Featured Research Archive

Systematic Review of Two Decades (1995 to 2014) of Research on Synchronous Online Learning

Systematic Review of Two Decades (1995 to 2014) of Research on Synchronous Online Learning

Featured June 2020
Systematic reviews of literature are studies that strategically search for published research on a specific topic in order to synthesize what is known about the topic. This systematic review describes 157 articles on synchronous online learning (SOL) from thirty-four different countries on instructional setting, content areas, participant demographics, research designs, independent and dependent variables, SOL technologies, and data-collection tools.

From the periphery to prominence: An examination of the changing profile of online students in American higher education

From the periphery to prominence: An examination of the changing profile of online students in American higher education

Featured May 2020
This study used nationally representative data and employed multinomial logistic regression to examine the changing profile of online students in American higher education. Although online education continues to become an increasingly mainstream mode of instruction, certain student groups may engage disproportionately…

Handbook on Facilitating Flexible Learning During Educational Disruption: The Chinese Experience in Maintaining Undisrupted Learning in COVID-19 Outbreak

Handbook on Facilitating Flexible Learning During Educational Disruption: The Chinese Experience in Maintaining Undisrupted Learning in COVID-19 Outbreak

Featured April 2020
This handbook aims to define the term “flexible learning” with vivid examples and touching stories. It describes several implemented flexible online learning strategies during the COVID-19 outbreak. These strategies are presented based on six dimensions…

Teaching Online During COVID-19

Teaching Online During COVID-19

Featured April 2020
In this article, author Dr. Vanessa Dennen offers information and resources to help teachers move their classes online during the COVID-19 outbreak. In this article, Dr. Dennen also draws the important distinction between what instructors must do when online under an emergency and what online instructors normally do.