Title: Planning, designing, delivering, and assessing online instruction in higher education

Authors: Jorge Gaytan

Addresses: Department of Business Education, School of Business and Economics, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine: a) the current characteristics, status, benefits, and barriers of online education; b) the impact of colleges| institutional contexts on their approaches to online education. Results indicated that the current status of online education reveals that there is an important role that online instruction plays in society. However, online education has failed to follow the ascending trend of technological innovation and questions regarding the quality of online instruction continue to emerge, as critics continue to question the way online instruction addresses the various learning needs of a diverse group of students.

Keywords: online instruction; e-learning; electronic learning; online learning; internet; world wide web; higher education; universities; online education; technological innovation; learning needs; USA; United States; course planning; course design; course assessment; student needs; education management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2011.042887

International Journal of Management in Education, 2011 Vol.5 No.4, pp.345 - 362

Published online: 12 Feb 2015 *

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