Dr. Ryan D. Rucker Portrait

Dr. Ryan D. Rucker

Lecturer

  • Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction
    Valdosta State University
  • MBA
    Columbia Southern University
  • M.Ed, Educational Technology
    University of South Carolina Aiken

Selected Publications

 Rucker, R. (2023).  Raising learner satisfaction in online computer programming and information technology courses: One instructor’s five successful strategies. Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 27(1), 54-63.

Bickle, M., & Rucker, R. (2021).  Stumbling made me a better online instructor: 13 tips toward quality improvement. Distance Learning, 18(3), 14-22.

Bickle, M., & Rucker, R. (2020).  COVID-19 and higher education:  Changing adoption rates of online learning. Journal of Online Higher Education, 4(2), 3-10.

Bickle, M., Rucker, R., & Burnsed, K. (2019).  Online learning: Examination of attributes that promote student satisfaction.  Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 22(1). 

Bickle, M., & Rucker, R. (2018).  Student-to-student interaction:  Humanizing the online classroom using technology and group assignments. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 19(1), 1-11.

Rucker, R., & Frass, L. (2017).  Faculty members’ perceptions of support and system usage experiences when their institution of higher education migrates from Blackboard Vista learning management systems to Desire2Learn.  Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 46(2), 259-277.