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Download full textOregon, Evie; McCoy, Lauren; Carmon-Johnson, Lacee – Journal of Educators Online, 2018
Distance education has become a popular method for delivering sport management programs because online learning provides opportunities for learners to continue their education in various settings. Despite increased interests in online learning, the literature shows that one of the largest challenges to higher education is student retention in…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Athletics, Management Development
Direct linkBudash, Deborah; Shaw, Melanie – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2017
Persistence in online learning experiences has been perceived as chronically lower than in face-to-face learning, but a comprehensive understanding of this phenomenon has proven elusive. As online learning opportunities continue to expand, a better understanding of how learners and faculty perceive persistence is needed to foster this continued…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Masters Programs, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Wang, Min – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2020
Informed by theorizing positioning and agency, this article presents a case study by examining a science teacher's positioning acts and her agency development in a middle school in New York City. An analysis of this teacher's teaching narratives reveals that when she positioned her emergent multilingual students as "whole people," who…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Middle School Teachers
Waugh, Michael; Su-Searle, Jian – International Journal on E-Learning, 2014
This paper describes results from a case study that focuses on the initial implementation of a new, online instructional program, the WebIT M.S. in Instructional Technology, offered at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville during 2008-2010. Survey data were collected from two groups of students: a self-selected sample of those students who…
Descriptors: Program Design, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Academic Persistence
Aversa, Elizabeth; MacCall, Steven – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2013
This paper is a case study of a Master of Library and Information Studies degree program online option that has been unusually successful in retaining and graduating students. Design characteristics of this program that has maintained a retention rate of over 90 percent over five years are described and mapped to the literature on distance…
Descriptors: Profiles, Academic Persistence, Synchronous Communication, Online Courses
Chyung, Yonnie; Winiecki, Donald J.; Fenner, Jo Ann – 1998
The Instructional and Performance Technology Department at Boise State University (Idaho) offers a master's degree program via distance education to prepare adult students for careers in the areas of instructional design, job performance improvement, human resources, organizational redesign, training, and training management. Most students attend…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Dropouts, Adult Education
