U.S. higher education reform: Origins and impact of student curricular choice

Robert W. Elliott; Valerie Osland Paton

International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 61, No. 1 (July 2018) pp. 1–4

Charles W. Eliot’s revision of curriculum through the elective system has had significant influence on U.S. higher education. Contemporary concerns about constrained resources and “efficiency” efforts have called into question the value of...

Language: English

Self-Regulation across Time of First-Generation Online Learners

Lucy Barnard-Brak; Valerie Osland Paton; William Y. Lan

Association for Learning Technology Journal Vol. 18, No. 1 (March 2010) pp. 61–70

Self-regulatory skills have been associated with positive outcomes for learners. In the current study, we examined the self-regulatory skills of students who are first-generation online learners over the course of their first semester of online...

Measuring self-regulation in online and blended learning environments

Lucy Barnard; William Y. Lan; Yen M. To; Valerie Osland Paton; Shu-Ling Lai

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 2009) pp. 1–6

In developing the Online Self-regulated Learning Questionnaire (OSLQ) to address the need for an instrument measuring self-regulation in the online learning environment, this study provides evidence toward the reliability and validity of the...

Language: English

Perceptions of Online Course Communications and Collaboration

Lucy Barnard; Valerie Osland Paton; Kristyn Rose

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Vol. 10, No. 4

An increasing number of students are choosing online education programs to complete their higher education. Research concludes that student satisfaction and retention are related to program completion. Furthermore, research indicates that physical...