STUDENT SATISFACTION WITH ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING

Authors

  • Charles Dziuban
  • Patsy Moskal
  • Jay Brophy
  • Peter Shea

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v11i1.1739

Keywords:

Student Satisfaction, Media Culture, Digital, Personal and Mobile Technologies, Student Learning Preferences, Pedagogy, Complexities of Measurement, Digital Generation

Abstract

The authors discuss elements that potentially impact student satisfaction with asynchronous learning: the media culture, digital, personal and mobile technologies, student learning preferences, pedagogy, complexities of measurement, and the digital generation. They describe a pilot study to identify the underlying dimensions of student satisfaction with online learning and present examples of techniques for engaging students in classes that respond to their uses of technology.

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Published

2019-02-11

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2007)

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Empirical Studies

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