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What is the maximum course load that an online instructor should undertake? Does the fact that a person can work at home provide the increased energy and…
by Paul Collins After years of dividing my time between freelance writing and teaching online courses, I shifted entirely to writing books and articles. But to the…
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by John D. Edwards AACE JOURNAL (AACEJ) The Journal of Online Learning Research (JOLR) is a peer-reviewed, international journal devoted to the theoretical, empirical, and pragmatic understanding…
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by Molly McCluskey For some, they’re a blessing: a chance to focus less on course development and more on the actual teaching. For some, they’re a curse:…
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by Jason C.K. Chan and Dahwi An A recent study found no clear signs of cheating during online exams. The big idea Students don’t have to be…
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Almost half of adults in the U.S., 47%, think online education is of roughly the same quality as in-person instruction, increasing sharply from about a third who…
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Newest California study finds students are 11% less likely to pass an online version of the same class. by Jill Barshay Here’s an unusual case where scholarly…
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by Dilani Gedera, Ashwini Datt, Cheryl Brown and Dianne Forbes As any university student, lecturer or tutor can attest, the pandemic has turned learning and teaching upside…
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by Robert Danisch The modern research university was designed to produce new knowledge and to pass that knowledge on to students. North American universities over the last 100 years…