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As the growth in the number of institutions offering web-based courses continues, faculty members are becoming increasingly challenged by the need to balance sound pedagogical strategy with the dynamics of the Internet environment. Some faculty...

Unlike the traditional 18-21 year old college student, the adult learner approaches online distance learning with an existing set of communication styles honed in his/her respective work environment. Those diverse styles may lead to conflict. If...

To the faculty member whose only teaching experience has been in the classroom, teaching at a distance via the Web seems like a daunting task. The purpose of this paper is to offer some practical tips on surviving the transition from physical to...

Working adults seeking to develop professionally and pursue a pattern of growth through lifelong learning often select computer-mediated instruction as an alternative to the time-and-place constraints of the traditional classroom. These adult...

Over the past few years, institutions of higher education have been rolling out a variety of web-based services to their constituents. With the institution's enterprise-wide information management system at the foundation, these online transactions...

For working adults who make the commitment to lifelong learning, what is learned must be transferable to the working environment. This session will present a progress report on a research study to assess the extent to which a custom-developed Web...

For working adults who make the commitment to lifelong learning, what is learned must be transferable to the working environment. The purpose of this research is to assess the extent to which a custom-developed Web-based Problem-based Learning (PBL) ...

This study examined the impact of two Problem-Based Learning (PBL) approaches on knowledge transfer, problem-solving self-efficacy, and perceived learning gains among four intact classes of adult learners engaged in a group project in an online...

Institutions of higher education are developing and marketing graduate-level certificate programs aimed at individuals seeking to enter or advance in the e-learning profession. This presentation reports the results of a content analysis of 43 higher ...

This full-paper session reports the results of a case study of the use of research panels in the formative evaluation phases of an instructional product development project in a graduate-level instructional design program in a U.S. institution in...