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Community College Students' Deep Learning Approaches In Oer Courses, Kim Ellen Grewe
Community College Students' Deep Learning Approaches In Oer Courses, Kim Ellen Grewe
Educational Foundations & Leadership Theses & Dissertations
Open Educational Resources (OER) have the potential to bridge the gap for community college students not only because they are more affordable or provide access but also because they have the potential to make learning more meaningful for these same students. Although issues related to access and affordability have been extensively researched, less is known about the ways in which OER use may impact community college students’ deep approaches to learning. More qualitative research around OER efficacy from the student perspective is needed. The purpose of this study was to describe the ways students use OER and how students’ OER …
A Study Of Late Registration At Four Community Colleges, Meredith Courtney Nourie-Manuele
A Study Of Late Registration At Four Community Colleges, Meredith Courtney Nourie-Manuele
Educational Foundations & Leadership Theses & Dissertations
At the community college level, a debated policy is whether to keep the option for late registration. Most colleges define late registration as registration that occurs any time after the first day of the semester (O’Banion, 2012). Some community colleges have opted to eliminate late registration, believing, based on previous studies, that late registration is a barrier to students and their success (Bolt, 2013; Hale & Bray, 2011; Jones, 2015; Smith, Street, & Olivarez, 2002; Weiss, 1999). Others assert late registration remain an option maintaining that the open access designation associated with the community college demands that students not be …