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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Online Higher Education"”.
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Re-Defining Leadership: Exploring Women’s Roles As Successful Leaders In Online Higher Education
… opportunities of female leaders in the field of higher education as they sought professional advancement. The researcher focused on leaders in contemporary, online colleges and universities, where women have achieved career advancement at higher rates than in traditional college and university …
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A case study of student participation in discussion in an online higher education course
… a mixed method research design to investigate online participation on discussion tasks by students. The research also explored the relationship between online participation and academic performance, and the teacher's role in designing the tasks and providing support for students. Ninety-five …
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Navigating The Landscape Of Online Higher Education: Faculty Challenges, Opportunities, And Strategies For Student Engagement
<p>Faculty in higher education recognize the importance of enhancing student engagement in online courses (Hollister et al., 2022; Richards, 2023), yet challenges like lack of confidence, difficulty understanding students, and managing workload often hinder prioritization (Kellen & Kumar, 2021). …
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Guidelines for Informed Instructional Strategy Selection in Online Higher Education: A Design and Development Research
The demand for online education has significantly increased in recent years, prompting many educational institutions to consider its continued adoption in many ways. However, some faculty members have encountered challenges in teaching online due to a lack of adequate training and guidance on …
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Discourses and realities of online higher education : a history of [discourses of] online education in Canada’s Open University
… a comprehensive account for the current state of online higher education beyond the common social and educational expectations about the adoption of online education. Online education, according to dominant discourses in higher education, is commonly expected to (a) enhance educational …
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The Effect of Motivation on Student Persistence in Online Higher Education: A Phenomenological Study of How Adult Learners Experience Motivation in a Web-based Distance Learning Environment
… in the persistence of adults enrolled in online higher education. Since the 1990’s, online courses and programs have proliferated across higher education, with adults (ages 25 and over) currently making up the largest portion of online enrollments. Online courses, however, suffer from a …
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HOW DID REMOTE TEACHING DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS AFFECT FACULTY’S ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS ABOUT ONLINE TEACHING?
Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, online learning was a contested issue within higher education. Advocates of online higher education saw it as a way to make college more accessible and affordable and bring high-quality education to those who might not be able to attend in-person classes. However, …
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Perceptions and Experiences of Online Learning and Synchronous Communication
<p>Abstract</p> <p>High-quality and effective online education is essential to the continuous growth of higher education. As online higher education grows in professional programs, it is especially pertinent to investigate learning designs for their effectiveness in supporting the acquisition of …
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Technology Use of Online Instructors with High Self-Efficacy: A Multiple Case Study
… multiple case study was to understand how online instructors with perceived high self-efficacy for online teaching use technology in the online class and how their use compares to a common list of best practices for use of technology with online instruction. One-on-one interviews with four …
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Generative AI and Student Engagement, Motivation, and Learning: Exploring The Use Of Generative AI in Higher Education Online Courses
… large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT in higher education has left many institutions unprepared to assess their potential benefits and risks. This mixed-methods study examined how ChatGPT and Google’s NotebookLM were integrated into online course development and delivery at a small private …
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Online Education: Benefits and Challenges for Refugee Students
… <p>Currently, only 3% of refugees are pursuing higher education opportunities compared to the 37% higher education participation rate globally. There is an urgent need for quality academic work to leave behind the endless descriptive accounts of refugee life and move toward identifying effective …
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The online student experience: An exploration of first-year university students’ expectations, experiences and outcomes of online education
Online higher education presents a critical opportunity to extend and diversify the student body. The Online Student Experience (OSE), and online student outcomes, however, remain shrouded in ambiguity. The literature presents conflicting reports of online education (OE) quality, confounded by a …
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Gamificação no ensino superior online
… gamificado diferenciador, no ensino superior online, promove a motivação e o envolvimento dos estudantes adultos. Neste sentido, foi desenvolvida uma framework compreendendo oito estádios gerais para a gamificação no ensino superior online, com base na revisão da literatura efetuada. Os …
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A Wikipédia como recurso educacional aberto : conceções e práticas de estudantes e professores no ensino superior online
… inquéritos por questionário disponibilizados online. Num questionário foram inquiridos os professores universitários, no outro, os estudantes universitários. Foi possível concluir, da análise dos dados recolhidos, que os dois públicos-alvo acedem e têm uma conceção positiva relativamente ao …
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A Qualitative Study Exploring Online Teaching At A Rural Community College: How Do Faculty Prepare To Teach Online?
<p>Supporting online faculty at the community college level to prepare them to teach online can be a complex matter. Faculty who are first entering the online teaching environment often start with training to help them prepare to teach online. Supporting faculty who are teaching online means …