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Teaching and instructing is one of the challenging manifestations of informing, within which dis-tance learning is considered harder than face-to-face instruction. Student retention is one of the major challenges of distance learning. Current innovative technologies enable widespread use of video lectures that may ease the loneliness of the distance learner and increase retention. This study […]
The instructional delivery mode in distance education has been transitioning from the context of a physical classroom environment to a virtual learning environment or maintaining a hybrid of the two. However, most distance education programs in dual mode institutions are situated in traditional face-to-face instructional settings. Distance education leaders, therefore, operate in a transition mode […]
The primary goal of this study was to identify a wide range of characteristics of college students that may influence their decisions to select online courses. The motivation underlying this study is the realization that online courses are no longer exclusively being taken by non-traditional students (for undergraduates, that would be students age 25 years […]
This article presents findings from a case study related to the risks associated with the choice of traditional, tenure track faculty to teach online. Education offered at a distance via the World Wide Web is on the rise; so too is the demand for university faculty members who will teach those courses. While traditional academic […]
As a profession, librarians have an important and unique role to play in higher education in producing information literate students equipped to be successful in a complex, twenty-first century global society. It is our contention that our guiding professional information literacy definitions and standards need to be reconsidered in order to remain relevant within the […]
This paper reports on a causal-comparative study that investigated potential differences in students’ participation in asynchronous online learning environments according to their professional experience. In the study, 893 messages from 77 students in an online master’s program in human resource development (HRD) at a large U.S. university were analyzed. The research shed light on an […]
By Farhad (Fred) Saba, Ph. D. Founder and Editor, Distance-Educator.com High school students who successfully gain access to and complete their higher education do not only benefit financially throughout their adult life, they enjoy a healthier and more rewarding life style. Baum, Ma, and Payea (2012) stated: Median earnings of bachelor’s degree recipients working fulltime […]
This research investigates the current awareness of, and participation in, the open content movement at one UK institution for higher education. The open content movement and the open educational resources can be seen as potential methods for reducing time and cost of technology-enhanced learning developments; however, its sustainability and, to some degree, its success are […]
How do expert educators perceive their teaching practice and professional identity in the openness of immersive virtual environments? This paper summarises some findings of a study of teaching practitioners’ narratives from the UK about the use of virtual worlds or MUVEs (Multi-User Virtual Environments) in higher education and adult language learning classes in the UK. […]