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Ravenscroft, Brenda; Luhanga, Ulemu; King, Bev – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
Prior research has shown that classroom-based evaluation tools are unable to adequately capture the unique aspects of online courses. To address such challenges, a mid-sized Canadian university with a broad and diverse programme of online offerings adapted a questionnaire designed to assess constructivist-compatible online teaching practices. This…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Pilot Projects, Questionnaires, Constructivism (Learning)
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Venkatesh, Vivek; Rabah, Jihan; Fusaro, Magda; Couture, Annie; Varela, Wynnpaul; Alexander, Kristopher – McGill Journal of Education, 2016
We are witnessing the integration of increasingly sophisticated information and communication technologies (ICTs) in higher education settings. Understanding learners' and instructors' perceptions of their proficiency and use of ICTs is critical to the success of their integration in universities. Using a theoretical framework grounded in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Boopathiraj, C.; Chellamani, K. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2015
The aim of this study is to enlighten and discuss Post Graduate student teachers' first time experiences and their level of satisfaction with the use of Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) during their "Research Methods in Education" course offered online. This study investigated 30 pre-service Post Graduate student teachers' to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Graduate Students
Russell, Eric James – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how participation in a class on servant leadership influenced the emergency services student's understanding of the role and characteristics of a servant leader. The setting for the study was a state university in the Western United States, with the six participants being declared emergency…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Educational Theories, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Szili, Gertrude; Sobels, Jonathan – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2011
The dynamism of Environmental Management in the 21st century has predicted the need for students to emerge from tertiary programmes with a set of skills that are functional and more widely applicable in the contemporary workplace. To foster the development of such tools and skill sets, there has been an increasing trend amongst teaching…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Instructional Design, Course Evaluation
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Gazi, Zehra A. – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
This research aims to reveal the validation of 86-items in order to develop a scale for evaluating constructivist approach integrated online courses in higher education practices. The main aim of this research process is to reveal a scale to further evaluate whether the online education practices in higher education have the notions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Expertise, Constructivism (Learning), Factor Analysis
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Hosler, Kim A.; Arend, Bridget D. – Educational Media International, 2012
The Community of Inquiry framework has become a useful instrument for exploring learning in online classes; however, the interactions between the constructs of teaching presence and cognitive presence remain relatively unexplored. This study investigated student perceptions of cognitive presence as explained by three teaching presence elements;…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Feedback (Response), Critical Thinking