Jennifer Bowman, May 2024
This study examines Arkansas early childhood practitioners’ propensity for self-directed learning when using mobile phones to participate in self-paced online professional development. Further, the activity…Continue Reading Examining the Relationship Between Mobile Phone Utilization on Self-Directed Online Professional Development Among Early Childhood Practitioners: A Preregistered Study
Celeste Avery, May 2023
Graduate enrollment in the United States is increasing. With the advent of the cohort learning model and online delivery methods, adult learners now have greater…Continue Reading Doctoral Students’ Experiences of Community of Practice in a Hybrid Cohort-Based Program: A Case Study
Jennifer Clare Hoelzeman, December 2022
The University of Arkansas System eVersity was established in 2014 by the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees. More than 80% of the student population at the institution is non-traditional, with time or location restrictions that…Continue Reading Advisor-Student Communication in Preparation for Online Education
Ken Muessig, December 2022
Adult learners who pursue undergraduate degrees online are an understudied group who have characteristics that separate them from traditional younger students or graduate students who might…Continue Reading The Role of Instructor Presence and Class Size in Promoting Engagement Among Adults Pursuing Undergraduate Degrees Online: A Preregistered Study
Joy Bauer, August 2022
The rapid spread of COVID-19 during the spring of 2020 warranted an unprecedented change as faculty were required to convert course content and quickly learn to use new instructional technology in order to …Continue Reading Community College Faculty Members’ Experiences using Instructional Technology: The Sudden Transition to Emergency Remote Teaching