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Examining the Elements of Online Learning Quality in a Fully Online Doctoral Program

The purpose of this descriptive quantitative study was to examine the quality elements of online learning in a regional doctoral program. Utilizing the six quality dimensions of Hathaway’s (2009) theory of online learning quality as a framework, the study investigated instructor-learner, learner-learner, learner-content, learner-interface, learner-instructional strategies, and social presence in order to explore the frequency […]

Faculty Professional Development for Quality Online Teaching

Meaningful technology use in education continues to improve given an increase in access to available technologies and professional development. For educators, professional development has focused on approaches for technology use that foster content-specific best practices and improve student learning in traditional classroom formats. Meaningful technology integrations are not, however, limited to traditional classrooms. In fact, […]

Top 10 IT Issues, 2016: Divest, Reinvest, and Differentiate

The 2016 EDUCAUSE Top 10 IT Issues offer a clear plan for today’s changing landscape: divest, reinvest, and differentiate. EDUCAUSE Review

The Faculty Role Online, Scrutinized

The Education Department’s inspector general is auditing Western Governors U over the faculty role in its competency-based programs. The high-stakes audit is relevant to other colleges and forms of online learning. Inside Higher Ed

U Central Florida Updates Blended Learning MOOC

The University of Central Florida (UCF) and Educause have partnered on the fourth version of a massive open online course (MOOC) on blended learning. Campus Technology

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Online degrees continue to gain acceptance among prospective students and higher education leadership. More and more colleges and universities have initiated and now offer online programs in greater numbers of subject areas and across multiple degree levels. Online learning has become mainstream. It is estimated that 3.4 million college students were engaged in fully online […]

Mobile Learning – plugged in across AU [Athabasca University]

Recently, Professor Mohamed Ally from AU’s Centre for Distance Education spoke with the Globe and Mail about the upsurge in mobile learning trends, further evidence that e-learning has secured itself as an indispensable modality in today’s learning fields. Athabasca University

Administrators devise 6 ways to boost online course enrollment

Boosting course enrollment for online learning may seem easy, but for an extended campus that relies not only on adjunct faculty, but funding from tuition, boosting course enrollment is not always the no-brainer it’s made out to be. eCampus News

Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-20 Countries: 2015

Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-20 Countries: 2015 is a comparison of the education system in the United States with those in the other Group of 20 (G-20) countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, […]

A MOOC on Approaches to Machine Translation

This paper describes the design, development and analysis of a MOOC entitled “Approaches to Machine Translation: rule-based, statistical and hybrid” providing lessons learnt on conclusions to be take into account in the future. The course was developed within a Canvas platform, used by recognized European universities. The course contains video-lectures, quizzes and laboratory assignments. Evaluation […]