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Latheef, Zahir Ibrahim; Robinson, Robert; Smith, Sedef – Online Learning, 2021
Readiness for online learning has been established as a key component of student success in online classes. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored how vital being prepared for online can be. This paper highlights an orientation technique widely used in the business field, namely Realistic Job Preview (RJP), as a method to prepare…
Descriptors: Learning Readiness, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, COVID-19
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Remich, Robin; Naffziger-Hirsch, Michelle E.; Gazley, J. Lynn; McGee, Richard – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
This report builds upon our previous study, which described five patterns of why college graduates join National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded diversity-focused Postbaccalaureate Research Education Programs (PREP). A 2015 report from the NIH showed that a high fraction of PREP participants matriculate into PhD and MD/PhD programs. This current…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Graduate Surveys, Doctoral Programs, Student Participation
Vaill, Amber L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In order to prepare new online students to be successful in the virtual classroom, many institutions opt to provide them with an orientation course. Academic institutions must understand the needs of their students in order to develop an orientation course that is best suited to prepare their students for success. In this study, online graduate…
Descriptors: Success, Electronic Learning, Training Methods, Virtual Classrooms
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Scielzo, Shannon; Neeper, Michael; Smith-Jentsch, Kimberly A. – NACADA Journal, 2012
We used an online academic-advising program to examine the effects of preparatory training designed to elicit high states of learning-goal orientation and low states of avoid goal orientation. Results indicate that training was effective in some cases for manipulating states of goal orientation. The training did not directly affect behaviors as…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Mentors
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Evans, Nina; Ziaian, Tahereh; Sawyer, Janet; Gillham, David – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2013
A pilot study was conducted in a regional university setting to promote awareness of the value of affective teaching and learning amongst staff and students. Academic staff and students from diverse disciplines at University of South Australia's (UniSA) Centre for Regional Engagement (CRE) were recruited to the study. The research investigated…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Regional Characteristics, Pilot Projects, Regional Schools
Mead, Molly Sherk – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Attrition in online programs has historically been much higher than in traditional face to face programs, creating concern regarding the appropriateness of online learning for all populations. This study aimed to address the question of whether students' levels of self-directed learning readiness and the quality ratings of online courses would be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grades (Scholastic), Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
Daniels, Elizabeth Barnes – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study compared the SDL readiness and behaviors of two homogeneous groups of junior level undergraduate nursing students (n = 33) as measured by Guglielmino's SDLRS. One group was exposed to an educational module that addressed the purpose and process of SDL and the other was not exposed to the educational module. An experimental,…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Intervention, Pretests Posttests, Teaching Methods