| Home |  |
About | |
Training Programs | |
Testimonials | |
Materials |
eLearning Research
My research has involved studying online teaching
and learning and online course development. Over the years of conducting
research and working closely with faculty, I have developed
an online course development system that has helped faculty develop
their own high-quality online courses. Many faculty I have worked
with have received national (U.S.) and statewide (California)
awards for their courses.
Read an excerpt from my dissertation Pedagogical and Interface Modifications: What Instructors Change After Teaching Online. The entire document is available as a download from ProQuest.
Research Interests
- quality in online courses
- online course evaluation
- knowledge sharing in faculty communitites
- communities of practice
- online learning communities
- educational technology
- learning theories
- curriculum development
- professional development for faculty
- instructional design
- learning management systems
- Web 2.0 technologies in education
"Patricia is a key player in the design of online learning and will become one of the leading experts.”
- M. Riel, Ph.D., Researcher,
Stanford Research Institute (SRI)