Organizational Support for Online Teaching: Success, Issues and Solutions

Curtis J. Bonk; Richard J. Magjuka; Xiaojing Liu; Seung-hee Lee; Shijuan Liu; Kyong-Jee Kim; Mengyu Zhai; Bude Su

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 426–431

Rapid explosion of online learning programs has given little time for strategic planning and program development. However, such planning is essential for the success of an online program. The purpose of this study is to summarize the emerging issues ...

Topics: Planning, Distance Education

Online Facilitation and Motivation in Online MBA Courses

Kyong-Jee Kim; Xiaojing Lu; Seung-hee Lee; Curtis J. Bonk; Richard J. Magjuka; Shijuan Liu; Mengyu Zhai; Bude Su; Alyssa Wise

Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2004 (October 2005)

Online teaching and learning is making a significant impact on the fabric of higher education. In particular, online MBA programs have seen a rapid rise in student enrollments in recent years while the student enrollments in traditional in-residence ...

Online Facilitation in Online MBA Courses

Xiaojing Liu; Seung-hee Lee; Curtis J. Bonk; Richard Magjuka; Kyong-Jee Kim; Shijuan Liu; Mengyu Zhang; Bude Su; Min Shi; Alyssa Wise; Minyoung Doo

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2020–2025

The purpose of this study is to understand the practice of facilitating online MBA courses at a Midwestern university which has already established a highly successful traditional MBA program. The study explores the impact of online facilitation as ...

Topics: Social Studies

Considerations into Nature of Virtual Teaming in Online MBA Program: A Case Study

Seung-hee Lee; Curtis J. Bonk; Richard J. Magjuka; Xiaojing Liu; Bude Su; Mengyu Zhai; Kyong-Jee Kim; Shijuan Liu; Min Shi

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 2047–2054

The focus of this study is to develop an empirical understanding of virtual teaming activities. Virtual teams allow students to build the requisite bodies of knowledge for business professions while improving their analytical and problem-solving...

Topics: Business, Students, Virtual Environments, Collaboration, Instructional Design

What Do Online MBA Professors Have to Say about Online Teaching

Shijuan Liu; Kyong-Jee Kim; Curtis J. Bonk; Richard Magjuka

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Vol. 10, No. 2

Online MBA programs have grown exponentially in recent years. Yet, the prevailing literature indicates that research on online MBA education remains extremely limited. This article summarizes 28 instructor interviews from those teaching online...

Online MBA students' perceptions of online learning: Benefits, challenges, and suggestions

Kyong-Jee Kim; Shijuan Liu; Curtis J. Bonk

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 8, No. 4 (2005) pp. 335–344

Online MBA programs have seen a rapid rise in student enrollments in recent years and institutions of higher education have keen interests in offering quality online MBA programs to meet the demands. The present study reports the results of a case...

Language: English