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A Review of Ten-Year Research through Co-Citation Analysis: Online Learning, Distance Learning, and Blended Learning
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Park, Hyejin; Shea, Peter – Online Learning, 2020
This study reviewed evolving research trends in online, distance, and blended learning over the past ten years through co-citation analysis. Related peer-reviewed research articles in the Web of Science were obtained and the references in the articles were analyzed. The result showed that literature review and meta-analysis studies on distance…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Trends, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
Empowering Learners through Blended Learning
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Owston, Ron – International Journal on E-Learning, 2018
Blended learning appears to facilitate learner empowerment more readily than either face-to-face or fully online courses. This contention is supported by a review of literature on the affordances of blended learning that support Thomas and Velthouse's (1990) four conditions of empowerment: choice, meaningfulness, competence, and impact. Blended…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Self Efficacy, Online Courses, Instructional Design
Detecting Bias in Meta-Analyses of Distance Education Research: Big Pictures We Can Rely On
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Bernard, Robert M.; Borokhovski, Eugene; Tamim, Rana M. – Distance Education, 2014
This article has two interrelated purposes. The first is to explain how various forms of bias, if introduced during any stage of a meta-analysis, can provide the consumer with a misimpression of the state of a research literature. Five of the most important bias-producing aspects of a meta-analysis are presented and discussed. Second, armed with…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Research, Bias, Meta Analysis
Future Directions for Research on Online Technical Education
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Horvitz, Brian S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Most research on online learning in higher education has been focused on general education at four-year institutions. There is a need for more research that focuses on online and hybrid education at community colleges in technical education fields. This issue includes articles from eight National Science Foundation funded projects doing innovative…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Technical Education, Educational Research, Research Needs
Blended Course Design: Where's the Pedagogy?
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McGee, Patricia – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2014
Blended or hybrid course design is generally considered to involve a combination of online and classroom activities. However defining blended courses solely based on delivery mode suggests there is nothing more to a blended course than where students meet and how they use technology. Ultimately there is a risk that blended courses defined in this…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Time Management
Psychology for the Classroom: E-Learning
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Woollard, John – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Psychology for the Classroom: E-Learning" is a lively and accessible introduction to the field of technology-supported teaching and learning and the educational psychology associated with those developments. Offering a substantial and useful analysis of e-learning, this practical book includes current research, offers a grounding in both theory…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Social Justice, Constructivism (Learning)