Management of Learning Space

2011 ◽  
pp. 210-219
Author(s):  
Susan M. Powers ◽  
Christine Salmon
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
Subject Line ◽  
International Data ◽  
The Subject ◽  
E Mail

Dr. Villez looks up from her papers and sighs as her e-mail beeps again for what seems the 100th time this morning with yet another incoming mail message. She checks the subject line and sender—yes, it is from another student in one of her online courses. She sighs again. She has barely started reading the last assignment that came in 20 minutes ago, and here is yet another assignment being turned in that needs to be graded and feedback given to the student as soon as possible. Dr. Villez looks at her watch and then back at her pile of e-mail. She might need to rethink her agreement to participate in her institution’s online programs. The online courses were taking so much of her time; it was beginning to cut into her time for scholarship. There are a multitude of reasons why an institution may elect to engage in distance education (Oblinger, Barone, & Hawkins, 2001). One of those reasons might be to generate greater revenues and to expand its access. With projections that an estimated 15% of all students in higher education will be engaged in distance education (International Data Corporation, 1999), the related pressures on faculty can become enormous. While these reasons may have a basis in institutional survival and transformation, the implications may come at a cost to those who must deliver the instruction through greater teaching loads and class sizes.

Management of the Learning Space

2011 ◽  
pp. 198-208
Author(s):  
Susan M. Powers ◽  
Christine Salmon
Keyword(s):  
Online Courses ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
Subject Line ◽  
The Subject ◽  
E Mail

Dr. Villez looks up from her papers and sighs as her e-mail beeps again for what seems the 100th time this morning with yet another incoming mail message. She checks the subject line and sender—yes, it is from another student in one of her online courses. She sighs again. She has barely started reading the last assignment that came in 20 minutes ago, and here is yet another assignment being turned in that needs to be graded and feedback given to the student as soon as possible. Dr. Villez looks at her watch and then back at her pile of e-mail. She might need to rethink her agreement to participate in her institution’s online programs. The online courses were taking so much of her time; it was beginning to cut into her time for scholarship.

Interactivity and Immediacy in Online Academic Programs

2016 ◽  
pp. 76-90
Author(s):  
Neal Shambaugh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Instructional Design ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Pedagogical Issues ◽  
Online Programs

Attention to the quality issues of distance education in higher education has focused primarily on courses. Entire academic programs are now delivered online, and faculty members must spend a significant amount of resources in addressing curricular-issues of online programs, as opposed to pedagogical issues for the courses they teach. Priorities for instructor interactivity and immediacy can become explicit goals for all learning experiences in academic programs. This chapter is organized in three parts: (1) the value of using interactivity/immediacy in the design of extended learning academic programs, (2) instructional design best practices for developing interactivity and immediacy in online academic programs, and (3) recommendations for different level of academic programs, including undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and specialized programs, including teacher education, certificates, and professional development.

Building Empathy in Online Courses

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G. Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
Higher Education Faculty ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
Online Higher Education

This research study examined the empathetic practices of effective higher education faculty from seven universities that offer online programs. Using a phenomenological approach with a purposeful sample of fourteen faculty interviews identified eight common themes of practice that faculty employ to promote empathy in the online higher education arena.

The Revelation from MOOCs on our Country’s Remote Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 989-994 ◽  
pp. 5152-5156
Author(s):  
Jun Feng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽  
First Year ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Online Learners ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Healthy Development

Since 2012, known as the first year of "massive open online Courses (MOOCs)", its development speed beyond our imagination, only Courses one company registered online learners reached more than 4.1million people (up to July 21, 2013). MOOCs will be bring what challenge for distance education development in China, how to deal with these challenges, is our reality problem need to concerned. We hope through the above question discussion to accelerate the change of distance education in our country, to adapt to the trend of the internationalization of higher education, promoting its healthy development..

Is Anyone There? Being ‘Present' in Distance Education

2010 ◽  
pp. 194-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Reupert ◽  
Darryl Maybery
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Subject

Research on higher education distance education tends to focus on the technical aspects of distance teaching, with little focus on the personal components of teaching and learning. In this chapter, students are interviewed to identify whether they want a personal presence from their lecturers and if so, what this presence might look like in distance education. Conversely, lecturers are interviewed to determine what they personally bring of themselves when teaching in distance mode. Results indicate that many, but not all, distance students want their lecturers to be passionate about their subject, form relationships and be open and available. However, there were some students, albeit a minority, who wanted to focus solely on the subject. Other students were clear that even though they valued lecturers’ personal revelations, these needed to be directly related to subject materials. Similarly, distance lecturers suggest that while they do reveal aspects of their personality there are also boundaries as to how much they ‘give’ of themselves. A case study is presented that extends this discussion and provides one approach, through the use of technology, for taking the ‘distance’ out of distance teaching.

Dimensions of Student Satisfaction on Online Programs

2011 ◽  
pp. 640-645
Author(s):  
Petek Askar ◽  
Oktay Dönmez ◽  
Gonca Kizilkaya ◽  
Volkan Çevik ◽  
Kerem Gültekin
Keyword(s):  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Immediate Feedback ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Complex Phenomena ◽  
E Mail

This research studies on the evaluation of online courses are usually conducted for investigating the differences between face-to-face and Web-based environments with respect to achievement. Most of the findings indicated “no significant difference” (Russell, 1999). However, only looking at achievement as a quality measure is reducing the complex phenomena into a single variable. Therefore, an analysis of the system with its components is needed. A study on students’ frustrations with a Web-based distance education course (Hara & Kling, 1999) showed that there were two foci of frustration among students in the course. The first focus was technological problems; students without access to technical support were especially frustrated. The second focus involved the course content and the instructor’s practices in managing communications with students. Students were frustrated because of a lack of immediate feedback from the instructor and ambiguous instructions on the Web and via e-mail.

The subject line in an e-mail

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
Gerry Nolan ◽  
Giselle Chaumien-Wetterauer ◽  
Gemma Correa Buján ◽  
Maria Grazia Schliephake
Keyword(s):  
Subject Line ◽  
The Subject ◽  
E Mail

Invest In The Success Of Online Programs At The University? Mentor Professors

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Buckenmeyer ◽  
Emily Hixon ◽  
Casimir C. Barczyk ◽  
Lori Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Preliminary Data ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
The University ◽  
Unique Program

The Distance Education Mentoring Program (DEMP) is a unique program designed to assist faculty with developing and teaching quality online courses. This paper describes a survey assessment of the 92 faculty members who completed the program over the last four years and looks at preliminary data determining the programs success.

scholarly journals Online College Education For Computer-Savvy Students: A Study Of Perceptions And Needs

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Belal A. Kaifi ◽  
Bahaudin G. Mujtaba ◽  
Albert A. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
College Education ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
High Demand ◽  
Current Technology

With new technologies and cyberspace-literate students, distance education has been in high demand and more schools are getting into online education. As such, understanding the needs of current and prospective learners has become especially important for success in the new millennium. Based on the learners’ needs and current technology status, this study provides a review on the feasibility of online education for modern students in a developed nation. Based on the survey of 203 undergraduate students, this research provides an assessment of their views, needs, and wants for the feasibility of offering online courses and programs. Such demographic variables as gender, ethnicity and education demonstrated statistically significant results. Recommendations are provided for administrators to enhance their online offerings as a result of the feedback from students. The document further explores online education, online operation, and other such variables that impact the success of students in higher education. 

scholarly journals Online Courses The Real Challenge Is Motivation

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia F. Bennett ◽  
Kathaleena E. Monds
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Discussion Boards ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Online Student ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
E Mail

Among the academic disciplines, business has led the way in offering Internet courses to its students. While online classes give students more opportunity and flexibility to integrate courses into their daily schedules, many concerns have developed from this form of distance education. Research on distance education indicates that the keys to effective online versus traditional classes includes the development of new teaching methods, frequent and timely interaction through e-mail, weekly discussion boards, the use of collaborative student groups, and an appreciation for students with multiple backgrounds and experiences. All of these keys are practical; however, when you consider the old adage you can take a horse to the water, but you cant make him drink, the researcher believes that intrinsic motivation can play a key role in online student success. This research paper was designed to 1) exam literature related to online courses, 2) discuss some indicators that support the notion that intrinsic motivation is attributable to student success; and 3) provide some strategies that may be used to increase intrinsic motivation in online courses.

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