The Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks (JALN)
ISSN 1092-8235 (online) - ISSN 1939-5256 (print)
The aim of the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks is to describe original work in asynchronous learning networks (ALN), including experimental results. Our mission is to provide practitioners in online education with knowledge about the very best research in online learning. Papers emphasizing results, backed by data are the norm. Occasionally, papers reviewing broad areas are published, including critical reviews of thematic areas. Papers useful to administrators are welcome. JALN is published 4 times a year, and entire issues are published from time-to-time around a single topic or disciplinary areas. Calls for papers for special issues include specific due dates, but general submissions are accepted year-round. . The Journal adheres to traditional standards of double-blind peer review, and authors are encouraged to provide quantitative data; currently JALN's acceptance rate is 25%. The original objective of the Journal was to establish ALN as a field by publishing articles from authoritative and reliable sources. The Journal is now a major resource for knowledge about online learning.
The Journal is guided by its editors and advisory panels. If you are interested in contributing to JALN as an author or reviewer, please see JALN guidelines and information for authors, reivewers and researchers.
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| The Wizards Program at Mercy College | Volume 7, Issue 2 - July 2003 | Boria Sax, Ph.D., Director of Online Academic Services, Mercy College | access, learner-centered, learning community, course wizards |
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| An Online Learning Model to Facilitate Learners’ Rights to Education | Volume 12, Issue 1 - February 2008 | Lin Lin, Assistant Professor of Learning Technologies | access, learners' rights, online learning environments, self-directed learning, independent inquiry, collaborative inquiry, formative inquiry towards expert knowledge |
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| The Times They Are A-Changing | Volume 10, Issue 2 - May 2006 |
Carol Scarafiotti, Rio Salado College Dr. Martha Cleveland-Innes, Athabasca University |
access, learners, digital natives, institutional transformation |
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| Teacher Professional Development in the Amazon Region: Strategies to Create Successful Learning Communities | Volume 15, Issue 3 - June 2011 |
Lucio Teles, University of Brasilia Laura Maria Coutinho, University of Brasilia |
access, learning communities, online learning, undergraduate degree, collaboration, teacher professional development. |
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| Introduction to the Special Issue on Blended Learning | Volume 13, Issue 1 - April 2009 | Anthony G. Picciano, Associate Editor, JALN | Access, Learning Effectiveness |
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| Does One Size Fit All? Exploring Asynchronous Learning in a Multicultural Environment | Volume 7, Issue 1 - February 2003 | Ken Morse, PhD, Waikato Management School, New Zealand | access, learning effectiveness, cross-cultural communication, cross-cultural learning, online learning, e-learning, asynchronous learning networks (ALNs), computer-mediated communication |
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| Emotion and E-Learning | Volume 7, Issue 3 - September 2003 | Kerry O’Regan, Learning and Teaching Development Unit, The University of Adelaide | access, learning effectiveness, emotion, student satisfaction |
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| A Learning Object Success Story | Volume 9, Issue 1 - March 2005 |
Robin Mason,Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK Chris Pegler, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK Martin Weller, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK |
access, learning objects, holistic learning experience, re-usability, ePortfolio |
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| Libraries Address The Challenges Of Asynchronous Learning | Volume 2, Issue 1 - March 1998 |
Joanne Eustis, Director, Planning and Program Review, Information Systems, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Gail McMillan, Director, Scholarly Communications Project, University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
access, library services to distance learners, extended academic library services, Virginia Tech |
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| Characteristics of Successful Local Blended Programs in the Context of the Sloan-C Pillars | Volume 14, Issue 1 - March 2010 [Reprinted from 11:1, April 2007] |
Jacqueline F. Moloney, University of Massachusetts Lowell Charmaine P. Hickey, University of Massachusetts Lowell Amy L. Bergin, University of Massachusetts Amherst Judith Boccia, University of Massachusetts Lowell Kathleen Polley, University of Massachusetts Boston Jeannette E. Riley, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
access, localness, blended, principles, competitive advantage, Women's Studies Minor, Master's in Educational Administration, Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master's in Business Administration |
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| ALN: Policy Implications for Minority Serving Institutions and for Leaders Addressing Needs of Minority Learners | Volume 12, Issue 2 - July 2008 | Janet K. Poley, American Distance Education Consortium | access, national and state policies, minority serving institutions (MSIs), minority learners, multicultural organizational framework |
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| Cross-Cultural Differences in Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of Online Barriers | Volume 15, Issue 3 - June 2011 |
Larisa Olesova, Purdue University Dazhi Yang, Boise State University Jennifer C. Richardson, Purdue University |
access, online discussion, cultural differences, cultural impact, globalization of online learning |
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| Lectures on Demand in ALN: Enhancing the Online Learning Experience | Volume 5, Issue 1 - May 2001 |
H.A. Latchman, Electrical and Engineering Department, University of Florida Sheryl M. Latchman, Qualitech Computer Services |
access, online education, lectures on demand, streaming media |
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| The Master of Distance Education Program: A Collaboration Between the University of Maryland University College and Oldenburg University | Volume 8, Issue 3 - June 2004 |
Eugene Rubin, Associate Vice President, Office of Instructional Development, University of Maryland University College Ulrich Bernath, Director, Center for Distance Education, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg Mark Parker, Executive Assistant to the Provost, University of Maryland University College |
access, online education, professional development, partnership, distance education |
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| Online Engineering Education: Learning Anywhere, Anytime | Volume 9, Issue 1 - March 2005 |
John Bourne, The Sloan Consortium, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Babson College Dale Harris, The Sloan Consortium, Purdue University Frank Mayadas, The Sloan Consortium,The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
access, online education, virtual laboratories, online degrees |
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| Effective Feedback to the Instructor from Online Homework | Volume 9, Issue 2 - June 2005 |
Gerd Kortemeyer, Michigan State University Matthew Hall, Michigan State University Joyce Parker, Michigan State University Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, Michigan State University Guy Albertelli II, Michigan State University Wolfgang Bauer, Michigan State University Edwin Kashy, Michigan State University |
access, online homework, online formative assessment |
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| Reflections From the Moving the Laboratory Online Workshops: Emerging Themes | Volume 12, Issue 3-4 - December 2008 |
Devon A. Cancilla, Scientific Technical Services, Western Washington University Simon P. Albon, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia |
access, online laboratories, remote instrumentation, online learning |
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| Incorporating the e-HIM® Virtual Lab into the Health Information Administration Professional Practice Experience | Volume 14, Issue 3 - November 2010 |
Amanda C. Barefield, Medical College of Georgia Jim Condon, Medical College of Georgia Charlotte McCuen, Macon State College Nanette B. Sayles, Macon State College |
access, online laboratory, professional practice, health information management |
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| Blending With Purpose: The Multimodal Model | Volume 13, Issue 1 - April 2009 | Anthony Picciano, Graduate Center and Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY) | Access, Online Learning, Blended Learning, Distance Learning, Asynchronous Learning, Computer-Mediated Learning, Computer-Mediated Communications, Learning Styles, Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Multiple Modalities |
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| K–12 Online Learning: A Survey of U.S. School District Administrators | Volume 11, Issue 3 - September 2007 |
Anthony G. Picciano, Hunter College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York Jeff Seaman, The Sloan Consortium, Olin and Babson Colleges |
access, online learning, distance learning, blended learning, distance education, asynchronous learning, primary education, secondary education, K-12 |
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| The Emotional in e-Learning | Volume 13, Issue 4 - December 2009 |
Raafat George Saadé, Concordia University Dennis Kira, Concordia University |
access, online learning, emotion, conation, affect, affective learning, mediators, technology acceptance model, perceived ease of use |
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| Stevens Institute of Technology: WebCampus | Volume 8, Issue 3 - June 2004 | Robert N. Ubell Dean, School of Continuing Professional Education, Stevens Institute of Technology | access, online learning, graduate education, intellectual property rights, China, online laboratories |
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| Access to Education with Online Learning and Open Educational Resources: Can They Close the Gap? | Volume 12, Issue 1 - February 2008 |
Dr. Christine Geith, Assistant Provost and Executive Director , MSUglobal Karen Vignare, Director |
access, online learning, Open Education Resources (OER), OpenCourseWare, sustainable business models, innovation |
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| Designing Corporate Training in Developing Economies Using Open Educational Resources | Volume 14, Issue 3 - November 2010 |
Chris Geith, Michigan State University Karen Vignare, Michigan State University Leslie D. Bourquin, Michigan State University Deepa Thiagarajan, Michigan State University |
access, online learning, Open Educational Resources (OER), creating partnerships, sustainable business models, innovation, international development, competencies |
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| eArmyU: Expanding Education Access and Excellence to Highly Mobile Online Learners | Volume 9, Issue 2 - June 2005 |
L. Dian Stoskopf, Director, Army Continuing Education System Amy Moorash, Education Services Specialist, Army Continuing Education System |
access, online learning, virtual student support services, asynchronous delivery, integrated portal, customer relations management, mobile learners, anytime anywhere learning, government |
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| Open Educational Resources for Blended Learning in High Schools: Overcoming Impediments in Developing Countries | Volume 12, Issue 1 - February 2008 |
Richard C. Larson, LINC, Learning International Networks Consortium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology M. Elizabeth Murray, LINC, Learning International Networks Consortium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
access, open educational resources (OERs), blended learning, online repository, international collaboration, high school education, mathematics and science, critical thinking |
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| CyberProfTM- An Intelligent Human-Computer Interface for Interactive Instruction on the World Wide Web | Volume 1, Issue 2 - August 1997 |
Deanna M. Raineri, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bradley G. Mehrtens, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alfred W. Hubler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
access, problem set editor, assignment maker, gradebook, network TA |
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| From Scarcity to Abundance: IT’s Role in Achieving Quality-Assured Mass Higher Education | Volume 15, Issue 2 - June 2011 | Peter S. Smith, Kaplan University | access, quality, scale, outcomes, assessment, technology as differentiator and enabler, marginalized populations |
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| Technology is too Important to Leave to Technologists | Volume 8, Issue 3 - June 2004 |
Jeremy Dunning, Indiana University and Arjuna Multimedia Richard Rogers and Richard Magjuka, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University David Waite, Butler University Keith Kropp and Thomas Gantz, Kendall-Hunt Publishers Abtar Kaur, Open University Malaysia Ari Vidali, Envisage Tom Hunt and Larry Vandermolen, Indiana University |
access, repurposeable learning objects, learning styles, teaching styles, learning effectiveness, cost effectiveness |
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| Why They Stayed: Near-Perfect Retention in an Online Certification Program in Library Media | Volume 10, Issue 4 - December 2006 |
Dr. Katrina A. Meyer, The University of Memphis Dr. Janis Bruwelheide, Montana State University Russell Poulin, Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications |
access, retention, attrition, Tinto retention model, Bean and Metzner retention model, Community of Inquiry Model, online learning, teaching presence, social presence, certificate programs |
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| Bringing the Real World of Science to Children: A Partnership of the American Museum of Natural History and the City University | Volume 12, Issue 1 - February 2008 |
Anthony G. Picciano, Professor, Hunter College and Graduate Center Robert V. Steiner, Project Director, Seminars on Science, National Center for Science Literacy, Education and Technology |
access, science education, teacher education, pre-service, in-service, teacher shortage, distance learning, online learning, blended learning, multimedia |
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| The Sloan Semester | Volume 12, Issue 2 - July 2008 | George Lorenzo, The Sloan Consortium | access, Sloan Semester, Hurricane Katrina |
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| Blending at Small Colleges: Challenges and Solutions | Volume 15, Issue 1 - February 2011 |
Ying-Hsiu Liu, University of Missouri-Columbia Mark Tourtellott, Mount Saint Mary College |
access, small liberal arts colleges, blended learning, accelerated learning, adult education, institutional goals, change management, for-profit universities |
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| Distance Education Communications: The Social presence and Media Richness of Instant Messaging | Volume 10, Issue 4 - December 2006 |
Stephen J. Kuyath, The William States Lee College of Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Susan J. Winter, The Belk College of Business Administration, University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
access, social presence, media richness, instant messaging, distance education |
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| If it Ain't Broke, Improve it: Thoughts on Engaging Education for Us All | Volume 8, Issue 1 - February 2004 | Steven W. Gilbert, President, The TLT Group | access, Teaching, Learning, and Technology (TLT) Group, information technology, professional development, information literacy, low-threshold applications and activities (LTAs) |
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| The Road to DotCalm in Education | Volume 8, Issue 1 - February 2004 | Mark David Milliron, President and CEO, League for Innovation in the Community College | access, transparent technology, return on investment, customer relationship management, digital democracy |
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| Higher Education in an Era of Digital Competition: Emerging Organizational Models | Volume 2, Issue 1 - March 1998 | Donald E. Hanna, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Communications, University of Wisconsin-Extension | access, universities and organizational models, virtual universities, learning technologies |
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| Blogging Online Learning News and Research | Volume 7, Issue 2 - July 2003 | Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus and Director of Technology-Enhanced Learning, University of Illinois at Springfield | access, web log, blog, online learning update, faculty satisfaction, learning effectiveness |
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| Introduction to the Section on Workforce Development | Volume 14, Issue 3 - November 2010 | David Sachs, Pace University | access, workforce development |
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| The CUNY Young Adult Program - Utilizing Social Networking to Foster Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cohort Student Communication during Workforce Training | Volume 14, Issue 3 - November 2010 |
Alissa Levine, CUNY Kingsborough Community College Christoph Winkler, The City University of New York Saul Petersen, Connecticut Campus Compact |
access, workforce development, community college, innovation, social networking, pedagogy, retention |
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| Skepticism to Success: Meeting Critical Workforce Needs Through Innovation and Collaboration | Volume 14, Issue 3 - November 2010 |
Margaret Anderson, Whatcom Community College Linda Maier, Whatcom Community College Michael Shepard, Whatcom Community College |
access, workforce development, health science, lab-based, resistance, skepticism |
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| Microfranchising Microlearning Centers: A Sustainable Model for Expanding the Right to Education in Developing Countries? | Volume 12, Issue 1 - February 2008 | Tiffany Zenith Ivins, Director of International Programs, Center for Open Sustainable Learning | access, youth, development, ICT4D, YMRC, technology, Nepal, South Asia, social entrepreneurs |
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| Analytics that Inform the University: Using Data You Already Have | Volume 16, Issue 3- June |
Charles Dziuban Patsy Moskal Thomas Cavanagh Andre Watts |
action analytics, big data, top-down/bottom-up, online courses, impact evaluation, actionable research |
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| Asynchronous Learning Networks for Knowledge Workforce Learning | Volume 3, Issue 1 - May 1999 | Richard H. Lytle, Director, Oregon Master of Software Engineering, Oregon College of Engineering & Computer Science, Oregon University | ALN, nowledge workers, knowledge management, higher education, corporate training |
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| Using ALNs to Support a Complete Educational Experience | Volume 3, Issue 2 - November 1999 |
Melody M. Thompson, D.Ed., Assistant Director, Penn State World Campus Jean W. McGrath, M.Ed., Director of Student Services, Penn State World Campus |
ALN, Penn State World Campus, student satisfaction, on-line learning communities, evaluation |
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| Virtual Writing Forum with Don Murray and the National Writing Project in an Asynchronous Environment | Volume 5, Issue 1 - May 2001 | Joan Taylor, University of Nevada - Reno | ALN, writing, teaching, consulting, value |
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| Considerations For Developing Evaluations of Online Courses | Volume 7, Issue 1 - February 2003 |
Sue D. Achtemeier, Assistant Director for Institutional Research, University of Georgia Libby V. Morris, Associate Professor, Institute Of Higher Education, University of Georgia Catherine L. Finnegan, Associate Director, Assessment and Public Information, Advanced Learning Technologies, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia |
assessment, online evaluation, course evaluation, learning effectiveness |
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| Asynchronous Discussion in Support of Medical Education | Volume 7, Issue 1 - February 2003 |
Martin Oliver, Department of Education and Professional Development, University College London, England Graham P. Shaw Barry, University School of Natural and Health Sciences and School of Graduate Medical Sciences |
asynchronous discussion, tutor, assessment, learning effectiveness, student satisfaction |
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| A Comparison of Non-Mandatory Online Dialogic Behavior in Two Higher Education Blended Environments | Volume 16, Issue 4- June |
Paul Gorsky Avner Caspi Ina Blau |
asynchronous forums, dialogic behavior, community of inquiry model, social presence, quantitative content analysis, distance education, higher education |
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| Network Analysis of Knowledge Construction in Asynchronous Learning Networks | Volume 7, Issue 3 - September 2003 |
Reuven Aviv, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Open University of Israel Zippy Erlich, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Open University of Israel Gilad Ravid, M.A., Center for Information Technology in Distance Education, Open University of Israel Aviva Geva, Ph.D., Department of Economics and Management, Open University of Israel |
asynchronous learning networks (ALNs), learning effectiveness, social network analysis, cohesion analysis, role analysis, power analysis, content analysis |
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