Universities are just beginning to experience the impact of the increasing use of online technologies on academic policies and procedures originally formulated for the traditional face-to-face teaching context. In this case study, the experience of one university is used to demonstrate the types of policies that require examination and…

The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes among staff members of nonprofit social service agencies who participated in or completed an andragogically-facilitated or a pedagogically-conducted online learning module on foundation grant writing. The efficacy of andragogical methods is unknown and often debated due to scarce empirical…

This study provides a simultaneous examination of all components of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework (Garrison, Anderson & Archer, 2000; Anderson, Rourke, Garrison & Archer, 2001; and Rourke, Garrison, Anderson & Archer, 1999) and seeks to extend previous work into the nature, development, and relationships between the constructs of…

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether differences exist with regard to music achievement, music self-concept, or student course satisfaction among students enrolled in four different sections of an undergraduate music appreciation course taught from chronological or sociocultural approaches in online or face-to-face formats.…

This article examines utilization of online training courses in a Midwest-based landscaping company in the United States. The company had implemented online training to facilitate employee development for their 5,000 employees who were in locations throughout the United States. The courses had been in place for about a decade before the…

Purpose: In recent decades, there has been an increase of public awareness about environmental problems. A simultaneous effort to increase educational course offerings in this area has been made. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the first edition of the blended learning MSc in Environmental Citizenship and Participation that is offered by…

This booklet is a guide for teachers wishing to develop their own teacher evaluation questionnaire to be filled out by students. The first part contains an outline for constructing the questionnaire and giving directions to students. The second part contains illustrative questions under the topics of: general evaluation of the course; course…

A discussion of 1) why do a course evaluation; 2) what can be usefully evaluated; 3) who should be involved in a course evaluation; and 4) when should the evaluation take place. The article concludes with a general plan for the conduct of a course evaluation. (Author/HB)

The authors introduce a course assessment guide. The guide includes seven categories of program elements, including (1) need for the course, (2) relationship to total program, (3) course nomenclature, (4) objectives, (5) teaching-learning activities, (6) textbooks, and (7) evaluation. (CH)

Concept Development, such as freedom versus order, and an awareness of beauty were two achievements of a high school course in mosaic design. (CK)

One graduate library school instructor's method for keeping her courses relevant. (NH)

This paper analyses problems of course evaluation in the frame work of open learning. It introduces the process of quality assessment of one specific blended learning course. The centre of research is an individual student. From his perspective, an attempt is being made to look at the course as an opening to new study possibilities. In addition,…