Online Trends & Projections

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A Gender-Based Comparison of the Effects of Face-to-Face and Online Learning on Student Performance in Introductory Computer Science Courses

• Students who receive online instruction achieve significantly higher performance than students who receive the same instruction through F2F delivery.

 

Some College, No Credentials Student Outcomes, Annual Progress Report-Academic Year 2021/22

• 2.9 million adults are potential completers who have already made at least two years’ worth of academic progress up until their last enrollment.

 

Flexible, Stackable Certificates

• This report highlights recent data on stackable certificates (for academic credit) & noncredit credentials.

 

Looking Toward the Future: Enrollment Strategies and Evolving Expectations of Potential Inquiries

• The student inquiry experience: enrollment funnels, secret shoppers, and the various inquiry forms.

 

Stopping Out: It’s Not About Academics 

• CAEL found the reasons for stopping out were far more likely to be related to health or personal issues, money, and time constraints than academic reasons.

 

Digital Learning Compass; Distance Education Enrollment Report 2017

• Trends and Patterns of online enrollments 2004-2017.

 

Digital Learning Compass: Distance Education State Almanac 2017 WYOMING

• Distance education enrollment in Wyoming, 2015.

Online Instruction

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Evaluation of the mixed-mode teaching design upon students’ learning satisfaction and academic performance in an introductory economics course

• No differences were found between on-campus and online cohorts.

 

Inclusion of Online Students in a Campus-Wide Research Symposium

• Communicates a methodology for and benefits of including online student presentations in an on-campus research symposium.

 

What we have learned from adult students’ online learning experiences to enhance online learning of other students’ groups? 

• The stigma of online education being the 2nd choice, should be replaced by an approach that incorporates the online educational elements into higher education.

 

Assuring Academic Integrity of Online Testing in Fundamentals of Accounting Courses

• These results indicate that concern about academic integrity in online test-taking in the accounting curriculum is valid.

 

Evaluating Online Education Platforms to Connect Students with Remote Research Opportunities

• Evaluated the ethical considerations of data safety, participant confidentiality and data sharing/access when conducting online interactive research.

Virtual Student Engagement

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From Online Learner Readiness to Lifelong Learning Skills: A Validation Study

• Constructs that make-up readiness to learn online have remained fairly stable over time.

 

Inclusion of Online Students in a Campus-Wide Research Symposium

• Communicates a methodology for and benefits of including online student presentations in an on-campus research symposium.

 

Amplifying Student and Administrator Perspective on Equity and Bias in Learning Analytics: Alone Together in Higher Education

• Engages faculty and administrative staff on equitable and inclusive LMS data collection practices that enhance stakeholder engagement.

 

Online Students’ Perceptions of Generative AI

• Participants were split about using generative AI tools in online courses, integrating them in their coursework, & receiving guidance from instructors.

Online Learning in STEM

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A Gender-Based Comparison of the Effects of Face-to-Face and Online Learning on Student Performance in Introductory Computer Science Courses

• Students who receive online instruction achieve significantly higher performance than students who receive the same instruction through F2F delivery.

 

Pacing Online Learning: The Impact of Video Segmentation and Active Learning on Conceptual Understanding in STEM

• Our findings indicate that all video-lecture styles allowed students to improve their knowledge of STEM concepts and none were significantly better than another.

 

Higher Education for All

• Discusses importance of education for all, especially STEM fields and reaching students via online courses, programs, and technologies.

 

Assessing Engineering Students’ System Thinking and Modeling Based on Their Online Learning

• Students with disparate prior knowledge differed significantly from each other in their overall ST mean score & in the mean scores of various questions.

Administration of Online Programs

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Five Emerging Programs for 2023

• 1) Creator Economy; 2) Energy Storage; 3) Climate Change Adaptation; 4) Science of Well-Being; and 5) Smart Plants.

 

Access for All: New Accessibility Rules for Public Entities

• This brief summarizes the rule and highlights key takeaways applicable to institutions of higher education.

 

Survey: Cost of Materials Impacts Student Success 

• Analysis found the price of textbooks has negatively impacted many students’ ability to enroll in courses or resulted in a non-passing grade.

 

Comprehensive Learner Records: Empowering Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age 

• Comprehensive Learner Record-defined as a verifiable, portable, interoperable digital asset that recognizes all learning.