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Research Fellowship in Distance Education

Faculty member Dr. Laura Knight-Lynn will use her research funding to explore skill development in doctoral students.


Each year, Walden University awards a Research Fellowship in Distance Education to a doctoral student or faculty member. The fellowship, of up to $10,000, supports research endeavors that contribute both theoretical and applied knowledge to the growing field of distance education.

 

Recipient: Dr. Laura Knight-Lynn, Research Coordinator, Ph.D. in Education program

 

Contributors: Dr. Iris Yob, Center for Teaching and Learning; Dr. Beate Baltes, Office of Faculty Development; Dr. Linda Crawford, Dr. Peter Hoffman-Kipp, Dr. Laura Knight-Lynn, Dr. Kurt Schoch, The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership.

 

Title of Study: “Factors Contributing to Students’ Research Skill Development and Students’ Research Self-Efficacy During Online Doctoral Research Courses”

 

Purpose of Study: Explore student skill development and research self-efficacy as related to online doctoral students’ first core research course experience.

 

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