The image used in this post is of a small group of students sitting in a room together, (seemingly) energetically talking about the issues at hand. This is an example of synchronous discussion—the ...

Over the past 20 years, focus groups have become increasingly popular with nursing researchers as a data collection method, as has the use of computer-based technologies to support all forms of ...

Just as the model of blended learning is pulling the worlds of virtual and brick-and-mortar schools together, new theories within virtual learning are bridging the divide between synchronous and ...

Each class and each instructor is going to be a little different and have different needs. In general, to promote student learning, we have to think about providing them with information, giving them ...

IS THREE AND A HALF HOURS. THAT’S HOW MUCH TIME A DAY IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR STUDENTS TO SPEND IN LIVE LEARNING. STATE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS EXPECT SCHOOL ...

The other day I sat in on an online synchronous session in a graduate blended degree program. As I watched the session I kept thinking to myself "YES!" Yes - this is the sort of learning that ...

Here are some of the questions that I would ask If I were a potential student evaluating the quality of an online degree program: 1. Does the class have a regular live online meeting scheduled? 2. How ...

One concern in relation to the quality of the data was that the use of PCs would render a focus discussion emotionally neutral. As a consequence, the data generated by a SCMGD discussion would fail to ...