Esther Smidt

Esther Smidt received her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction: Second Languages and Cultures Education from the University of Minnesota in 2007. She is an Associate Professor and Program Director of TESOL at West Chester University, USA. Her research interests include Distance Education, Computer-Assisted Language Learning, Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language, and Immigrant Identity.

Publications

Ensuring Quality and Integrity in Online Learning Programs
Ensuring Quality and Integrity in Online Learning Programs
Esther Smidt, Rui Li. © 2019. 325 pages.
Within the past decade, many higher education institutions have begun to offer degree programs online, but there are a lack of resources for institutions to rely on when choosing...
Assessing the Quality of Distance Education at a University
Assessing the Quality of Distance Education at a University
David L. Bolton, Esther Smidt, Rui Li. © 2019. 29 pages.
This chapter reports the findings of an investigation into the experiences of undergraduate and graduate distance education students at a state educational institution in the...
Online Program Directors' Perspectives of Quality Programs
Online Program Directors' Perspectives of Quality Programs
Rui Li, Esther Smidt, Emily Dachroeden. © 2019. 22 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to identify and understand the factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of “quality” online programs and ensure program success....
Teaching French Phonetics in a Digital Language Lab
Teaching French Phonetics in a Digital Language Lab
Evan Bibbee, Esther Smidt, Vladimir Lazar. © 2012. 17 pages.
This chapter evaluates the pedagogical significance of a digital language lab as part of a university course in French phonetics. Based on both quantitative and qualitative...