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Online discussion boards provide students with a forum and framework within which they can interact and collaborate with other students and instructors. Meaningful dialogue in discussion boards depends on strong working relationships between group...

Abstract: Online learning is rapidly becoming a permanent feature of higher education. Although it offers many benefits to the adult learner, it commonly uses traditional instructional frameworks including structuring learning around a class of many ...

Abstract: Community in online environments is often mentioned as a necessary condition for learning. To promote community, the authors offered a course forum, "Harp and Dwell," where teacher-learners could build community if they chose. Using an...

Abstract: In this paper, the authors explore the role of design and design-based research as an alternative research methodology for uncovering principles and strategies for integrating online learning with graduate professional development. Using...

This study examined teacher-learners’ reflections about the use of video production in their K-12 classrooms for evidence of content learning, the factors facilitating teacher use of video production, and the challenges teachers reported. Findings...

Abstract: Collaboration centered in peer conversation is the most frequently used online learning design. However, studies question this conventional wisdom, suggesting peer conversations are often only exchanges of personal experiences not well...

In these times of high-stakes testing, pressure to meet annual yearly progress goals, and standards-driven classroom curriculums, today’s teachers face many obstacles that interfere with their ability to teach with and about television and video. If ...

Although research studies in education frequently show that use of technology can help student learning, its use is often impacted by a number of barriers. Hew & Brush (2006) identified six barriers to technology integration and noted that much...

Abstract: Few online high schools report requiring online education for their teachers, and few programs exist to prepare teachers to work in online classrooms (Smith, Clark, & Blomeyer, 2005). Professional development for online teachers continues...