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Chronicling engagement: students’ experience of online learning over time
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-20, 03:05 authored by Tracey MuirTracey Muir, Naomi MilthorpeNaomi Milthorpe, Stone, C, Dyment, J, Elizabeth FreemanElizabeth Freeman, Belinda HopwoodBelinda HopwoodAlthough there is ample research into student engagement in online learning, much of this investigates the student experience through surveys administered at a fixed point in time, usually at the exit point of a single unit of study or course. The study described in this paper, by contrast, aimed to understand online student engagement over a whole semester, guided by two overarching questions: What factors impact students’ engagement over a semester? What factors account for fluctuation in engagement levels over time? This paper presents results from weekly feedback on online education students’ engagement over the length of one semester at a regional Australian university. It also chronicles in more depth the experiences of one student across the same semester. The findings offer longitudinal accounts of student engagement, demonstrating that levels of engagement fluctuate and are influenced by a variety of factors.
Funding
University of Tasmania
History
Publication title
Distance EducationVolume
40Pagination
262-277ISSN
0158-7919Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
RoutledgePlace of publication
AustraliaRights statement
Copyright 2019 Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, Inc. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Distance Education on 28/04/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01587919.2019.1600367Repository Status
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