Let us lay the context for our conversation: My senior level undergraduate nursing students, all of whom were doing their clinical experience at health care centres in Calgary, appreciated not having to travel to the University after their clinical day to have a face-to-face hour session with myself as their instructor. In previous years, we used…

Purpose: Academic institutions with sufficient resources rapidly deployed virtual teaching technologies and training to minimize disruption following the Spring 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. This paper shares a College of Business experience to provide insights for administrators tasked with future online course scheduling decisions.…

This paper investigates undergraduate students' perceptions and acceptance of e-learning systems at Jordanian universities. The framework of this study is guided by the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and DeLone and McLean Information System Success Model. The online questionnaire is used to collect data from 411…

Previous research examining student satisfaction in China has been broad in its demographic profile while utilizing instruments that have questionable reliability. This study has incorporated a newly validated model to assess student satisfaction, specifically Chinese students majoring in English at a domestic Chinese university, an…

Educational institutions operating during the COVID-19 pandemic are openly using the online learning modality. The online learning environment offers students sustainable learning while staying in their own homes. This learning modality helps teachers in educating students who are studying under them. However, online learning presented problems…

Positive experience can increase the likelihood of revisiting Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) site. Our interest focuses on effects of presentation formats on learner's experience in MOOC. In two empirical studies, participants viewed online course webpages that either contained an image of the instructor or not. We examined effects of…

The objectives of this study were to 1) investigate the efficiency of Application on Eri Silk to create awareness of Undergraduate students, 2) compare students' achievements before and after learning through Application on Eri Silk to create awareness of Undergraduate students, and 3) examine student satisfaction towards the Application on Eri…

The study aimed to reveal the level of intellectual security and its relationship to life satisfaction among students at the University of Mutah, Jordan. A correlation approach was used. To achieve those objectives, intellectual security and life satisfaction scales were developed, and their psychometric characteristics were verified. The sample…

A substantial body of empirical research outside of the marketing education literature indicates that students adopt "surface," "deep," or "strategic" learning approaches based on their learning environment, among other factors. Using the Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory and the Course Experience…

Summer internships present an opportunity for Computer Science (CS) students to expand and test their skills in "the real world." These multi-faceted experiences call on students to use technical tools and critical thinking in collaboration with others to solve problems. There are many opportunities for learning and growth: which of…

Literature emphasized the importance of quality antecedents on the successful implementation of MOOCs. However, rare studies are available on how to examine the quality antecedents in the MOOC context. Thus, the objective of this study is to assess the impact of quality antecedents on satisfaction toward MOOC. This study is mainly quantitative,…

As term-time employment for college students has rapidly increased worldwide, the topic of multiple role engagement among employed students has attracted much research attention. Nevertheless, how paid employment might affect student outcomes remains unknown. With this in mind, we provide a critical synthesis of the school-work-life (SWL)…

The COVID-19 pandemic has moved university teaching and learning activities that conventionally take place in physical classrooms to online platforms. There is an urgent need to investigate university students' experience and perceptions of online learning during the pandemic so as to optimize online learning strategies in tertiary education…

This reflective essay advances a model of transformative education based on the collaborative experiences of a professor and three students who sought greater opportunities for flourishing through reflective and contemplative methods in an instructor-created open space. Open space derives from research in education, child psychology, and…

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have recently gained popularity in a blended learning approach at educational institutions around the world. Despite this trend, little research exists on the students' experiences and emerging challenges with implementing this online learning platform in a higher education setting, particularly from the…