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Nemiro, Jill E.; Ayala, Anel; Lee, Jodee S.; San Luis, Briseli – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2023
This paper describes a case study of one large asynchronous college-level organizational psychology class taught during COVID-19, in which a major intent was to develop virtual teamwork skills in students. A literature review yielded four challenges of virtual teams in higher education--communication, trust, connection and social bonding, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning, COVID-19
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Winger, Amy – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2022
A central component of online learning, asynchronous discussions have the potential to impact distance learners in myriad ways positively. For a discussion to be most impactful, best practices associated with online discussion should be implemented, yet discernment regarding such practices too often remains elusive or unimplemented. This study…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Asynchronous Communication
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Piña, Anthony – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2022
Online education led to the survival of many colleges and universities devastated by Hurricane Katrina. However, despite the subsequent recommendations of scholars to institutionalize distance education, many institutions found themselves ill-prepared for the shift to remote or online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. One university's…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Asynchronous Communication, Synchronous Communication
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Conklin, Sheri – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2022
Designing experiential learning activities requires an instructor to think about learning outcomes. Using importance-performance analysis (IPA) can assist with the instructional design of the activities for implementing service-learning in distance education courses. This study used IPA in a fully online asynchronous graduate class to gauge…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Decision Making, Electronic Learning, Service Learning
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Berry, Gregory R. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2018
Many online learners have frustrations and concerns regarding the online experience. These concerns include institutional complaints, course-room and professor complaints, personal concerns about academic ability and time management skills, and more. This article examines the online learning experience from the student's perspective. Seven…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Peer Relationship, Electronic Learning, Business Schools
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Mashhour, Ahmad; Saleh, Zakaria – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2010
E-learning has been a hot topic for academics, technical researches, and practices because there is a need to employ advancements in technologies to support the education process and help academics and universities. E-learning, together with classical learning, can further enhance the learning process through the benefits of the new technologies.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Morgan, Kari; Cameron, Bruce A.; Williams, Karen C. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2009
This article explores student perceptions of social task development in an online group project and poses recommendations for implementation of group projects. Qualitative methods were used to analyze student perceptions of social task development in online group project. Respect, "being nice," follow the rules/follow the leader, communication,…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Learning Processes, Group Dynamics, Group Behavior
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Rovai, Alfred P.; Baker, Jason D. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
Multivariate statistical analyses were used to determine if there were differences in social community, learning community, and perceived learning between male and female students in 12 online graduate education courses in which female students (n = 162) outnumbered males (n = 31). Study results provided evidence that females felt more connected…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Education Courses, Online Courses, Gender Differences
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Hawkes, Mark – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2007
Using collaborative critical reflection as an index, this study examines the asynchronous and face-to-face discourse of 28 suburban Chicago elementary teachers developing problem based learning (PBL) curriculum. Statistical analysis of the corpus produced by the 2 mediums shows that the asynchronous online network emerges as the medium of choice…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Curriculum Design, Online Courses, Problem Based Learning