Study characteristics
| Study | Country | Research design | Course area | Participants/Sample | Course delivery mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dulfer et al. (2024) | Australia | Mixed method | International education | Survey: 20 alumni from a postgraduate online course, focus groups: 8 participants, individual interviews: 4 participants | Flipped course in bichronous online format (asynchronous and synchronous components) |
| Kingsley and Mihai (2023) | USA | Mixed method | Children’s literature for one course. The area for the 2nd course is not provided | 36 undergraduate students | Two asynchronous online courses |
| Guajardo (2023) | Japan | Qualitative | Special Studies in General Education (“Democracy, Dialogue,” and “Global Leadership” courses) | About 30 students | Two synchronous online courses |
| Zhou et al. (2023) | USA | Quantitative | Chemistry | 253 undergraduate students | Asynchronous online course with voluntary synchronous components |
| Thacker, Seyranian, Madva, Duong et al. (2022) | USA | Mixed method | STEM (Physics and Calculus) | Survey: 43 undergraduate students, small group or individual interviews: 23 students | Synchronous and asynchronous online courses |
| James et al. (2022) | Australia | Qualitative | Enabling courses | 25 educators | Bichronous online courses |
| Clements et al. (2022) | USA | Mixed method | Biology | Survey: 575 students, focus groups: 333 students | In-person and flipped courses in bichronous online format |
| Edwards et al. (2022) | USA | Quantitative | Chemistry | 725 students | An asynchronous online course and a bichronous online course |
| Thacker, Seyranian, Madva, and Beardsley (2022) | USA | Qualitative | STEM | 25 STEM faculty | Synchronous and asynchronous teaching modes |
| Cox et al. (2021) | USA | Mixed method | Chemistry | 283 students | Bichronous online format |
| Thomas et al. (2014) | Australia | Qualitative | Different disciplines | 21 students and 46 teaching staff (individual interviews or focus groups) | A variety of online courses- teaching mode is not specified |
| Cheryan et al. (2011) | USA | Mixed method | Computer Science | Three experiments: Experiment 1: 59 students, experiment 2: 62 students, experiment 3: 34 students | NA- Classrooms created in Second Life for the experiments |
| Study | Country | Research design | Course area | Participants/Sample | Course delivery mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Mixed method | International education | Survey: 20 alumni from a postgraduate online course, focus groups: 8 participants, individual interviews: 4 participants | Flipped course in bichronous online format (asynchronous and synchronous components) | |
| USA | Mixed method | Children’s literature for one course. The area for the 2nd course is not provided | 36 undergraduate students | Two asynchronous online courses | |
| Japan | Qualitative | Special Studies in General Education (“Democracy, Dialogue,” and “Global Leadership” courses) | About 30 students | Two synchronous online courses | |
| USA | Quantitative | Chemistry | 253 undergraduate students | Asynchronous online course with voluntary synchronous components | |
| USA | Mixed method | STEM (Physics and Calculus) | Survey: 43 undergraduate students, small group or individual interviews: 23 students | Synchronous and asynchronous online courses | |
| Australia | Qualitative | Enabling courses | 25 educators | Bichronous online courses | |
| USA | Mixed method | Biology | Survey: 575 students, focus groups: 333 students | In-person and flipped courses in bichronous online format | |
| USA | Quantitative | Chemistry | 725 students | An asynchronous online course and a bichronous online course | |
| USA | Qualitative | STEM | 25 STEM faculty | Synchronous and asynchronous teaching modes | |
| USA | Mixed method | Chemistry | 283 students | Bichronous online format | |
| Australia | Qualitative | Different disciplines | 21 students and 46 teaching staff (individual interviews or focus groups) | A variety of online courses- teaching mode is not specified | |
| USA | Mixed method | Computer Science | Three experiments: Experiment 1: 59 students, experiment 2: 62 students, experiment 3: 34 students | NA- Classrooms created in Second Life for the experiments |
Source(s): Author’s own work
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