China’s total fertility rate declined to 1.30, the lowest level in record, as demonstrated by seventh national 
 census data 2020. This figure indicates that China has been among countries with “a quite low rate”, classified international academic community. society encountered a small tidal wave of “feminism” over past decade, during which people dare reflect and discuss traditional Chine...

Technology is influencing education, providing new delivery and assessment models. A combination between online and traditional course, the hybrid (blended) course, may present a solution with many benefits as it provides a gradual transition towards technology enabled education. This research work provides a set of definitions for several course delivery approaches, and evaluates five years of...

Technology is influencing education, providing new delivery and assessment models. A combination between online and traditional course, the hybrid (blended) course, may present a solution with many benefits as it provides a gradual transition towards technology enabled education. This research work provides a set of definitions for several course delivery approaches, and evaluates five years of...

This paper examines the process of preparing and coordinating a group of graduate students to work with faculty in the development of online hybrid courses for the Post-Baccalaureate Certification in Secondary Education and the Master’s in Special Education programs at the College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa. The analysis revealed several themes about the online course developme...

The establishment of the European Higher Education Area has involved specifying lists of professional competencies that programs are expected to develop, and with this the need for procedures to measure how every course within a higher education program is aligned with the program's competencies. We propose an instrument for characterizing this alignment, a process that we call assessing the re...

This study examined relationships between students’ perceptions of course-related interaction and their course satisfaction within the learner-centered paradigm in distance education. A Students’ Perceived Interaction Survey (SPIS) instrument was developed to examine nine separate hypotheses about the nature of course-related interaction. A volunteer sample of 855 students from the 949 students...

The recent rapid increase in applications of DSP has generated a need for technical personnel with a DSP background. Until recently, most DSP education has been at the graduate level, so many practicing engineers are developing a need for additional DSP education. At Georgia Tech we are delivering an online continuing education course that is targeted at these engineers. The 12-week course is c...