Rosemary M. Lehman (Madison University of Wisconsin), Simone C. O. Conceicao (Milwaukee University of Wisconsin)

Motivating and Retaining Online Students

Research-Based Strategies That Work

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Finally, the first research-based book of sound strategies and best practices to help instructors motivate students to complete their online courses. Although studies support the effectiveness of learning online, students often fail to complete online courses. Some studies have found that as many as 50-70% drop out of their online courses or programs. Retention is not only a growing expectation and imperative, but it is also as opportunity for faculty members to take the lead in innovating, researching, and implementing new strategies while demonstrating their effectiveness. Designed for instructors and instructional designers, Motivating and Retaining Online Students is filled with empirical research from the authors' study of motivation and retention strategies that can reduce online learner dropout. Focusing on the most important issues instructors face, such as course design; student engagement and motivation; and institutional, instructional, and informal student support strategies, the book provides effective online strategies that help minimize student dropout, increase student retention, and support student learning. While helping to improve the overall retention rates for educational institutions, the strategies outlined in the book also allow for student diversity and individual learner differences. Lehman and Conceição's proven model gives instructors an effective approach to help students persist in online courses and succeed as learners.

Produktdetails

• Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 177mm x 237mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9781118531709
• ISBN-10: 1118531701
• Artikelnr.: 37327960

Autorenporträt

Rosemary M. Lehman worked with University of Wisconsin--Extension for more than 20 years and is now an author, online instructor, and partner in eInterface. Simone C. O. Conceição is a professor in the School of Education, Department of Administrative Leadership, at University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. They are the authors of Managing Online Instructor Workload and Creating a Sense of Presence in Online Teaching both from Jossey-Bass.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables, Exhibits, and Figure ix Preface xi The Focus of This Book
xii Who Can Benefit from This Book xii Our Beliefs About Learning and
Teaching xii How This Book Is Organized xiii Acknowledgments xiv About the
Authors xvii 1. Concerns and Opportunities for Online Student Retention 1
Evolving Concepts of Presence, Communication, and Interaction 1 Redefining
the Characteristics of the Higher Education Learner 2 New Ways of Learning
2 Causes for Increased Enrollment 3 The State of Higher Education and
Online Learning 4 Concerns for Online Student Retention 5 Reasons Online
Students Drop Out 5 Factors for Student Persistence in Online Education 7
Opportunities for Online Education 10 New Learner Behaviors and Skills in
the 21st Century 11 Filling the Gap: Strategies for Online Persistence 14
2. Design Strategies for Retaining Online Students 17 Intentional Design
for Online Courses 19 Design Elements and Strategies to Help Students Stay
Motivated Online 20 Creating the Learning Environment 20 Planning for the
Teaching Process 25 Predicting Learners' Needs 30 The Impact of Intentional
Design for Online Course Success 32 Design Strategies for Retaining Online
Students 34 3. Student Strategies for Staying Motivated Online 38 Pathway
and Strategies for Staying Motivated in Online Courses 38 Self-Awareness 39
Self-Efficacy 40 A Purpose for Taking a Course 41 Means to Achieve Goals 42
Rewards for Achieving Goals 53 Explaining Study Findings from a
Motivational Perspective 56 Incorporating Student Strategies into Course
Design 59 4. Support Strategies for Helping Online Students Persist 65
Types of Support Perceived as Important by Students 66 Human Resource
Support 66 Institutional Support 69 Self-Care 70 Support Strategies for
Helping Online Students Persist 71 Instructional Support Strategies 72
Institutional Support Strategies 75 Self-Care Strategies 80 5. Pulling the
Strategies Together 83 Established Findings Related to Online Student
Retention 84 Major Contributions from Our Study 84 New Ways of Th inking
About Learning and Teaching 86 Persistence Model for Online Student
Retention 87 Student-Centered Model 88 Strategies for Helping Students
Persist in an Online Course 89 Times of Change for Learning in the 21st
Century 94 Instructors' Skills for Meeting Students' 21st-Century Fluencies
95 Implications and Conclusions for Learning and Teaching Online 104
Glossary 107 References 111 Appendix 1 117 Appendix 2 127 Index 135