ERIC Number: EJ1433223
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jul
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-3894
EISSN: EISSN-1559-7075
A Pilot Study Exploring Interaction and Student Satisfaction in Asynchronous Courses in Higher Education
Hongyan Yang; Enilda Romero-Hall
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, v68 n4 p761-770 2024
Asynchronous online courses have become increasingly prevalent in higher education, offering numerous benefits, including flexibility and accessibility. However, these courses often face challenges related to the lack of direct interaction among students. This study is grounded in a "Modified Theory of Interactions" that seeks to comprehensively examine students' perspectives and levels of satisfaction concerning interactions in asynchronous courses in the context of higher education. The participants in this pilot study (N = 27) comprised both undergraduate and graduate students. This investigation employs a modified cross-sectional electronic survey instrument to gather students' (a) demographics, (b) satisfaction with learner-learner interaction, (c) satisfaction with learner-content interaction, (d) satisfaction with learner-instructor interaction, (e) satisfaction with learner-technology interaction, and (f) general satisfaction with this asynchronous course. The results underscore the pivotal role of learner-learner interaction and learner-content interaction in influencing general satisfaction in asynchronous courses. While also it also highlights a lack of significant correlation between learner-instructor interaction and general satisfaction as well as no significance between learner-technology interaction and general satisfaction, suggesting that while technology is a medium for facilitating learning, it is not the primary determinant of student satisfaction.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Online Courses, Asynchronous Communication, Student Attitudes, Student Satisfaction, Interaction, Peer Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Course Content, Student Characteristics, Technology Uses in Education, Influence of Technology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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