The Research and Innovation Team at the eCampus Center is the go-to partner for online education stakeholders seeking innovative solutions for student success, retention, and transformative learning experiences. As part of our work, we support faculty who publish and present research. This page is a repository to highlight research findings.
Research by Category
Case Studies
- Course Sequencing and Student Success in Undergraduate, Online Business Management Program
- Early Warning Prediction in Undergraduate Online Courses
- H5P
Artificial Intelligence in Online Learning
- Hyde, S. J., Busby, A., & Bonner, R. L. (2024). Tools or fools: Are we educating managers or creating tool-dependent robots?. Journal of Management Education, 48(4), 708-734.
- Sass, M. & Martin, B. (2025). “Revolutionizing Community Engagement and Impact With AI,” Chapter 12 in Enhancing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Online Learning Environments, published by IGI Publishing and edited by Regina Rahimi and Lina Soares of Georgia Southern University, USA.
- Stone, B. W. (2025). Generative AI in higher education: Uncertain students, ambiguous use cases, and mercenary perspectives. Teaching of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283241305398
- Ching, Y. H., & Hsu, Y. C. (2025, March). GenAI as the New Peer: Pre-service Teachers’ Perspectives of Leveraging GenAI for Critical Feedback. In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 594-598). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/p/225571/
- Ching, Y.H. & Hsu, Y.C. (2025). Using ChatGPT for Formative Feedback in an Online Course: A Content Analysis. In R. Jake Cohen (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 599-604). Orlando, FL, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved September 29, 2025 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/225572/.
- Hyde, S. J., Busby, A., & Bonner, R. L. (2024). Tools or fools: Are we educating managers or creating tool-dependent robots?. Journal of Management Education, 48(4), 708-734.
- Sass, M. & Martin, B. (2025). “Revolutionizing Community Engagement and Impact With AI,” Chapter 12 in Enhancing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Online Learning Environments, published by IGI Publishing and edited by Regina Rahimi and Lina Soares of Georgia Southern University, USA.
- Stone, B. W. (2025). Generative AI in higher education: Uncertain students, ambiguous use cases, and mercenary perspectives. Teaching of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283241305398
Learning Communities
- Sanders, H., Obenshain, J., & Vecchione, A. (2025, May). Building Connection and Confidence Through a Customized Online Adjunct Faculty Learning Community. In EdMedia (pp. 1536-1545). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/p/226527/
Archive
- (2019-05) Does Class Size Matter? An Exploration into Faculty Perceptions of Teaching High-Enrollment Online Courses [Journal Article – American Journal of Distance Education]
- (2020-05) Social Annotation and an Inclusive Praxis for Open Pedagogy in the College Classroom [Journal Article – Journal of Interactive Media in Education]
- (2020-05) Inclusive open education: Presumptions, principles, and practices [Journal Article – Distance Education]