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DeIaco, Robyn; Samuelson, Courtney; Grifenhagen, Jill; Davis, Dennis S.; Kosanovich, Marcia – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2022
This thematic analysis utilizes teacher insights from their experiences in an online professional development (PD) course on early reading instruction to determine course design features educators perceive as being beneficial and questions and concerns educators raised during the course. We analyzed discussion forum contributions and course…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Literacy Education, Teacher Attitudes, Invented Spelling
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Lee, Hollylynne S.; Mojica, Gemma F.; Lovett, Jennifer N. – Online Learning, 2020
With online learning becoming a more viable option for teachers to develop their expertise, our report shares one such effort focused on improving the teaching of statistics. We share design principles and learning opportunities in an online course developed specifically to serve as a widescale online professional development opportunity for…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Beliefs, Statistics, Mathematics Instruction
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Li, Qiujie; Zhou, Xuehan; Bostian, Brad; Xu, Di – Online Learning, 2021
With the rapid growth of online learning at community colleges and the low course completion and performance associated with it, there has been increasing need to identify effective ways to address the challenges in online teaching and learning at this setting. Based on open-ended survey responses from 105 instructors and 365 students from…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement
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Akoglu, Kemal; Lee, Hollylynne; Kellogg, Shaun – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2019
Massive open online course "for educators" (MOOC-Ed) provide opportunities for using research-based learning and teaching practices, along with new technological tools and facilitation approaches for delivering quality online professional development. The "Teaching Statistics Through Data Investigations" MOOC-Ed course was…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Blended Learning, Faculty Development, Statistics
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Gitinabard, Niki; Barnes, Tiffany; Heckman, Sarah; Lynch, Collin F. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
Students' interactions with online tools can provide us with insights into their study and work habits. Prior research has shown that these habits, even as simple as the number of actions or the time spent on online platforms can distinguish between the higher performing students and low-performers. These habits are also often used to predict…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Student Adjustment, Online Courses, Study Habits
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Comer, Denise K.; Clark, Charlotte R.; Canelas, Dorian A. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
This study aimed to evaluate how peer-to-peer interactions through writing impact student learning in introductory-level massive open online courses (MOOCs) across disciplines. This article presents the results of a qualitative coding analysis of peer-to-peer interactions in two introductory level MOOCs: English Composition I: Achieving Expertise…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Introductory Courses, Writing Across the Curriculum, Peer Relationship