Eliciting the challenges and opportunities organizations face when delivering open online education: A group-concept mapping study
In this study, we elicited the challenges and opportunities of OOE projects within an organizational context of Dutch HEIs by using group concept mapping. Multidimensional scaling and hierarchical clustering resulted in a cluster map and a pattern match graph for interpreting the experts' ideas and opinions, clarifying and structuring the collective understanding. Core themes that represent the challenges and opportunities with regard to OOE identified in this study were: 1. Online teaching, 2. Supporting mechanisms, 3. Assessment, 4. External target groups, 5. Educational flexibility, 6. Quality of education, 7. Instituti...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - August 18, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Science-writing in the blogosphere as a tool to promote autonomous motivation in education
Publication date: Available online 9 August 2017 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): IJsbrand M. Kramer, Rashmi A. Kusurkar We sought to establish a collaborative learning environment for our first-year university cell biology course that would be sufficiently challenging to warrant team effort and turn students into autonomous learners. We chose team-based science-writing blogs, a choice grounded in the Self Determination Theory. This theory posits that a sense of autonomy, competence and relatedness are essential requirements to perform a task in an autonomous-motivated fashion. Through surveys over a...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - August 10, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
The influences of an experienced instructor's discussion design and facilitation on an online learning community development: A social network analysis study
Publication date: Available online 22 July 2017 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Fan Ouyang, Cassandra Scharber Instructors' discussion design and facilitation have critical influences on online learning community development. Social network analysis was used to examine the development of an online learning community within a graduate-level course, the variations of an experienced instructor's discussion design, and the dynamics of her discussion facilitation. Results indicated that students gradually formed an interactive online learning community. The instructor, overall, played a facilitator role ...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 23, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
A virtual panopticon in the community of practice: Students' experiences of being visible on social media
This study investigates university students' responses to the requirement to make their assessable work visible online to others. Using the lens of the community of practice framework and the notion of a virtual panopticon, we analysed data from focus group discussions with 20 university students. Our findings reveal that students experienced benefits, such as being part of a cohesive learning community, but also felt conflicted about how much of their work and themselves they wanted to share. Our study highlights the importance of lecturer-student negotiation in the management of online visibility, especially regarding st...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 11, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Investigating student engagement in blended learning settings using experience sampling and structural equation modeling
Publication date: Available online 9 July 2017 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Kristine C. Manwaring, Ross Larsen, Charles Graham, Curtis Henrie Brigham, Lisa Rampton Halverson We investigated activity-level student engagement in blended learning classes at the university level. We used intensive longitudinal methodology to collect activity level engagement data throughout a semester for 68 students enrolled in six blended courses across two universities. We used structural equation modeling to gain a holistic understanding of learning environments, including the influence of personal characteris...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 10, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
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Publication date: July 2017 Source:The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 34 (Source: The Internet and Higher Education)
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - June 30, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Moving beyond silos: professional learning networks in higher education
We report findings of a qualitative study that investigated participants' perspectives on their PLN experiences through analysis of survey data from 151 higher education faculty and professionals. Data analysis suggested that the anytime, anywhere availability of expansive PLNs, and their capacity to respond to educators' diverse interests and needs, fostered new learning experiences. Participants reported that their PLNs supported professional growth, specifically in the areas of teaching and learning. These findings have implications for defining the present and future of faculty learning and development in a digital age...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - June 21, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
The video lecture
Publication date: Available online 24 May 2017 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Charles Crook, Louise Schofield Vocabulary for describing the structures, roles, and relationships characteristic of traditional, or ‘offline’, education has been seamlessly applied to the designs of ‘online’ education. One example is the lecture, delivered as a video recording. The purpose of this research is to consider the concept of ‘lecture’ as realized in both offline and online contexts. We explore how media differences entail different student experiences and how these differences relate to design deci...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - May 24, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Effects of core self-evaluation and online interaction quality on adults' learning performance and bonding and bridging social capital
Publication date: Available online 17 May 2017 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Nguyet A. Diep, Celine Cocquyt, Chang Zhu, Tom Vanwing, Maurice de Greef Whilst emphasizing adult learners' characteristics as being different from traditional students, few studies have taken into account a broad personality trait, i.e. core self-evaluation (CSE), when explaining their learning performance. Additionally, existing studies confirm the vital role of adult education in the inclusion process of citizens in our contemporary society. However, questions remain unanswered as to what specific factors of the lea...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - May 18, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Mentoring relationships in online classes
Publication date: Available online 15 May 2017 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Lisa E. Baranik, Natalie Wright, Kelly L. Reburn The current study utilized a three-point lagged design to examine the role of mentors during the beginning, middle, and end of undergraduate and graduate-level online courses. Using self-determination theory as a theoretical framework, findings from 358 students show that peer mentor satisfaction at the beginning of the course predicted relatedness mid-way through the semester. Relatedness predicted two facets of online classroom communities, connectedness and learning, at...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - May 16, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
The use of web-based collaborative concept mapping to support group learning and interaction in an online environment
This study investigated the effects of web-based collaborative concept mapping on group interaction in two task situations: concept-oriented task and design-oriented task. Web-based collaborative concept mapping was used to mediate small group learning among college students in an online environment. The findings revealed that there were differences in the effects of collaborative concept mapping on group interaction between the two task situations; collaborative concept mapping functioned more effectively in facilitating group interaction in the concept-oriented task situation than in the design-oriented task situation in...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - May 2, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
The impact of online automated feedback on students' reflective journal writing in an EFL course
Publication date: Available online 27 April 2017 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Gary Cheng The study employed an embedded mixed-method design using reflective journals, survey and interview to investigate the impact of online automated feedback (OAF) on the quality of students' reflective journals in a 13-week English as Foreign Language (EFL) course at university level. One hundred and thirty-eight undergraduate students participated in the study, and they were divided into two groups: experimental (N=82) and control (N=56). Participants in both groups received the same instruction on reflective wr...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - April 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
The effect of self-regulated learning on college students' perceptions of community of inquiry and affective outcomes in online learning
Publication date: Available online 17 April 2017 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Moon-Heum Cho, Yanghee Kim, DongHo Choi The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of students' self-regulated learning (SRL) levels on their perceptions of community of inquiry (CoI) and their affective outcomes (task-specific attitudes and self-efficacy). Participants were 180 college students enrolled in a required online course. Using the cluster analysis method, SRL levels were grouped into four levels (High regulators, Mid regulators lacking efforts, Mid regulators lacking values, and Low regulators). A...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - April 19, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
On-campus students taking online courses: Factors associated with unsuccessful course completion
This study seeks to identify factors associated with unsuccessful online course completion and withdrawal by investigating course completion rates in an online physics lecture course. The authors use eight years of data (N=3032) to establish lecture course completion patterns then compare these patterns with three semesters (N=940) of a hybrid course combining online lecture with face-to-face laboratories. Deviations from established patterns were identified and student characteristics isolated which were uniquely associated with unsuccessful course completion and withdrawal in online sections. Differences in rates of stud...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - March 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
The effects of gamification-based teaching practices on student achievement and students' attitudes toward lessons
Publication date: Available online 22 February 2017 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Ibrahim Yildirim Gamification is defined as the use of game design in non-game contents. Gamification of educational processes can be described as the successful integration of the gamification framework into the curriculum in order to improve students' motivation, academic achievement, and attitudes toward lessons. In this regard, the present study aims to determine the effects of gamification-based teaching practices on student achievement and their attitudes toward lesson. Investigating the effects of gamification ...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - February 21, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
