Using Integrated Multimedia Learning in Cyber-Classrooms: Transforming “Dull Economics” into “Fun” Economics”

Barbara Son; Mark Simonian

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1391–1397

At DeVry Online, as the Economic Subject Matter Exert, the lead author has designed an Integrated Interactive Learning Model with an emphasis on an engaging multimedia delivery and appealing “fun” approaches and examples to enliven what otherwise...

Topics: Instructional Design

Innovative Approaches to Integrated Interactive e-Learning for Working Professionals: Pepperdine Online and DeVry Online

Barbara Son; Robert Goldstone

Global Learn 2011 (Mar 28, 2011) pp. 1464–1468

We have to customize eLearning materials to fit the needs of our target learners. We examined this issue by closely looking at the online economics and business degree programs at the previous Global Learn Conferences (Son and Wambalaba, 2008, Son...

Integrated Collaborative E-Learning for the Global Management Education in the 21st Century

Barbara W. K. Son

International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA) 2017 (2017)

Rapidly growing information and communications technology and a more interconnected global world offer benefits and challenges to global business organizations. While exploring benefits from global workforce and global production, they must...

How to transform dull economics into fun economics in cyber classrooms: Best Strategies at DeVry Online

Barbara Son; Francis Wambalaba

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1267–1269

When college students take economics, many of them feel intimidated by the economic theories relying heavily on mathematical formulas. Economics appears to them as a dull and challenging subject. As the Program Architect for Economics at DeVry...

Innovative Live Lecture Strategies for Integrated Interactive e-Learning at DeVry Online

Barbara Son; Bob Goldstone

Global TIME 2012 (Feb 07, 2012) pp. 184–190

Online degree programs are increasingly adding real time live lecture features as alternatives to face-to-face interaction. Can interactive whiteboards entirely eliminate the need to use a conventional blackboard? There is a constant challenge for...

An Integrated Multimedia Learning Model vs. The Traditional Face-to-Face Learning Model: An Examination of College Economics Classes

Barbara Son; Mark Simonian

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 25, No. 4 (October 2016) pp. 305–321

Multimedia learning tools can assist and help motivate students by supplementing traditional teaching modalities with learner-centered learning through application and practice. The overall effectiveness of multimedia learning has been documented ...

Using Mobile Learning to Enhance Integrated Multimedia Learning at DeVry Online

Barbara Son; Mark Simonian

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 546–552

As more students move away from PCs to rely increasingly on mobile devices, online educational programs must find innovative ways to deliver mobile learning more effectively. We have examined key issues of online programs by researching the...

Topics: Teaching/Learning Strategies, Multimedia/Hypermedia Applications, Institution-Specific Cases

Innovative Approaches to Quality Delivery: Best Practices at the Top-Ranked Global MBA Online Program in Japan

Barbara Son; Robert Goldstone

Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 3452–3456

The growing influence of the Asian economy on the world’s economy has increased demand for MBA educational options in Asia, and some U.S. institutions have sought to meet this rising demand. U.S. institutions that are offering a MBA education in...

Topics: Race

An Integrated Multimedia Learning Model vs. the Traditional Face-to-Face Learning Model: An Examination of College Economics Classes

Barbara Son; Mark Simonian

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 25, No. 4 (October 2016) pp. 305–321

Multimedia learning tools can assist and help motivate students by supplementing traditional teaching modalities with learner-centered learning through application and practice. The overall effectiveness of multimedia learning has been documented ...