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Swapna Kumar; Doris U. Bolliger; Elizabeth A. Roumell – Online Learning, 2023
Prior research has established the importance of the supervisor-doctoral candidate relationship and highlighted the importance of mentoring practices for the successful completion of doctoral theses/dissertations in the online environment. This article presents the findings of a survey with faculty members who work as supervisors in online and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Faculty Advisers, Doctoral Students, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
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Wise, Alyssa Friend; Vytasek, Jovita Maria; Hausknecht, Simone; Zhao, Yuting – Online Learning, 2016
This paper addresses a relatively unexplored area in the field of learning analytics: how analytics are taken up and used as part of teaching and learning processes. Initial steps are taken towards developing design knowledge for this "middle space," with a focus on students as analytics users. First, a core set of challenges for…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Teaching Methods
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Barbour, Michael K. – Online Learning, 2015
Due to the challenges facing rural schools, many jurisdictions have resorted to the use of virtual school programs to provide curricular opportunities to their students. While the number of virtual schools that rely on synchronous instruction as a primary or significant method of delivery is quite small, there are some programs that do (and a…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Educational Technology, Case Studies, Teaching Methods
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Clarke, Lane Whitney; Bartholomew, Audrey – Online Learning, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate instructor participation in asynchronous discussions through an in-depth content analysis of instructors' postings and comments through the Community of Inquiry (COI) framework (Garrison et. al, 2001). We developed an analytical tool based on this framework in order to better understand what instructors…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Teacher Participation, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Content Analysis