Smart learning means to create an enriched interactive environment that enables learners and educators to access their learning resources at the right time and place in an effective, efficient, and engaging manner. The effectiveness and efficacy of the Learning Management System (LMS) represents a crucial component in such an environment. In light…

Purpose: This study examines the importance of English Mobile Learning research as a foundation for lifelong and sustainable education from different points of view, including those of technology innovation experts, psychologists and educators. It aims to explore the current status and relevant research trends through the application of…

Sport coaching researchers have stressed the need for reflection in practitioners whilst the increased growth and impact of online applications has offered new ways to pursue this important goal. Recently, Stoszkowski, Hodgkinson and Collins (2021) showed that Flipgrid, an online communication tool that enables short video-based interactions, was…

The purpose of this article is to recognize the importance of mentoring in higher education and to identify useful strategies to ensure effective mentorship. The authors demonstrate and apply evidence-based approaches and strategies for effective mentorship in both online and in-person classroom settings. A discussion of four major strategies…

Online learning can be a lonely experience. Social presence and interaction are a few proposed ways to combat students' feelings of loneliness from peers and their instructor. Given that online course popularity and opportunities continue to grow, it is necessary to examine possible ways to alleviate perceptions of loneliness, especially given its…

This study explores the factors that contribute to shared leadership and its association with knowledge acquisition in virtual teams. Through the proposed multilevel model, we examined team empowerment at the team level and perceived virtuality at the individual level as the predictors of a team member's perceived shared leadership, which then…

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether gender differences exist in relationships between the three presences -- teaching, cognitive and social -- in the community of inquiry (CoI) model and online students' learning experiences measured with perceived learning and course satisfaction. Participants were 657 undergraduates taking…

Much has been written concerning large, public universities and their utilization of graduate teaching assistants (GTAs). However, most small, private colleges and universities do not use teaching assistants for online instruction. Therefore, providing online graduate students opportunities to build and hone their teaching practice is vitally…

The trend to shift courses online is accelerating. Some students are gravitating toward asynchronous online classes; however, many still prefer in-person educational experiences. These students often are less engaged when taking online courses, and their willingness to pay for online courses is frequently less than for in-person courses. There is…

This work proposes an analysis of pedagogical experiences developed in the context of university teacher education in dialogue with two different chronotopes: habitual face-to-face teaching modality and exceptional non-face-to-face teaching modality due to the COVID lockdown. We consider here two cases of Language and Literature teacher education…

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have evolved rapidly in recent years due to their open and massive nature. However, MOOCs suffer from a high dropout rate, since learners struggle to stay cognitively and emotionally engaged. Learner feedback is an excellent way to understand learner behaviour and model early decision making. In the presented…

This study intends to inspect the relationship between e-learner's Self Efficacy of Learning Management System (SELMS) usage and Motivational Regulation Strategies (MRSs) which are Interest Enhanced Strategies (IES) And Goal-Oriented Strategies (GOS). Moreover, the moderating impact of academic level was also investigated. A total of 119…

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the educational landscape of institutions of higher education, which were predominantly face-to-face. In Malaysia, many universities converted their courses into online courses to keep up with the challenges of working from home during the pandemic, using web technologies and blended learning approaches.…

As online programs become more prevalent, institutions require assurance that learning quality in the online environment is comparable to that of a traditional, face-to-face classroom. This study focused on a single institution over a six-year period where learning is assessed using course learning outcomes (CLOs). Using a paired "t"…

Individuals with special needs are highly disadvantaged during the COVID-19 quarantine days, and families and children received limited support. Learning the experiences, problems and solution suggestions of teachers who are responsible for the education of children with special needs is of great importance in determining the plans to be made to…