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Direct linkSusanna Calkins; Anna Conway; Tazin Daniels; Regina F. Frey; Donald L. Gillian-Daniel; Bennett Goldberg; Robin McC. Greenler; Lucas B. Hill; Sarah Chobot Hokanson; Vanessa Johnson-Ojeda; Tershia Pinder-Grover; Sara Armstrong; Diamond Buchanan; Diane Codding; Schnaude Dorizan; Noah Green; Ivan A. Hernandez; Lisa Himelman; Tim Immelman; Omari W. Keeles; Haley Lewis; SuYeong (Sophie) Shin; Veronica Womack; Sara E. Woods; Alessandra M. York – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2024
The authors developed a free online course that centers learning about identity, power, positionality, and privilege to support inclusive teaching for STEM faculty and future faculty. Instructors across all institution types, including community college and 2-year, regional and comprehensive, and public and private research universities, utilized…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Asynchronous Communication, STEM Education, Faculty Development
Download full textVineeta Persaud – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2025
This systematic literature review examines the use of networked learning strategies and tools in supporting active learning in fully online higher education classrooms since the COVID-19 pandemic. With the increasing adoption of online and blended learning, there is a growing need to understand how networked learning can facilitate engagement,…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies
Olivia G. Stewart – Issues and Trends in Learning Technologies, 2023
In a post-COVID world, online education is more important than ever. Understanding how to make digital learning environments more humanized for learners can lead to more engaged learners. This study explored the experiences of 56 online graduate students to understand what components of asynchronous, traditionally formatted online courses centered…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Humanization
Varkey, Thomas Chandy; Varkey, John A.; Ding, Jack B.; Varkey, Philip K.; Zeitler, Colton; Nguyen, Anne M.; Merhavy, Zachary I.; Thomas, Charles Ryan – Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to create a "go-to-guide" of best practices in the creation of asynchronous courses. Due to the global pandemic, millions of students around the world transitioned from in-class instruction to online programs, which ranged from completely synchronous classrooms to completely asynchronous classrooms.…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Electronic Learning, Best Practices, Educational Practices
Leticia de la Garza – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore higher education faculty's perceptions of factors that influence dynamic decision-making when choosing opportunities for student engagement in asynchronous online courses. More specifically, this study sought to understand how faculty in higher education perceived these factors to prevent and facilitate…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Learner Engagement, Asynchronous Communication, Online Courses
Johnson, Nicole; Seaman, Jeff; Poulin, Russ – WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET), 2022
For years, there has been a sense of confusion and contention about the meanings of key terms such as online learning and hybrid learning. Additionally, there has been a lack of consensus on how to name different variations of online and hybrid learning (e.g., hyflex learning, synchronous online and hybrid elements, and asynchronous online and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Brian John-Suydam Miller – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Research suggests there is no significant difference in outcomes for online learners and on-campus learners. Several decades of online learning have also consistently demonstrated online students are less likely to persist than those students attending on campus. The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework describes social presence, teaching…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Interpersonal Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship
Hui Shi; Jaesung Hur; Yuen Man Tang; Vanessa P. Dennen – Online Learning, 2023
This study explores how online instructors use different instructional strategies to engage learners, and the active learning indicators that they look for among their students. Additionally, it examines how modality--synchronous versus asynchronous--and instructor learner-centeredness relate to instructional strategy choices. Using a mixed…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
Miguel Ángel Herrera-Pavo; Adriana Ornellas – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2024
This case study examines the experience of Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (UASB-E), a traditionally face-to-face institution in Ecuador, as it transitioned to online learning during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on data from interviews, surveys, and document analysis, the study explores the challenges and opportunities associated with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, COVID-19, Pandemics
Florence Martin; Swapna Kumar; Albert Ritzhaupt; Drew Polly – Online Learning, 2024
Bichronous online learning is the intentional blending of asynchronous and synchronous online learning experiences. Twelve award-winning online instructors participated in interviews to discuss best practices they use, and benefits and challenges in bichronous online courses. When sharing best practices for bichronous online courses, online…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Asynchronous Communication, Synchronous Communication, Teaching Methods
Dianne Forbes; Nicola Daly; Liang Li – SpringerBriefs in Open and Distance Education, 2024
This book supports teaching and learning through online discussion in higher education contexts such as universities, colleges, and polytechnics. It presents an explicit focus on popular asynchronous discussion tools and methods, with attention to disciplinary variety and key principles for successful learning-oriented discussion. It tackles the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Blended Learning, Instructional Design, Distance Education
Pattenaude, Rich; Caldwell, KarenAnn – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2020
For the past several decades, student engagement has been an increasingly popular subject of research in higher education. The conversation around engagement has become even more critical in in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, as institutions navigate a rapid shift to remote learning. A body of research indicates that an approach to…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement
Chaya Gopalan; Hiba Awooda; Abdelmoniem Elmardi – Journal of Faculty Development, 2022
A higher education international institution set forth a virtual training program for its faculty (n = 13) to enable successful implementation of flipped teaching (FT), which utilizes synchronous and asynchronous features to engage students in learning. Six biweekly sessions were scheduled via Zoom on Moodle, the Learning Management System. Pre-…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Flipped Classroom, Faculty Development
Kornilov, Iurii V.; Danilov, Dmitriy A.; Kornilova, Alla G.; Golikov, Aleksei I.; Gosudarev, Ilya B. – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2020
The relevance of the study is substantiated by the intensive transition of the educational process to the digital environment. In this context, methods and principles of teaching, which are necessary to meet the society needs in modern education, are changing and developing. The authors reveal the issue of the global economy transformation,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Development, Web Based Instruction, Electronic Learning
Xue, Eryong; Xu, Liujie – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
This study explores the online education action for defeating COVID-19 in China from the perspectives of the system, mechanism and mode. In particular, the policy development of online education in China during the epidemic includes the education informatization policy, the online education system, and the online education mechanism in China. The…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries
