MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching
Vol. 11, No. 2, June 2015

CONTENTS


Abstracts of papers in this issue

   
 
 

Page


Research Papers

     

Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Environments of Rural Graduate Early Childhood Special Educators Utilizing Wimba© and Ecampus
Christan Coogle, Kim Floyd

173

What Do Current College Students Think about MOOCs?
Andrew W. Cole, Ph.D, C. Erik Timmerman, Ph.D

188

Reporting Plagiarism in the Online Classroom
Rick Holbeck, Scott Greenberger, Lori Cooper, John Steele, Stephanie Maher Palenque, Stefan Koukoudeas

202

Expanding The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to Examine Faculty Use of Learning Management Systems (LMSs) In Higher Education Institutions
Nafsaniath Fathema, David Shannon, Margaret Ross

210

Predicting Undergraduate Students’ Acceptance of Second Life for Teaching Chemistry
Zahira Merchant, Ernest Goetz, Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt

233


Case Studies

     

Interaction matters: Strategies to promote engaged learning in an online introductory nutrition course
Jinan Banna, Meng-Fen Grace Lin, Maria Stewart, Marie K. Fialkowski

249

Can Using Individual Online Interactive Activities Enhance Exam Results?
Dr. Lydia MacKenzie, Dr. Kim Ballard

262

E-learning Opens Door to the Global Community: Novice Users’ Experiences of E-learning in a Somali University
Mohammed Omer, Tina Klomsri, Matti Tedre, Iskra Popova, Marie Klingberg-Allvin, Fadumo Osman

267

Universal Design in Online Education: Employing Organization Change
Katherine J. Kirkpatrick

280

Continuously Improving Online Course Design using the Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycley
Elizabeth A. Gazza

291

Literacy Candidates’ Perception of Competence in an Online MS in Literacy Program
Mary Shea, Rosemary Murray

298


Position Paper

     

The Effectiveness of Online Learning:Beyond No Significant Difference and Future Horizons
Tuan Nguyen

309

Students’ Impression Management in MOOCs: An Opportunity for Existential Learning?
Hjördis Becker-Lindenthal

320




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