Advancing student spiritual formation, the process through which an individual accepts Jesus Christ as Savior and continually becomes more like Him, is one of the most important goals of Christian education. When distance education became more prevalent with the advent of the in…
Throughout the history of American education, technology has remained an important factor in the development and enhancement of teacher instruction and student learning. As the demand for online learning increases in high education and K-12 schools, the integration of the learni…
For my dissertation research, I questioned the necessities and advantages of pre-service art education (PSAE) and in-service supports (ISS). Throughout my time as a public-school art teacher, I experienced many different teaching styles and learning environments. I observed vete…
Telecare and especially Mobile Care Systems are getting more and more popular. They have two major benefits: first, they drastically improve the living standards and even health outcomes for patients. In addition, they allow significant cost savings for adult care by reducing th…
How can real robots with many degrees of freedom - without previous knowledge of themselves or their environment - act and use the resulting observations to efficiently develop the ability to generate a wide set of useful behaviours? This thesis presents a novel framework that e…
This PhD research investigates the significance of learners' profiles on the implementation of online learning systems. Using Brunei Darussalam as its research context where online learning implementation is at its infancy and with 73.7% of its young population having been ident…
Taking an action research approach, this study explores the experiences of three intakes of undergraduate students who worked in a cohort-based learning environment where team work and classroom participation was expected. This educational setting required students from diverse …
This thesis comprises a critical review and suggestions for enhancement of the Community of Inquiry Framework (CoIF), the frequently cited model of collaborative community-based online learning. It combines a systematic engagement of relevant literature and research, with the ap…
The quality of the student learning experience in an online learning course has raised many debates in educational studies. Evidence found in current literature indicates that individualised learning and interactive learning do contribute to the student learning experience in on…
This Guide is a multi-modal package that is accompanied by a series of web-based materials which provide online practical examples of how the principles for developing intercultural language learning outlined in this Guide can be incorporated in language education. The online ex…
Online research is one of the hottest work-from-home business opportunities of the decade, and this handbook provides the information necessary to launch, manage, and build a successful research business. The fully updated second edition has been expanded by forty percent. It fe…
The purpose of this study was to conduct a program evaluation of an alternative educational program in North Carolina for high school students at-risk for dropping out. The CIPP model was used to evaluate to what extent the alternative educational program is achieving its stated…
In this dissertation, problems in stochastic analysis and control are investigated, which include mathematical finance, online learning, and mean field game. For math- ematical finance, 1) a martingale optimal transport problem with bounded volatility is studied, which allows to…
Since the initial outbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the largest interference in worldwide educational systems in history, impacting approximately 1.6 billion students from over 190 counties and every continent. Elementary educators were forced to adapt quickly to t…
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to determine the impact of unlimited individual access to a laptop computer (one-to-one computing) on student participation and performance in online dual enrollment courses and determine to what degree this technology access impacts s…
The purpose of this case study was to explore faculty attitudes toward online learning in a Lebanese Higher Education Institution (HEI). The research problem addressed the disinterest among faculty at the Arts, Sciences, and Technology University of Lebanon (AUL) in enhancing le…
The purpose of this Delphi research study was to create an organized representation of best practices to guide and support the instructional design of online learning in higher education in Malaysia. Delphi research methodology was used to enable the collection and analysis of d…
The purpose of this research and development study was to design, develop, evaluate and revise reusable online learning resources based on the principles of learning objects that would support instructional design students' learning and performance in the context of ATC in Saudi…
This is a study about the effect of students’ attitudes of creativity toward their learning achievement and persistence in an online learning program. The study also investigated if there was an effect of indirect effect of attitudes of creativity toward learning achievement and…