{"title":"Hablar Personalmente–con Santiago Acosta Aide","authors":"Santiago Acosta Aide, Francisco Cervantes Pérez","doi":"10.1080/08923647.2022.2065148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08923647.2022.2065148","url":null,"abstract":"Santiago Acosta Aide es Rector de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, universidad bimodal del sur del Ecuador, precursora de los estudios a distancia en Sudamérica, y ocupa el cargo de Director Ejecutivo de CALED, Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Calidad en Educación Superior a Distancia. Francisco Cervantes Pérez es actualmente Presidente de la Red de Universidades de PROEDUCA en Mesoamérica y Vicepresidente de la Asociación Iberoamericana de Educación Superior a Dis and tancia (AIESAD); ha sido Rector de la Universidad Internacional de La Rioja en México (UNIR México) y de la Universidad Abierta y a Distancia de México (UnADM), así como Director General de la Coordinación de Universidad Abierta y a Distancia de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).","PeriodicalId":46327,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Distance Education","volume":"36 1","pages":"166 - 173"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49056030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“I’m Not Trying to Recreate the Classroom”: A Qualitative Study to Help Faculty Make Sense of Online Interactions","authors":"A. Samuel","doi":"10.1080/08923647.2022.2049150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08923647.2022.2049150","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Instructors who are new to online teaching experience negative emotions regarding the transition to online instruction and the experience of teaching online. Meanwhile, experienced online instructors find online instruction to be superior to traditional face-to-face instruction. An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was conducted at a public university in the US to answer the question: How is online teaching conceptualized by faculty who teach online? 25 online instructors with varying levels of experience teaching online participated in the study. Data were gathered through individual semi-structured interviews and analyzed using the IPA methodology. Findings revealed that experienced faculty conceptualized teaching very differently when it was conducted online. They also cognitively reframed their understanding of student-instructor interactions. This paper presents a visual model for understanding online interactions and calls for a reconceptualization of education to better align with the 21st-century technological milieu.","PeriodicalId":46327,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Distance Education","volume":"36 1","pages":"121 - 134"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46759624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cherng-Jyh Yen, C. Tu, E. E. Ozkeskin, Hoda Harati, Laura E. Sujo-Montes
{"title":"Social Network Interaction and Self-regulated Learning Skills: Community Development in Online Discussions","authors":"Cherng-Jyh Yen, C. Tu, E. E. Ozkeskin, Hoda Harati, Laura E. Sujo-Montes","doi":"10.1080/08923647.2022.2041330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08923647.2022.2041330","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study empirically investigated: How will various aspects of students’ prominence (i.e., betweenness, closeness, and eigenvector centralities) in the social network interaction of online discussion change over time? And how will Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) skills moderate the trend over time on various aspects of students’ prominence in social network interaction? The results suggested that students’ closeness centrality increased over time regardless of students’ SRL skill levels. With the online discussion, students developed a stronger sense of diversified learning community and thus formed more competent communities of learners by sharing values and resources, actively and interactively, to sustain the learning community.","PeriodicalId":46327,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Distance Education","volume":"36 1","pages":"103 - 120"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46131899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In-Person or Virtual Training?: Comparing the Effectiveness of Community-Based Training","authors":"G. Gross, Rui Ling, Brad Richardson, Nayong Quan","doi":"10.1080/08923647.2022.2029090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08923647.2022.2029090","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine differences in knowledge gain by curriculum delivery platform for participants receiving a community-based healthy relationships curriculum for a vulnerable population with limited income and education. Using data gathered from 613 participants gathered in 2019–2020, those who received in-person training (n = 440) were compared to those who received synchronous virtual training (n = 173) on curriculum knowledge. Results indicate that in-person participants had statistically significantly higher gains in knowledge at posttest compared to the participants who received synchronous virtual training. The differences in knowledge gain were not accounted for by the demographics of the two groups. Implications include consideration of adaptations in virtual delivery that may close the gap between in-person and synchronous virtual training such as instruction techniques, presentation style, content and materials, and participant preparation.","PeriodicalId":46327,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Distance Education","volume":"37 1","pages":"66 - 77"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42691545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Student Experiences in Pre-COVID Virtual Internships: Integration, Barriers, Motivation Challenges, Supportive Supervisors, and Intern Growth","authors":"Ian Baker, Dan Fitzpatrick","doi":"10.1080/08923647.2022.2034399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08923647.2022.2034399","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study explores the experiences of undergraduate students participating in virtual internships prior to the onset of COVID-19. We used a phenomenological approach to understand the experiences of ten undergraduate students engaged in virtual internships. Six themes emerged: initial concern about virtual work, the salience of the intern-supervisor relationship, lack of exposure to office dynamics, motivation and time management concerns, perceived benefit of developing work-life balance, and perception of growth/development during the internship. Our findings indicate that higher education institutions and employers should design virtual internship programs that deliberately select and train supervisors, integrate virtual interns into the workplace, and support students in managing challenges with self-motivation and time management; and that virtual internships can greatly benefit students.","PeriodicalId":46327,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Distance Education","volume":"36 1","pages":"90 - 102"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44306656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COVID-19 and Student Perceptions toward a Swift Shift in Learning Format: Does Experience Make a Difference?","authors":"J. E. Pettigrew, Pauline A. Howes","doi":"10.1080/08923647.2021.2013749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08923647.2021.2013749","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study examined university students’ response to the sudden change from face-to-face to emergency remote education (ERE) and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their educational experience in spring 2020 through the lens of self-determination and adaptability. Results of a survey of 3,747 college students showed an overwhelming majority perceived a negative impact on their education, their grades and motivation to do academic work. The pandemic also created personal health and financial concerns that affected students and their studies. Statistically significant results found that experience – with fully online learning and as a college student – made a difference in how students responded to COVID-19 and the class format change. Chi-square analysis showed that students who had not taken a fully online class were more likely to have concerns related to COVID-19 and the class format change than those who had done so. In addition, the percentage of students expressing concerns about the effects of the pandemic on their education declined with each year in college, but high numbers of students were still affected","PeriodicalId":46327,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Distance Education","volume":"37 1","pages":"3 - 20"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46300428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Liderazgo Y Tensiones En La Universidad: El Reto De Integrar La Educación Digital","authors":"Albert Sangrá, Deborah Arnold, Josep Gallifa","doi":"10.1080/08923647.2022.2027687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08923647.2022.2027687","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The university is facing, once again, a deep transformation process. On this occasion, the continuous increase in the digital dimension of society and its consequent impact on teaching and research plays a fundamental role. The effects of the pandemic, which have made digital education the only option to avoid the complete interruption of higher education in most of the world, have further accentuated this impact. This article combines two investigations. A qualitative one on the rationale behind the transformation processes of the university, analyzing in-depth interviews with eleven international university experts, who identified ten tensions that the university is experiencing at this time. The other one is a mixed methodology study that, based on three case studies located in three universities, determines the leadership literacies necessary for the integration of digital education in the transformation process of universities. The results make it possible to relate the leadership competencies necessary to solve the ten tensions raised, concluding with the importance of developing these leadership literacies for digital education proposed by the DELLHE framework.","PeriodicalId":46327,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Distance Education","volume":"36 1","pages":"70 - 83"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47225668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bethany Simunich, Elizabeth A. McMahon, Leigh Hopf, B. Altman, W. Zimmerman
{"title":"Creating a Culture of Online Quality: The People, Policies, and Processes that Facilitate Institutional Change for Online Course Quality Assurance","authors":"Bethany Simunich, Elizabeth A. McMahon, Leigh Hopf, B. Altman, W. Zimmerman","doi":"10.1080/08923647.2021.2010021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08923647.2021.2010021","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The success of quality assurance initiatives in online education is dependent on the successful implementation of the processes, resources, and tools created to ensure quality. There is scant research, however, on the factors that most enable quality assurance implementation at higher education institutions. This research examined a specific population of institutions who were assessed as engaging in high levels of online course quality assurance efforts, as measured by their activity level of using the Quality Matters (QM) framework. The specific people, policies, and processes that enabled and supported institutional course design quality assurance are examined using a mixed-methods approach. Forty-three implementation coordinators from high-activity institutions completed a survey on institutional quality assurance efforts specific to course design and development. Seventeen of those coordinators also engaged in an individual interview to provide greater depth and insight into the institutional journey of quality assurance implementation for online course quality. Key takeaways showed an impact for focused, institutionally-supported goals for course design; choosing an experienced person who was passionate about quality assurance as the implementation lead; and utilizing an inclusive, flexible, collaborative implementation approach, rather than a top-down approach or mandates. The respondents also indicated that adapting the implementation to the institutional context was a key success factor, as was focusing on creating buy-in and shared goals for quality learning as a pathway toward creating an institutional culture shift.","PeriodicalId":46327,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Distance Education","volume":"36 1","pages":"36 - 52"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46158307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}