Students' engagement characteristics predict success and completion of online courses.
This study examined students' engagement characteristics in online courses and their impact on academic achievements, trying to distinguish between course completers and noncompleters. Moreover, this research is intended to differentiate between those who pass the final exam and those who do not. Fo...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 378 - 390 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=136200234&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 136200234 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02664909 6M1 jtl: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning issn: 02664909 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jun2019 vid: 35 iid: 3 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 136200234 136200234 136200234 10.1111/jcal.12340 136200234 ppf: 378 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: Students' engagement characteristics predict success and completion of online courses. aug: au: Soffer, Tal Cohen, Anat affil: The School of Education, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv Israel sug: subj: Academic Achievement Evaluation Students Learning Methods Educational Measurement Success Evaluation Education, Non-Traditional Learning Environment Human Students, Undergraduate Student Assignments Data Analysis, Statistical Data Mining Analysis of Variance Logistic Regression Linear Regression Descriptive Statistics Communication ab: This study examined students' engagement characteristics in online courses and their impact on academic achievements, trying to distinguish between course completers and noncompleters. Moreover, this research is intended to differentiate between those who pass the final exam and those who do not. Four online courses were examined with a similar pedagogical model (Nstudents = 646) using learning analytics methods. The results revealed significant differences between students who completed the courses and students who did not, in all 13 variables. Completers' learning activities were more than twice as high, except for writing in the forums. Course subject and ongoing task and assignment submissions predicted course completion, whereas, in addition to these variables, engagement with course materials and reading the forums predicted final exam success, as well. Thus, the prediction of success in final exam emphasized the significant importance of engagement in various activities in the online course. Lay Description: What is currently known about the subject matter Increasing concern regarding the persistence and engagement of students in online courses,Students who had been actively engaged in their academic work showed a high‐level learning outcomes,Students' engagement in online courses is usually measured by engagement with course learning materials, interpersonal interaction, and performance in tasks and assignments.What the paper adds to this Engagement of 646 online students and its impact on academic achievements was examined by learning analytics;Students who completed their courses were highly engaged with all various course activities;Course subject, ongoing assignments, course materials, and reading forums (but not writing in them) predicted final exam grades;However, only course subject and ongoing assignments were significant predictors of course completion.Implication of the study findings The research findings assist in improving teaching and learning in online courses and reduce dropout;Implementing suitable materials, assignments, and appropriate communication channels and feedback will empower students' engagementEvaluating the students' online learning activities supports instructors in designing success online courses pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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