In the study of online learning community, many investigators have turned attention to automatically logged web data. This study aims to further this work by seeking to determine whether logs of student activity within online graduate level courses related to student perceptions of course community. Researchers utilized the data logging features…

This qualitative assessment of computer-based innovations found in current educational programs across a variety of academic institutions was designed to help administrators and faculty of educational institutions in making decisions about the nature, scope, and magnitude of computer facilities and learning materials that could benefit their…

A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the use of computers in Arizona vocational education and to provide a profile of those uses. Data were collected through telephone and on-site interviews of approximately 100 persons involved in vocational education at high schools and community colleges. Although the study concluded that…

CNU Online is the computer-managed instructional delivery system of Christopher Newport University. Fully functioning to deliver wholly online courses since fall 1994, CNU Online has been using an officially approved assessment plan since January 1995. The plan is presented as a useful example for others developing online instructional delivery.…

Providing detailed, constructive and helpful feedback is an important contribution to effective student learning. Quality assurance is also required to ensure consistency across all students and reduce error rates. However, with increasing workloads and student numbers these goals are becoming more difficult to achieve. An automated feedback…