A collaborative, design-based approach to improving an online program

Publication date: April 2014 Source:The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 21 Author(s): Karen Swan , Scott L. Day , Leonard Ray Bogle , Daniel B. Matthews This paper explores the effects of a collaborative, design-based approach to improving teaching and learning in core courses in an online program. It describes research which tested a model for linking iterative, theory based improvements in the design and implementation of online courses to learning outcomes. The researchers, who are also faculty in a graduate-level Teacher Leadership program, used the Quality Matters and Community of Inquiry frameworks to address first course design (QM) and then course implementation (CoI) issues across multiple semesters. Results show improved learning outcomes in most core courses from this two-step process.
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - Category: Information Technology Source Type: research