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Student outcomes and perceptions of instructors' demands and support in online and traditional classrooms
Gayle E. Mullen; Mary K. Tallent-Runnels
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 9, No. 4 (2006) pp. 257–266
In this study, seven graduate students were interviewed and 187 (91 online; 96 traditional) graduate students were surveyed about perceptions of differences in instructors' demands and support and student' motivation, self-regulation, satisfaction,...
Language: English
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Raising the Bar: Encouraging High Level Thinking in Online Discussion Forums
Mary M. Christopher; Julie A. Thomas; Mary K. Tallent-Runnels
Roeper Review Vol. 26, No. 3 (2004)
More universities are offering online instruction for students though we know little about effective online learning. Some have found online instruction increases student participation while others have reported that students prefer the traditional...
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An examination of the relationship between technology problems and teaching evaluation of online instruction
William Lan; Mary K. Tallent-Runnels; Wes Fryer; Julie Thomas; Sandi Cooper; Kun Wang
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 6, No. 4 pp. 365–375
To address faculty members' concern that teaching evaluation in the online environment might be lowered because of technology problems students experience in online courses, a sample of 202 undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory...
Language: English
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The relationship between problems with technology and graduate students' evaluations of online teaching
Mary K. Tallent-Runnels; William Y. Lan; Wesley Fryer; Julie A. Thomas; Sandi Cooper; Kun Wang
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 8, No. 2 (2005) pp. 167–174
In this study the intent was to determine if the problems with technology that graduate students experience in online classes is related to their evaluations of their instructors. Participants included 131 graduate students in a College of Education....
Language: English
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The effect of social grounding on collaboration in a computer-mediated small group discussion
Terence C. Ahern; Julie A. Thomas; Mary K. Tallent-Runnels; William Y. Lan; Sandra Cooper; Xiaoming Lu; Jacqui Cyrus
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 9, No. 1 (2006) pp. 37–46
There is a tremendous amount of pressure on educators to incorporate highly advanced computer-mediated communication (CMC) into the classroom, but the research shows that this is not an easy task. Part of the difficulty learners experience within...
Language: English
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Teaching Courses Online: A Review of the Research
Mary K. Tallent-Runnels; Julie A. Thomas; William Y. Lan; Sandi Cooper; Terence C. Ahern; Shana M. Shaw; Xiaoming Liu
Review of Educational Research Vol. 76, No. 1 (2006) pp. 93–135
This literature review summarizes research on online teaching and learning. It is organized into four topics: course environment, learners' outcomes, learners' characteristics, and institutional and administrative factors. The authors found little...