University of Arizona’s Big Online Push
Former for-profit Ashford University, which enrolls 35,000 students, will become the new, nonprofit University of Arizona Global Campus. Inside Higher Ed
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COVID-19 and Online Education Decisions
New survey data show pandemic may be disproportionately influencing women to choose online education over in-person options. Inside Higher Ed
Download Report: Remote to Hybrid Learning: A Position Paper on a Paradigm Shift for Education
The fallout from COVID-19, continuing advances in digital technology, and intensifying pent-up demand for student centered learning have combined to present an unprecedented opportunity to transform education across whole systems. We have been impressed by the tireless action to address the emergency needs of students and families. We are deeply encouraged by the growing desire […]
Cultivating Online Faculty Growth Through Leadership Training
Whether in business or education, leadership should always take steps to prepare employees for increasing responsibilities and future leadership roles. Continuous leadership training helps ensure employees are prepared to lead their classrooms as well as step into future leadership roles with confidence. Cultivating faculty leadership has numerous benefits for not only the faculty involved, but […]
The Effect of Online Core Courses Enrollment on Student Success: The Case of University System of Georgia
This study examines the impact of online core courses on students’ academic and financial outcomes of postsecondary students. To do so, we analyzed data from a large sample of students in the University System of Georgia (USG), governing agency of Georgia’s 26 public universities and colleges. Since 2001, USG has offered “eCore” courses: lower-division core […]
What’s Next for Remote Learning?
Colleges spent millions of dollars facilitating the pivot from face-to-face to remote instruction last spring. Administrators who oversee online learning don’t want that investment to go to waste. Inside Higher Ed
IU [Indiana University] Report Offers 4 Recommendations for Online Teaching this Fall
Indiana University has released preliminary findings from a survey of undergraduates and instructors across its all of its campuses, examining their experiences of the transition to remote instruction this past spring. The research was conducted by the eLearning Research and Practice Lab, a unit within IU’s Pervasive Technology Institute, as part of the “Mega-Study of […]
Development and Validation of the Purdue Global Online Teaching Effectiveness Scale
The currently available measures of online teaching effectiveness (OTE) have several flaws, including a lack of psychometric rigor, high costs, and reliance on the construct of traditional on-the-ground teaching effectiveness as opposed to the unique features of OTE (Blackman, Pedersen, March, Reyes-Fournier, & Cumella, 2019). Therefore, the present research sought to establish a psychometrically sound […]
Download Report: The Missing Metrics: Emerging Practices for Measuring Students’ relationships and networks
Young people need the right resources at their disposal to navigate uncertain times and to pursue their evolving interests and passions. All too often, however, a critical resource in the opportunity equation repeatedly goes unmeasured: students’ social capital. Social capital describes students’ access to, and ability to mobilize, relationships that help them further their potential […]
The Impact of Employment and University Connectedness on the Academic Success of College Students Taking Varying Numbers of Online Courses
This paper reports two related studies on the role of student work, university connectedness, and taking online courses on college student academic success. In study 1, it was found that differences in GPA between students taking varying numbers of courses online is predicted by the number of hours students are working and not course format. It […]
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