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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Online university."”.
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College faculty and staff perceptions of the transition from high school to college for marginalized learners at an open access online university
… of marginalized students at an open access university. The study uses Conley's (2017) 4 keys model to analyze the responses into four categories: Key Content Knowledge, Key Transition Skills, Key Learning Skills, and Key Cognitive Strategies. This qualitative methodology uses narrative …
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The Impact of Leadership Style on Employee Engagement in a Higher Education Setting: An Explanatory Case Study
… examined how leadership practices at a Midwest online university were able to increase employee engagement for two consecutive years, during a time of uncertainty and upheaval. The purposeful sample consisted of twenty faculty and staff members who were currently employed at a Midwest online …
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Higher education online: a comparative analysis of online programs for free university-level education
The advent of online education programs has made university-level course material available to anyone with an internet connection. Top universities across the United States have begun offering online versions of their premier courses for free. Simply offering these courses is not enough to fully …
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Our Journeys: A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Students from Working Class Backgrounds as They Pursue Higher Education
… earned masters' degrees at a large public online university in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. By considering themes in the participants' narratives in juxtaposition to those found in the grand narrative of working class students found in the literature, the author reveals …
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Teacher educators’ and pre-service teachers’ preparedness to use ICT: a Western Australian perspective
… in Western Australia and one Australia’s online university. It is anticipated that this research will have benefits for both teacher educators and pre-service teachers. It is hoped that the research outcomes will have both practical implications for current in-service teachers and students …
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Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Learning Teams (VLTs) in Distance Education
… in graduate and undergraduate programs at an online university. The data were analyzed using split sample methodology, multiple regression analysis, and structural equation modeling techniques (factor analysis and latent variable structural equation modeling- SEM). The study's findings suggest …
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Implementing change in higher education : resolving change management deficiencies and its effects on process and employee efficiency.
This Problem of Practice study explored and synthesized the lived experiences of specialized project managers as they grappled with the challenges of aligning technical and people-centric change. For these individuals within a fast-growing organization in a complex and rapidly evolving …
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La calidad de la educación superior a distancia. Un análisis del modelo actual de acreditación de titulaciones y su aplicación en España
El aumento de universidades y titulaciones impartidas a distancia, incluyendo la formación virtual de emergencia forzada por la irrupción en 2020 del COVID-19, nos sitúan en un contexto en el que resulta oportuno reflexionar sobre la idoneidad de los criterios y mecanismos utilizados para …
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Contemporary Pirates: An Examination of the Perceptions and Attitudes Toward the Technology, Progression, and Battles that Surround Modern Day Music Piracy in Colleges and Universities.
… perceptions of a small group of students at the University of North Texas. The participants in this pilot study (n=22) were administered an online music file sharing survey, a Defining Issues Test (DIT), and participated in a small focus group. This thesis also outlined the history and …
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Auditing race and gender discrimination in online housing markets
… audits to enforce the Fair Housing Act, the online world lacks similar practices. In this work we lay out principles for developing an online fairness audit and demonstrate two examples; gender- and race-based discrimination in online housing advertisements, and personalized recommendation …
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A Relational Diffusion Network Study Of Synchronous And Asynchronous Internet-based Faculty's Personal Network Exposure Models Related to Discussions about Teaching Online
For many faculty, teaching online represents a new instructional delivery method, requiring the development of new teaching skills. This exploratory investigation builds upon Rogers' (2003) Diffusion of Innovations theory and communication channels to describe the influence of faculty discussions …
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A Mythic Perspective of Commodification on the World Wide Web
… countries, and content analysis and ethnography online.
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Medial temporal lobe and prefrontal cortex contributions to memory expressed on short timescales
… PFC interact closely to guide adaptive behavior online.
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Paedophile activity on the internet
… nature, scope and extent of paedophile activity online. A variety of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies were employed during the three studies that comprise this thesis. Study I The aim of Study I was to test the hypothesis, which stated that there are patterns of association between …
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The Development of the Prognostic Breast Cancer Model PREDICT
Background: PREDICT Breast is an online prognostication and treatment benefit tool to aid clinical decision making for patients with early invasive breast cancer. Since its development in 2010, the model has shown a variety of prognostic outcomes among numerous studies. Due to improvements in …