MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching
Vol. 4, No. 1, March 2008

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An Investigation of Faculty and Student Experiences and the Move to Online Learning Following Hurricane Katrina, Sandra Hartman and Mary Jo DeMatteis

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Powerful E-Learning: A Preliminary Study of Learner Experiences, Barbara Rivera and Gordon Rowland

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Computer Literacy in a Traditional Nursing Program: A 7-Year Study to Identify Computer-Based Skills Needed for Success, Mona Ternus and George F. Shuster

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Persistence in Online Classes: A Study of Perceptions among Stakeholders, Denise Stanford-Bowers

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Development of an Advanced Classroom Technology Laboratory: An “Incubator” for Next Generation Learning, Jacqueline Gilbert

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Achievement and Satisfaction in an Online versus a Traditional Health and Wellness Course, Anna Block, Brian Udermann, Manny Felix, David Reineke, and Steven R. Murray

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Introducing Social Software to K-12 Teachers in a Research Setting, Jacqueline Waggoner and James B. Carroll

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An investigation into the perceptions of first time online undergraduate learners on orientation events, Melanie Wilson

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Integrated, Multidisciplinary and Technology-Enhanced Science Education: The Next Frontier, Ivo Dinov

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Culturally Targeted Online Course Redesigns for English Composition and Research Writing: A Case Study, Shalin Hai-Jew

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Collaborative online learning: A constructivist example, Donna Ashcraft, Thomas Treadwell, and V. Krishna Kumar

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Pedagogical Strategies for Building Community in Distance Education Courses, Eileen McElrath and Kate McDowell

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BIO 151: Applied Biology – Developing Creative Learning Partnerships with Blackboard VISTA™, Michael Shelmet, Christopher Shields, and Jane Huggins

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Call for Papers:  Fall 2008 Issue

May 31st Deadline
 


   
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