MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching
Vol. 10, No. 1, March 2014

CONTENTS


Abstracts of papers in this issue

   

 

   

SPECIAL SECTION ON MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES

(See also Vol. 9, No. 2, which is a full special issue on MOOCs.)
 
 

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Foreword to the Special Section: MOOCs – Evolution or Revolution?
Sir John Daniel

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Research Papers
     

Challenges to Research in MOOCs
Helene Fournier, Rita Kop, and Guillaume Durand

1

Participants' Perceptions of Learning and Networking in Connectivist MOOCs
Mohsen Saadatmand and Kristiina Kumpulainen

16

Case Study
     

MOOCs: Striking the Right Balance between Facilitation and Self-Determination
Tita Beaven, Mirjam Hauck, Anna Comas-Quinn, Tim Lewis, and Beatriz de los Arcos

31

Position Papers
     

MOOC Pedagogy: Gleaning Good Practice from Existing MOOCs
Maha Bali

44

Teacher Experiences and Academic Identity: The Missing Components of MOOC Pedagogy
Jen Ross, Christine Sinclair, Jeremy Knox, Siân Bayne, and Hamish Macleod

57

 

   

REGULAR PAPERS

 
 

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Research Papers
     

Online and Face-to-Face Teaching: How Do Student Ratings Differ?
Suzanne Young and Heather E. Duncan

70

Questions that Get Answered: The Construction of Instructional Conversations on Online Asynchronous Discussion Boards
Dorothy J. Della Noce, Debora L. Scheffel, and May Lowry

80

Task Value, Self-Regulated Learning, and Performance in a Web-Intensive Undergraduate Engineering Course: How Are They Related?
Oenardi Lawanto, Harry B. Santoso, Wade Goodridge, and Kevin N. Lawanto

97

Testing the Effect of Hybrid Lecture Delivery on Learning Outcomes
Oskar R. Harmon, William T. Alpert, and James Lambrinos

112

Audio Feedback versus Written Feedback: Instructors' and Students' Perspectives
Andrew J. Cavanaugh and Liyan Song

122

Facilitating Group Discussions in Second Life
Charles Xiaoxue Wang, Scott Anstadt, Jamie Goldman, and Mary L. M. Lefaiver

139

Position Paper
     

Strategies for Creating a Community of Inquiry through Online Asynchronous Discussions
Aimee deNoyelles, Janet Zydney, and Baiyun Chen

153




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