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Raising the Bar: Encouraging High Level Thinking in Online Discussion Forums
Mary M. Christopher; Julie A. Thomas; Mary K. Tallent-Runnels
Roeper Review Vol. 26, No. 3 (2004)
More universities are offering online instruction for students though we know little about effective online learning. Some have found online instruction increases student participation while others have reported that students prefer the traditional...
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The relationship between problems with technology and graduate students' evaluations of online teaching
Mary K. Tallent-Runnels; William Y. Lan; Wesley Fryer; Julie A. Thomas; Sandi Cooper; Kun Wang
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 8, No. 2 (2005) pp. 167–174
In this study the intent was to determine if the problems with technology that graduate students experience in online classes is related to their evaluations of their instructors. Participants included 131 graduate students in a College of Education....
Language: English
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The effect of social grounding on collaboration in a computer-mediated small group discussion
Terence C. Ahern; Julie A. Thomas; Mary K. Tallent-Runnels; William Y. Lan; Sandra Cooper; Xiaoming Lu; Jacqui Cyrus
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 9, No. 1 (2006) pp. 37–46
There is a tremendous amount of pressure on educators to incorporate highly advanced computer-mediated communication (CMC) into the classroom, but the research shows that this is not an easy task. Part of the difficulty learners experience within...
Language: English
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Teaching Courses Online: A Review of the Research
Mary K. Tallent-Runnels; Julie A. Thomas; William Y. Lan; Sandi Cooper; Terence C. Ahern; Shana M. Shaw; Xiaoming Liu
Review of Educational Research Vol. 76, No. 1 (2006) pp. 93–135
This literature review summarizes research on online teaching and learning. It is organized into four topics: course environment, learners' outcomes, learners' characteristics, and institutional and administrative factors. The authors found little...