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Emeritus Associate Professor, College of Education

Dr. Snelson is an Emeritus Associate Professor in the College of Education at Boise State University. She designed and taught online graduate-level courses for nearly two decades and served as program coordinator for an online master’s degree program and two online graduate certificate programs. Her scholarly activity centered on scoping reviews, online education, and qualitative research methods.

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Dr. Snelson is an Emeritus Associate Professor in the College of Education at Boise State University. She designed and taught online graduate-level courses for nearly two decades and served as program coordinator for an online master’s degree program and two online graduate certificate programs. Her scholarly activity centered on scoping reviews, online education, and qualitative research methods.

Present	Associate Department Head, Boise State University ‐ Department of Educational Technology
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Present	Associate Professor, Boise State University ‐ Department of Educational Technology
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Technology and Innovation and Higher Education and Teaching

YouTube in education, Educational video production, Qualitative analysis, and Game-based learning

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5201-2957

Articles (31)

Using Virtual Teams in Educational Settings: A Scoping Review (Shawna Jensen, Jesús Trespalacios, Chareen Snelson, et al.) Quarterly Review of Distance Education (2023)

Virtual teams are increasingly being utilized by organizations to connect employees across geographical boundaries and promote collaboration through communication technologies. The COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations to shift their employees to hybrid and remote settings. However, ...

Higher Education Leaders’ Perspectives of Accessible and Inclusive Online Learning (Amy Lomellini, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Chareen Snelson, et al.) Distance Education (2022)

Online learning can potentially meet increasingly diverse students’ needs in higher education, including disabled students. However, institutions have historically struggled in providing accessible and inclusive online learning. Higher education online learning leaders, those who manage ...

Quest-Based Learning: A Scoping Review of the Research Literature (Chareen Snelson) TechTrends (2022)

Quest-based learning (QBL) is a choice-driven approach that integrates game elements in a gamified or game-based learning environment. A scoping review of the research literature was conducted to examine the extent, range and nature of ...

The Use of Images in Online Learning: A Qualitative Content Analysis (Jason D. Bader, Chareen Snelson, Patrick R. Lowenthal, et al.) International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (2022)

Images can improve learning and performance. However, research suggests that many online educators and instructional designers lack the knowledge, skills, and abilities to effectively create and use images when designing online courses and instructional materials. ...

Faculty Views of CBE, Self-efficacy, and Institutional Support: An Exploratory Study (Christopher Prokes, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Chareen Snelson, et al.) The Journal of Competency-Based Education (2021)

Competency-based education (CBE) is essentially an approach to teaching and learning featuring flexible pacing, robust competencies, and an emphasis on student completion. CBE differs from traditional education that focuses instead more on seat time and ...

Addressing the Challenges of Online Video Analysis in Qualitative Studies: A Worked Example from Computational Thinking Research (Chareen Snelson, Dazhi Yang and Torrence Temple) The Qualitative Report (2021)

In this paper, we share our approach and the process for qualitative analysis of online video data recorded during an after-school robotics program that emphasized computational thinking (CT). Online research strategies may be necessary for ...

Community and Connectedness in Online Higher Education: A Scoping Review of the Literature (Jesús Trespalacios, Chareen Snelson, Patrick R. Lowenthal, et al.) Distance Education (2021)

Community and connectedness are important concepts in online higher education. However, researchers debate how they are defined, operationalized, or enacted in practice. A scoping study was conducted to review the research literature on the extent, ...

Educational 360-Degree Videos in Virtual Reality: A Scoping Review of the Emerging Research (Chareen Snelson and Yu-Chang Hsu) TechTrends (2020)

360-degree video (or 360° video) is recorded in an omnidirectional form so that viewers can look in any direction while the video plays. Interest in the application of 360° video has been emerging along with ...

Connecting Online Students to Their Higher Learning Institution (Shannon Skelcher, Dazhi Yang, Jesús Trespalacios, et al.) Distance Education (2020)

Establishing a sense of community is important for student success in online learning environments. However, how online graduate students experience a sense of community in higher learning institutions providing their courses or degree is an ...

Video Production in Content-Area Pedagogy: A Scoping Study of the Research Literature (Chareen Snelson) Learning, Media and Technology (2018)

Video production offers a way for students to learn content-area knowledge while simultaneously developing technology skills deemed important in contemporary society. Yet, the research has not been examined in a systematic way to reveal how ...

Teaching Massive, Open, Online, Courses (MOOCs): Tales from the Front Line (Patrick R. Lowenthal, Chareen Snelson and Ross Perkins) International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (2018)

Very little research has been conducted about what it is like to teach a MOOC. Given this, a mixed methods study, involving a survey of 186 MOOC instructors and 15 follow-up interviews, was conducted to ...

Live Synchronous Web Meetings in Asynchronous Online Courses: Reconceptualizing Virtual Office Hours (Patrick R. Lowenthal, Joanna C. Dunlap and Chareen Snelson) Online Learning (2017)

Most online courses rely solely on asynchronous text-based online communication. This type of communication can foster anytime, anywhere reflection, critical thinking, and deep learning. However, it can also frustrate participants because of the lack of ...

In Search of a Better Understanding of Social Presence: An Investigation into How Researchers Define Social Presence (Patrick R. Lowenthal and Chareen Snelson) Distance Education (2017)

Research on social presence and online learning continues to grow. But to date, researchers continue to define and conceptualize social presence very differently. For instance, at a basic level, some conceptualize social presence as one ...

In Search of a Better Understanding of Social Presence: An Investigation into How Researchers Define Social Presence (Patrick R. Lowenthal and Chareen Snelson) Distance Education (2017)

Research on social presence and online learning continues to grow. But to date, researchers continue to define and conceptualize social presence very differently. For instance, at a basic level, some conceptualize social presence as one ...

Persistence Factors Revealed: Students’ Reflections on Completing a Fully Online Program (Dazhi Yang, Sally Baldwin and Chareen Snelson) Distance Education (2017)

Despite the rapid growth in online programs, online programs routinely face student attrition. How to retain students and help students successfully complete an online program is usually a top priority for online programs. This study ...

Using World of Warcraft to Teach Research Methods in Online Doctoral Education: A Student-Instructor Duoethnography (Chareen Snelson, Christopher I. Wertz, Kimberly Onstott, et al.) The Qualitative Report (2017)

The educational potential of games has captured the ongoing interest of scholars and educators who have sought to understand when, how, and under what conditions games support the teaching and learning process. General knowledge of ...

Persistence Factors Revealed: Students’ Reflections on Completing a Fully Online Program (Dazhi Yang, Sally Baldwin and Chareen Snelson) Distance Education (2017)

Despite their rapid growth, online programs routinely face student attrition. How to retain students and help them successfully complete is usually a top priority for online programs. This study investigated persistence factors that contributed to ...

Qualitative and Mixed Methods Social Media Research: A Review of the Literature (Chareen L. Snelson) International Journal of Qualitative Methods (2016)

Social media technologies have attracted substantial attention among many types of users including researchers who have published studies for several years. This article presents an overview of trends in qualitative and mixed methods social media ...

Vlogging About School on YouTube: An Exploratory Study (Chareen Snelson) New Media & Society (2015)

An exploratory mixed-methods study involving a combination of online ethnography and descriptive statistics was conducted to investigate school-related vlogging. Five areas were emphasized: (1) characteristics of school-related vlogs, vloggers, and viewers; (2) vlog context (where ...

Research Priorities in Mobile Learning: An International Delphi Study (Yu-Chang Hsu, Yu-Hui Ching and Chareen Snelson) Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology (2014)

Along with advancing mobile technologies and proliferating mobile devices and applications, mobile learning research has gained great momentum in recent years. While there have been review articles summarizing past research, studies identifying mobile learning research ...

Research Priorities for YouTube and Video-Sharing Technologies: A Delphi Study (Chareen Snelson, Kerry Rice and Constance Wyzard) British Journal of Educational Technology (2012)

Online video-sharing services, particularly YouTube, have gained an audience of billions of users including educators and scholars.While the academic literature provides some evidence that YouTube has been studied and written about, little is known about ...

YouTube Across the Disciplines: A Review of the Literature (Chareen Snelson) MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (2011)

YouTube has grown to become the largest and most highly visited online video-sharing service, and interest in the educational use of YouTube has become apparent. Paralleling the rise of academic interest in YouTube is the ...

Image and Video Disclosure of Substance Use on Social Media Websites (Elizabeth M. Morgan, Chareen Snelson and Patt Elison-Bowers) Computers in Human Behavior (2010)

The present study examines young adults’ use of social media websites, such as MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube, to post public images and videos of themselves depicting alcohol consumption, inebriated behavior, or recreational marijuana use. A ...

From Silent Film to YouTube™ : Tracing the Historical Roots of Motion Picture Technologies in Education (Chareen Snelson and Ross A. Perkins) Journal of Visual Literacy (2009)

This article traces the historical roots of YouTube™ and online video to examine it within the context of educational motion picture history. The current state of online video is discussed first followed by a thematic ...

Health Science Students and Their Learning Environment: A Comparison of Perceptions of On-Site, Remote-Site, and Traditional Classroom Students (Patt R. Elison-Bowers, Chareen Snelson, Mario Casa de Calvo, et al.) Perspectives in Health Information Management (2008)

This study compared the responses of on-site, remote-site, and traditional classroom students on measures of student/teacher interaction, course structure, physical learning environment, and overall course enjoyment/satisfaction. The sample population consisted of students taking undergraduate courses ...