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Educational leadership in an online world: connecting students to technology responsibly, safely, and ethically

Ribble, Mike; Miller, Teresa N. (2013-03-01)

The current gap in technology knowledge and lack of leadership preparation related to digital literacy for school environments can cause serious problems, as school leaders, parents, and broader social communities are ...
Exercising autonomous learning approaches through interactive notebooks: A qualitative case study

Jaladanki, Vani S.; Bhattacharya, Kakali (2014-05-18)

Grounded in the theoretical framework of interpretivism, the purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the experiences of a teacher from an inner city high school in South Texas when using interactive notebooks ...
The political economy of growing a rural university in the United States using online education: an examination of incentives for educational imperialism and academic capitalism

Zacharakis, Jeffrey T.; Tolar, Mary H.; Collins, Royce A. (2014-11-03)

Rural colleges and universities in the USA struggle to recruit new students as their geographic region is depopulating and cost to attend classes on campus are increasing. Online education using the Internet is rapidly ...
The relationship between school funding and student achievement in Kansas public schools.

Neymotin, Florence (2011-10-25)

Recent changes in public school educational finance in the state of Kansas are shown to have had little positive effect on student educational achievement. A differences structure is used to determine the effect of changes ...
Rethinking distance learning activities: a comparison of transactional distance theory and activity theory

Kang, Haijun; Gyorke, Allan S. (2011-10-18)

Despite its invaluable guidance to distance education development, transactional distance (TD) theory is not seamlessly synchronised with current field practice and lacks a social component. After it has provided over 30 ...
Revisioning information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) at the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES): a five-year account (2009 - 2013)

Kang, Haijun (2015-03-04)

The purpose of this paper is to provide an account of how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has evolved as a key topic and research area at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) conference. ...
A Snapshot of 126 CPAE Members’ Social Media Habitus for Professional Networking and Collaborations Online

Kang, Haijun (2017-03-21)

This online survey was developed to help the Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE) Executive Committee better understand current CPAE community members’ social media habitus for professional networking and ...
Students’ perceptions of long-functioning cooperative teams in accelerated adult degree programs

Favor, Judy K. (2013-02-26)

This study examined 718 adult students’ perceptions of long-functioning cooperative study teams in accelerated associate’s, bachelors, and master’s business degree programs. Six factors were examined: attraction toward ...
The murky waters of neoliberal marketization and commodification on the education of adults in the United States

Zacharakis, Jeffrey; Holloway-Libell, Jessica (2016-10-10)

We approach marketization and commodification of adult education from multiple lenses including our personal narratives and neoliberalism juxtaposed against the educational philosophy of the Progressive Period. We argue ...
The Righteous Among the Nations of the World: An Exploration of Free-Choice Learning

Yelich Biniecki, Susan; Donley, S. (2016-07-14)

The purpose of this study was to explore how learners make meaning of their experiences at exhibits depicting narratives of the Polish Righteous Among the Nations of the World, free-choice learning contexts. The study ...
Training online faculty: a phenomenology study

Kang, Haijun (2011-11-07)

Literature on training faculty to teach online still dwells on the issues explored a decade ago. To make a substantial move in this area, it is necessary to re-evaluate the essence of training in the context of producing ...
Understanding online learning across cultures: The encounter between Confucius culture and Western culture

Kang, Haijun (2014-06-04)

The purpose of this study is to understand how much the field knows about the role culture plays in online learning. Further, the question is situated in the interplay between online learning behaviors influenced by Confucius ...
Understanding online reading through the eyes of first and second language readers: an exploratory study

Kang, Haijun (2014-11-04)

Utilizing eye-tracking technology and focusing on the “rapid”, “purposeful” and “comprehending” attributes of fluent reading, this study investigated first language (L1) and second language (L2) readers’ online reading ...
Women in economics: Making connections and forging ahead.

Neymotin, Florence (2011-10-26)