In the discussion of liberal arts, much has been posited regarding the value of a well-rounded education and the connection between liberal arts and developing critical thinking and communication skills. Liberal arts ...

A positive student-faculty relationship supports successful classroom outcomes. Little is known, however, about the student-faculty relationship in competency-based education nursing programs via distance learning modalities. ...

Learn how the CTL embarked on a journey to identify and employ opportunities for diversity and inclusion in professional development.

Online students in higher education include a diversified group of individuals. Many are not typical first-time students entering college at the age of 18. On the contrary, these individuals are often going back to school ...

Online teachers in the U.S. and internationally see their discussion boards as communities of inquiry (CoI) which promote sustained communication and higher level learning. The CoI approach to online discussions is based ...

The Students You Meet in the Online Classroom: Instructors face many challenges when they start a new term. One challenge is getting to know the students in the classroom quickly. What type of student typically chooses to ...

The Online Teaching Effectiveness Scale (OTES) is a new assessment tool for online education. Through a comprehensive review of the scholarly literature covering online teaching effectiveness, the authors developed potential ...

Like students, online faculty require flexibility in development. Microlearning approaches especially highlight flexibility (Micro-credentials and Digital Badges, 2019). One microlearning program that PG faculty consistently ...

Purdue Global's mission focuses on flexible personalized education that enables students to develop essential academic and professional skills, and students enter higher education to gain knowledge, skills and abilities ...

Our students do not all learn the same; we know that learning styles play a role in understanding difficult concepts. This means that the written word does not serve every student, and we may have to find new ways to provide ...