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Biography

Janine Lim, PhD, currently serves as associate dean for online higher education in Global Campus at 老司机传媒, in Berrien Springs, MI. She and her team support over 200 online courses, provide training for faculty teaching online, and work with the campus infrastructure support of online learning. Her department also provides educational technology and Moodle support for faculty and students. In addition, Janine is responsible for the faculty and courses of the Consortium of Adventist Colleges and Universities. Janine has served on the board of the United States Distance Learning Association since April 2015. Prior to her work at 老司机传媒, Janine coordinated distance education for 22 K12 school districts in southwest Michigan for 14 years. In that position, as one of the co-founders of TWICE, Michigan’s K12 Videoconferencing Organization, Janine has spearheaded popular international K12 videoconference projects such as Read Around the Planet and MysteryQuest. While still serving on the board of TWICE, she was instrumental in designing and implementing the CAPspace website for collaborative videoconference projects. Janine has taught 15 unique graduate educational technology classes online numerous times over the past 15 years, with some classes attracting participants from all over the world. Her current research interests include teacher behavior in successful online courses, intersubjectivity in quality online discussions, and student activity patterns in self-paced courses.

Current Research or Professional Activities

Current Research

Researching the relationship between student surveys of teaching, teacher behavior in online courses, and self and external reviews of online courses

Researching factors that predict the success of students in self-paced courses, including activity patterns

Researching the factors necessary to reach higher levels of intersubjectivity and rigor in online discussions

Scholarly Books

Lim, J., & Williams, A. (2018). : Avondale Academic Press.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Lim, J., Covrig, D., Freed, S., De Oliveira, B., Ongo , M., & Newman, I. (2019). . The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 20(5), 192-210. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v20i5.4532

Lim, J. (2019). . Journal of Research on Christian Education, 28(1), 84-87, doi: 10.1080/10656219.2019.1593009

Lim, J., Hall, B., Jeong, A., & Freed, S. (2017). . Quarterly Review of Distance Education. 18(1). 29-44.

Lim, J. (2016). . Distance Education, 37(3), 317-332. doi:10.1080/01587919.2016.1233050

Lim, J. (2016). . International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 17(1).

Lim, J. (2015). . Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 16(4). 45-60.

Newman, I., Lim, J., & Pineda, F. (2013). . Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 7(3), 243-260.

Lim, J. (2011). Rebuilding the plane while flying it. The Journal of Applied Christian Leadership, 5(1), 91-93.

Lim, J., & Freed, S. (2009). ? The Qualitative Report, 14(3), 433-453. 

Lim, J. (2001). , 75(1), 35-36. 

Freed, J. (1996). Exemplary software for teaching writing. The Journal of Adventist Education, 58(5), 27-28.

Freed, J. (1996). Special education metaphor number two: Two gardens. The Journal of Adventist Education, 58(2), 44-45.