to increase examination scores in nursing distance learning courses. Because course examinations are a predictor of success on the postgraduate licensing examination (NCLEX-RN), the purpose of this study was to determine whether differences existed in student examination scores between nursing distance learning courses with and without points aligned to assignments. The theoretical framework was Knowles's theory of andragogy, which highlights adults' motivation and self-direction to succeed. The quantitative causal comparative study included a convenience sample of 164 students to compare archival …
Instructors' Perceptions Of Connectivist Characteristics In Adult Undergraduate Courses, John Bannister
Instructors' Perceptions Of Connectivist Characteristics In Adult Undergraduate Courses, John Bannister
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The enrollment of college students in the United States who are classified as adult learners will continue to grow, bringing new challenges to degree programs. Multiple studies have provided insight into how best to teach these learners. However, to maximize learning, institutions must now consider strategies that merge adult learning principles with the integration of technology and students' personal and professional networks. Connectivism, based largely on the work of Siemens, and andragogy, based on Knowles, provided the conceptual framework that guided this basic qualitative interpretive study that examined how instructors experience and interpret the characteristics of connectivism (autonomy, openness, diversity, …
Evaluating Actual Credibility Criteria Of Internet-Based Scientific Information Of Adult Learners, Angela C. Bliss
Evaluating Actual Credibility Criteria Of Internet-Based Scientific Information Of Adult Learners, Angela C. Bliss
Adult Education Research Conference
Self-directed adult learners access and evaluate scientific information on the Internet. This paper will discuss methodologies proposed to identify credibility criteria employed during these online learning endeavors.
Paving The Way Toward Faculty Careers In Higher Education: Student Mentoring Relationship Experiences While Completing Doctoral Degrees Online, Norina Columbaro, Catherine A. Hansman
Paving The Way Toward Faculty Careers In Higher Education: Student Mentoring Relationship Experiences While Completing Doctoral Degrees Online, Norina Columbaro, Catherine A. Hansman
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this study was to explore the existence and nature of mentoring relationships within online doctoral degree programs. Further, it sought to determine how these relationships prepared online doctoral degree graduates for full-time, tenure-track employment in four-year, land-based higher education institutions.
Online Faculty Development: What Works?, Anita Samuel
Online Faculty Development: What Works?, Anita Samuel
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper presents the findings of a qualitative study conducted with online faculty. Faculty talked about the training and support services they utilized and found most effective when teaching online.
Students' Learning Experiences And Perceptions Of Online Course Content And Interactions, Alex Azike Nwankwo
Students' Learning Experiences And Perceptions Of Online Course Content And Interactions, Alex Azike Nwankwo
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The recent economic downturn has increased demand for higher education. Because most postsecondary schools offer online courses, it is necessary to assess the effectiveness of those offerings and provide information that will assist colleges and universities in meeting citizens' educational needs. This qualitative case study was used to examine the learning experiences and perceptions of students in online courses at a university in the western United States. Moore's transactional distance learning theory was used to assess interactions among students, instructors, and course content. Purposive sampling was used to select 18 students from 3 university departments to participate in the study. …