Abstract

In addition to the special issue section reflecting papers presented in the OTL SIG at the 2016 conference of the American Educational Research Association this issue also features papers from our standard submission process. These papers investigate issues related to the academic performance of minority students in online settings, experiential online learning, learning styles, and virtual conference participation.

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  • Introduction to Section IIPeter Shea University at Albany, State University of New YorkEditor-in-Chief, Online LearningIn addition to the special issue section reflecting papers presented in the OTL SIG at the 2016 conference of the American Educational Research Association this issue features papers from our standard submission process

  • The authors document the benefits of service learning and argue that there is a dearth of research on its application in online education

  • The authors found that students generally reported that “applying knowledge to the real world” was rated highly for both importance and performance as a result of the service learning activity in which they had engaged

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Introduction

Introduction to Section IIPeter Shea University at Albany, State University of New YorkEditor-in-Chief, Online LearningIn addition to the special issue section reflecting papers presented in the OTL SIG at the 2016 conference of the American Educational Research Association this issue features papers from our standard submission process. The paper “Using Importance-Performance Analysis to Guide Instructional Design of Experiential Learning Activities” is by Sheri Anderson of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Yu-Chang Hsu of Boise State University, and Judy Kinney of the University of North Carolina Greensboro. The authors document the benefits of service learning and argue that there is a dearth of research on its application in online education.

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