Conditional release of course materials: Assessing best practice recommendations

dc.contributor.author Raffo, Deana M.
dc.contributor.author Gardner, Justin G.
dc.contributor.author Fisher, Lawanna S.
dc.contributor.author Brinthaupt. Thomas M.
dc.contributor.department Management en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2016-12-06T20:18:10Z
dc.date.available 2016-12-06T20:18:10Z
dc.date.issued 2014-06
dc.description.abstract With advances in learning management systems and online course delivery methods, teachers have a variety of options to control the release of course content based on specific criteria. Despite the availability of such conditional release tools, very little research has assessed student perceptions and experiences with these tools. In a 2011 article, Gardner, Fisher, Raffo, and Brinthaupt put forward a number of best practice recommendations to guide the implementation of conditional release tools. This paper reports on the authors' evaluation of several of those recommendations through a survey of undergraduate student perceptions of the use of conditional release in their courses. The results of the study provide support for the recommendations, with students reporting positive evaluations of and experiences with the conditional release tool. In addition, students with lower overall grades reported being more engaged in the courses compared to those with higher overall grades. Implications of these results for the strategic use of conditional release of course content are presented.
dc.identifier.citation MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, Volume 10, Number 2, June 2014. http://jolt.merlot.org/vol10no2/fisher_0614.pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/5114
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University
dc.publisher MERLOT and Online Learning Consortium
dc.subject Conditional release
dc.subject Learning management system (LMS)
dc.subject Scaffolding
dc.subject Best practices
dc.subject Student perceptions
dc.subject Online pedagogy
dc.subject Content mastery
dc.title Conditional release of course materials: Assessing best practice recommendations
dc.type Article
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