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New Media Tools Impact on Online, Health Science Students' Academic Persistence and Support: Lessons Learned from Two Pilot Studies
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Armstrong, Shelley N.; Early, Jody O.; Burcin, Michelle M.; Bolin, Kim; Holland, Nicole; No, Sun – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
New media communication tools used in health science education may help enhance student engagement and sense of community, improve retention and persistence, and provide a richer academic experience, but the research is limited on non-traditional online learners. The studies described here therefore, focus on fully online, undergraduate health…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Health Sciences, Medical Education, Computer Mediated Communication
Facebook-Induced Motivation Shifts in a French Online Course
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Aubry, James – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
This study explores the effects of instructor's self-disclosure using the Facebook social networking online platform on students' motivation types in an online language course. The participants were 104 beginning French students enrolled in an online French course at a major research university in the southeast U.S. The participants were divided…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Motivation, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Social Networks