Published Articles
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.
Frass, L., Rucker, R., & Washington, G. (2017). An overview of how four institutions prepare faculty to teach online. Journal of Online Higher Education, (1)1.
Frass, L., Rucker, R., & Brown, D. (2016). Technology in the distance education classroom: An exploratory study of a college of pharmacy. Distance Learning, 13(4), 17-26.
Rucker, R., & Downey, S. (2016). Faculty technology usage resulting from institutional migration to a new learning management system. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, (19)1.
Rucker, R., Edwards, K., & Frass, L. (2015). Assessing faculty experiences with and perceptions of an internal quality assurance process for undergraduate distributed learning courses: A pilot study. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 16(4), 35-44.
Rucker, R. (2015). Exploring Faculty Use Before and After a Learning Management System Migration: A Survey Approach. Dissertation. Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10428/1940.
Conference Proceedings
Bickle, M.C., & Rucker, R. (2018). Examination of course attributes that contribute to student satisfaction with online learning. In G. Naylor (Ed.), Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior: 2018 Annual Conference (pp. 26-27). New York, NY. Retrieved from: http://jcsdcb.com/index.php/JCSDCB/article/view/
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Frass, L., Rucker, R., & Washington, G. (2016). Faculty development: Preparing for the transition to online teaching. In M. Clay & J. Stone (Eds.), Distance Learning Administration: 2016 Annual Conference (pp. 63-67). Jekyll Island, GA. Retrieved from: https://www.westga.edu/~distance/dla/pdf/2016-DL-PROCEEDINGS-updated.pdf