03/31/2023
A treat for your Friday afternoon- the publication of the JEO Special Issue!
Post-COVID Online Teaching and Learning Research Outcomes 2023.20(2) - Journal of Educators Online (thejeo.com) with Special Guest Editor Dr. Sherri Restauri
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05/31/2021
A new issue of the Journal of Educators Online is now available...
Volume 18, Issue 2, May 2021
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Check out the latest research on computer-mediated teaching and learning!
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08/07/2020
We are pleased to announce that a new issue of the Journal of Educators Online has been published at: www.thejeo.com. We would like to thank the authors for their scholarly contributions and the peer review board for the insightful feedback. Please share with your colleagues and associates involved in computer-mediated teaching and learning.
Volume 17, Issue 2, July 2020
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02/18/2020
Read about Student-Inspired Optimal Design of Online Learning for Generation Z
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Yu - Journal of Educators Online
This article identifies factors that help Generation Z students succeed in a fully online learning environment for communication skills. Out of a diverse number of learner characteristics, the learners’ home institutions significantly impacted their preference for instructional delivery modality. ...
01/30/2020
I am pleased to announce that a new issue of the Journal of Educators Online has been published at: www.thejeo.com. I would like to thank the authors for their scholarly contributions and the peer review board for the insightful feedback. Please share with your colleagues and associates involved in computer-mediated teaching and learning.
Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2020
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11/04/2019
Ingalls - Journal of Educators Online
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Statistics for teacher evaluations in seated and online classes show a glaring difference in both quantitative and qualitative scores. The generalized analysis of the quantitative and qualitative elements of the same course, instructor, assignment as grouped by learning environment provide an opport...
09/09/2019
Chadha - Journal of Educators Online
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Research indicates that when instructors interact with students online their academic engagement increases, yet there is little research on student peer interactions and its effectiveness in terms of academic engagement. This study evaluates peer deliberations on a collaborative website for students...
08/26/2019
Capaldi - Journal of Educators Online
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Many students want to use cheat sheets, or crib notes, on exams. Whether or not those aids actually help them has not been carefully studied. This paper measures 16 students’ notes by scoring the writing density as well as the number of definitions, examples, and mistakes. To consider the effectiv...
08/11/2019
Ahmadi, Dileepan & Wheatley - Journal of Educators Online
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Mohammad Ahmadi, University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaParthasarati Dileepan, University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaKathleen Wheatley, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
07/31/2019
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A new issue of the Journal of Educators Online is now available...
Volume 16, Issue 2, July 2019
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04/05/2019
Hicks, Gray & Bond - Journal of Educators Online
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Nancy Hicks, Central Michigan UniversityDeborah M Gray, Central Michigan UniversityJeremy Bond, Central Michigan University
03/19/2019
Duesbery, Frizelle, Twyman, Naranjo & Timmerman - Journal of Educators Online
https://www.thejeo.com/archive/2019_16_1/duesbery_frizelle_twyman_naranjo_timmerman
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Luke Duesbery, San Diego State UniversitySara Frizelle, University of WashingtonTodd Twyman, Pacific UniversityJason Naranjo, University of WashingtonKarren Timmermans, Pacific University
02/11/2019
Ben-Chayim & Offir - Journal of Educators Online
Model of the Mediating Teacher in Distance Learning Environments: Classes That Combine Asynchronous Distance Learning Via Videotaped Lecture
Aryeh Ben-Chayim, Beit Berl College
Baruch Offir, Bar-Ilan University
The study was based on Observing Mediational Interactions (OMI), Klein’s method for analyzing mediating interactions between teachers and students (Klein, 1988; Klein, Raziel, Brish, & Birenbaum, 1987; Klein, Weider, & Greenspan, 1987). The aim of this study was to propose a change in the distance learning method and the function of the teachers and to examine a model of a Mediating Teacher in the classroom in addition to the teacher teaching from a distance. The study included two groups of teachers, teachers who received training for mediated teaching and teachers who did not receive such training. The study compared the characteristics of the mediating interaction between teachers and students in high school classes (tenth to twelfth grade) that include asynchronous distance learning, in which a mediating teacher is present in the classroom in addition to an expert teacher who teaches from a distance via videotaped lectures. The findings indicate that teachers who had training for mediated teaching in the classroom in an asynchronous distance learning environment were better mediators than teachers who did not receive such training. The students’ evaluated the mediating teaching was higher, the dialog between teacher
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The study was based on Observing Mediational Interactions (OMI), Klein’s method for analyzing mediating interactions between teachers and students (Klein, 1988; Klein, Raziel, Brish, & Birenbaum, 1987; Klein, Weider, & Greenspan, 1987). The aim of this study was to propose a change in the distance...
01/31/2019
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A new issue of the Journal of Educators Online is now available...
Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2019 (https://www.thejeo.com/archive/current).
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01/11/2019
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Efficient Strategies for Integrating Universal Design for Learning in the Online Classroom
Many learners who have not chosen to identify as having physical, sensory, and learning disabilities still may struggle to learn in the online learning environment due to diverse abilities and backgrounds, differing cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and other factors that affect perception, learning ability, and engagement. Given the apparent difficulty of a subset of learners who choose to learn in technology-enhanced instructional environments, most online learners identify as average or exceptional learners but they may not have their learning needs met due to inadequate course design, development, and delivery. This article will explore how the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework can be integrated efficiently into all phases of the online course development process. It will explore how the strategies can help faculty meet the challenge of learner diversity. Alternative approaches are included to encourage the creation of flexible instructional materials, techniques, and options that empower educators to meet the varied needs of online learners.
Read the full article at: https://www.thejeo.com/archive/2018_15_3/houston
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Many learners who have not chosen to identify as having physical, sensory, and learning disabilities still may struggle to learn in the online learning environment due to diverse abilities and backgrounds, differing cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and other factors that affect perception, learn...
01/08/2019
Hebert - Online Resources - Journal of Educators Online
Taming the Beast: Principles to Efficiently Curate and Customize Online Learning Resources
A double-edged sword exists with the extensive scope and breadth of content that is available and which requires keen skills to cull the valid from invalid. Consequently, it is our obligation and responsibility to hone and refine our skills as instructors, subject matter experts, and course developers in this arena. More specifically, we need to further develop our skills for utilizing technology to support effective and efficient strategies for learning resource management, creation and curating. This article addresses three primary strategies that leverage your learners, colleagues, networks, and tools to assist in this process and save significant time. In particular, the article explores strategies for empowering learners as co-creators of content, for utilizing networks to curate and customize existing resources, and explores tools to help consolidate and organize resources. This article offers practical application and specific tools to save time, customize your learning resources, and tame the beast of information overload.
Read the full article at: https://www.thejeo.com/archive/2018_15_3/hebert_online_resources
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We are incredibly fortunate to live in a time of accessible information and rampant knowledge transfer. However, a double-edged sword exists with the extensive scope and breadth of content that is available and which requires keen skills to cull the valid from invalid. Consequently, it is our obliga...
01/07/2019
Hansen & Gray - Journal of Educators Online
Creating Boundaries Within the Ubiquitous Online Classroom
Managing one’s time and setting boundaries while teaching online are essential for continued job satisfaction and effective teaching. Online teaching offers attractive flexibility, but instructors report high teaching workloads, feeling isolated, high stress levels, and a poor work-life balance. By utilizing assumptions about online learners set out in andragogy theory, the practical application of the Community of Inquiry Framework, and considering work-life balance theories, the online instructor can effectively set boundaries that support their own work and simultaneously focus on students’ success. We propose that instructors can define their work and set boundaries on the online classroom by prioritizing engagement, developing assets to help students guide themselves, managing time, and using efficiency strategies. In this practitioner-focused article, we identify common barriers to effective time and task management in online education and, based on both research and practice, we provide additional tips, tools, and strategies for preparing online courses, teaching them, and grading student assignments—all intended to assist online educators in their pursuit of work-life balance.
Read the full article at: https://www.thejeo.com/archive/2018_15_3/hansen_gray
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Managing one’s time and setting boundaries while teaching online are essential for continued job satisfaction and effective teaching. Online teaching offers attractive flexibility, but instructors report high teaching workloads, feeling isolated, high stress levels, and a poor work-life balance. B...
12/11/2018
Burn Bright, Not Out: Tips for Managing Online Teaching
Managing the online classroom presents new challenges for faculty members. New online faculty members can become confused with the process of teaching and creating content online due to a lack of support and ignorance of tools and strategies. Issues often arise in online teaching due to the ubiquity of the online classroom and finding appropriate tools to help transfer face-to-face strategies to the digital classroom. By integrating both digital tools and personnel support, faculty can flourish in the online environment.
Read the full article at: https://www.thejeo.com/archive/2018_15_3/cross_polk
12/04/2018
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I am pleased to announce that a new issue of the Journal of Educators Online is now available!
Volume 15, Issue 3, December 2018 – Special Issue: Efficient Instructional Strategies
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The Journal of Educators Online (JEO) is a biannual publication by the Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching at Grand Canyon University that highlights research in the broad area of Computer Mediated Learning (CML) which includes distance, online, electronic, virtual, distributed, blended a...
10/01/2018
Huun & Kummerow - Journal of Educators Online
Student Presence and Faculty Availability in Fully Online Courses: Is Alignment Requisite?
Distance students consider online faculty availability and immediacy to be very important. Understanding student course usage is imperative to be able to align with their needs. The results of daily course usage by fully online nursing students enrolled in three separate clinical courses on an LPN-to-BSN track illustrate a clear pattern of extraordinarily consistent usage over six semesters for each course with remarkable consistency between courses. As an aggregate group, students spend roughly the same amount of time each day of the week using their LMS except Sunday, which shows roughly twice the usage as other days. Therefore, matching faculty availability and immediacy to times of higher student activity on the LMS should be considered.
Read more at: https://www.thejeo.com/archive/2018_15_2/huun_kummerow
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Distance students consider online faculty availability and immediacy to be very important. Understanding student course usage is imperative to be able to align with their needs. The results of daily course usage by fully online nursing students enrolled in three separate clinical courses on an LPN-t...
09/18/2018
Boudreaux.pdf - Journal of Educators Online
Serious Games for Training and Faculty Development: A Review of the Current Literature
This article is a review of the current literature involving the use of serious games (SG) as a tool for training and faculty development. Noted in the review is the dearth of research into the adoption of SG for use specifically in higher education faculty development. The review looks at the viability of SG as teaching tools, the validity of SG in professional training, motivation and SG, faculty attitudes toward SG, SG used in professional development for faculty, and measuring learning when SG are used.
Read more: https://www.thejeo.com/archive/archive/2018_152/boudreauxpdf
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09/06/2018
Ho_and_Yao_Encouraging Learners.pdf - Journal of Educators Online
Encouraging Learners to Explore Websites: Hyperlinks as Invitations
We applied a user interface (UI) design approach based on a constructivist perspective for web-based learning that conceptualizes interactions between learners and websites as conversations. Hyperlinks on the UI of a distributed interactive learning environment were treated as invitations for interaction to encourage learners’ active exploration. An experiment for examining the effects of two UI features, namely, additional cues attached to hyperlinks and indication of the website owner, was conducted on the basis of the literature on invitation designs for web surveys. Results reveal that, on a website owned by someone with a high-power status, learners explore further when additional cues are present on the UI. Such effects indirectly enhance learning outcomes.
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08/31/2018
Cahn.pdf - Journal of Educators Online
Ethics in the Classroom: A Ten-Year Retrospective
The influence of classroom context on the probability of being caught cheating is compared between face-to-face classes and online classes. A decision tree model assigned in the context of a management science class presents alternatives, including unethical choices, risks and rewards, and a decision facing a potential ethical dilemma. Part of the student response to the assignment is estimation of the subjective probability of being caught copying on homework. Student-estimated probabilities of being caught for both “real” (face-to-face) and “virtual” classrooms are compared. The same information was collected from students at points in time ten years apart to study the change in technological context on the probability of being caught. Broadly speaking, student respondents felt that only about one third of cheaters get caught, leading to a dilemma where sometimes grades can be improved by cheating. More specifically, the probability of being caught was higher in a face-to-face classroom than a virtual classroom. That difference was significant in the earlier time period but was no longer significant ten years later.
Read the full article at: https://www.thejeo.com/archive/archive/2018_152/cahnpdf
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08/23/2018
An Investigation into Web-based Presentations of Institutional Online Learning Orientations
Veronica F. McGowan, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Online learning orientation may be particularly important in a virtual setting where students are unfamiliar with the learning platform, unsure if their available computer hardware and software will meet requirements, and hesitant that they have the learning orientation to progress. Given that virtual students are at risk for receiving less advisement than their on-ground counterparts, proactive institutional provision of tips and resources for experiencing success in an online setting may foster greater achievement for this vulnerable population. This research studies a sample of online learning orientations provided by American higher educational institutions in order to determine content, delivery, and feature prominence in current implementations. Hopefully this study will help inform campus implementations in the consideration of various factors and the adoption of practices that benefit student audiences.
Read the full article at: https://www.thejeo.com/archive/archive/2018_152/mcgowanpdf
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08/16/2018
The Journal of Educators Online would like to extend best wishes to all faculty for a productive, educational fall semester! Good luck!
07/26/2018
Jacobi - Journal of Educators Online
What Motivates Students in the Online Communication Classroom? An Exploration of Self-Determination Theory
The purpose of this study was to examine instructional strategies used to motivate students to engage in online communication courses. Eighteen undergraduate students, seven graduate students, and ten faculty members were interviewed individually or in small focus groups. Results indicate the significance of instructional strategies that promote autonomy, perceived competence, and relatedness in motivating students. Two instructional strategies that promote autonomy (i.e., conveying choice in instructional language and validating negative feelings associated with arduous or tedious tasks) were not discussed by participants in this study, which poses interesting challenges for instructors. The results reveal the utility of Self-Determination Theory in aiding contemporary scholars in understanding the particular needs of online learners and the distinct challenges for today’s teachers.
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The purpose of this study was to examine instructional strategies used to motivate students to engage in online communication courses. Eighteen undergraduate students, seven graduate students, and ten faculty members were interviewed individually or in small focus groups. Results indicate the signif...
07/25/2018
New Issue of JEO Available! Check it out at www.thejeo.com.
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06/14/2018
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05/31/2018
OLC Accelerate 2018 - CFP Guidelines
OLC invites you to submit to present in at ! open through June 4! https://bit.ly/2puJH0W
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The Online Learning Consortium invites you to submit a proposal for OLC Accelerate 2018: Accelerating Online Learning Worldwide.
05/23/2018
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The Journal of Educators Online has published two issues per year since 2004! Grab a coffee and spend some time browsing 14 years of innovative scholarship related to computer-mediated teaching and learning: https://www.thejeo.com/archive
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05/10/2018
OLC Accelerate 2018 - CFP Guidelines
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The Online Learning Consortium invites you to submit a proposal for OLC Accelerate 2018: Accelerating Online Learning Worldwide.
05/09/2018
OLC Accelerate 2018 - CFP Guidelines
Seeking pre-conference and discovery sessions that engage & inform! now open: http://bit.ly/2pnTqXM
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The Online Learning Consortium invites you to submit a proposal for OLC Accelerate 2018: Accelerating Online Learning Worldwide.
05/07/2018
OLC Accelerate 2018 - CFP Guidelines
Call for Proposals is open for , November 2018, in sunny ! http://bit.ly/2pnTqXM
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The Online Learning Consortium invites you to submit a proposal for OLC Accelerate 2018: Accelerating Online Learning Worldwide.
05/07/2018
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