Strategies to Assist Distance Doctoral Students in Completing Their Dissertations

Completing doctoral dissertations is difficult work and may be harder for distance students physically separated from institutional and collegial supports. Inability to complete independent research contributes to doctoral student attrition. Factors impacting completion include institutional factor...

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Autores principales:	Janine Lim, Duane Covrig, Shirley Freed, Becky De Oliveira, Mordekai Ongo, Isadore Newman
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2019
Materias:	dissertation completion distance doctoral students graduate student services online doctoral programs Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:05e2ef8778d94af88c1e523144c87c5b2021-12-02T17:16:05ZStrategies to Assist Distance Doctoral Students in Completing Their Dissertations10.19173/irrodl.v20i5.45321492-3831https://doaj.org/article/05e2ef8778d94af88c1e523144c87c5b2019-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/4532https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 Completing doctoral dissertations is difficult work and may be harder for distance students physically separated from institutional and collegial supports. Inability to complete independent research contributes to doctoral student attrition. Factors impacting completion include institutional factors, student characteristics, and supervisory arrangements (Manathunga, 2005). This paper shares proactive strategies used by a Midwestern university in the United States to support distance doctoral students. Strategies and technology tools are described that (a) cultivate a shared culture of responsibility and commitment, (b) increase effective communication between researchers, and (c) grow departmental and institutional services and technologies for faculty and students. This paper suggests the use of a specific framework to help students develop a shared culture of responsibility. This framework encourages students to discuss their social network, as well as teaches students how to manage their split life by using a tool which evaluates a student’s readiness for the dissertation process and maps out where dissertation skills and knowledge are developed throughout the program. Strategies for effective communication include availability, effective feedback, trust, and humor. Services and technologies provided to build capacity include the use of online and library resources, campus-wide use of research software, writing and research services, and department supports and processes to promote student research. These mechanisms for accountability, mentoring, training, and trust increase the likelihood of success. Janine LimDuane CovrigShirley FreedBecky De OliveiraMordekai Ongo Isadore NewmanAthabasca University Pressarticledissertation completiondistance doctoral studentsgraduate student servicesonline doctoral programsSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 20, Iss 5 (2019)
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spellingShingle	dissertation completion distance doctoral students graduate student services online doctoral programs Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Janine Lim Duane Covrig Shirley Freed Becky De Oliveira Mordekai Ongo Isadore Newman Strategies to Assist Distance Doctoral Students in Completing Their Dissertations
description	Completing doctoral dissertations is difficult work and may be harder for distance students physically separated from institutional and collegial supports. Inability to complete independent research contributes to doctoral student attrition. Factors impacting completion include institutional factors, student characteristics, and supervisory arrangements (Manathunga, 2005). This paper shares proactive strategies used by a Midwestern university in the United States to support distance doctoral students. Strategies and technology tools are described that (a) cultivate a shared culture of responsibility and commitment, (b) increase effective communication between researchers, and (c) grow departmental and institutional services and technologies for faculty and students. This paper suggests the use of a specific framework to help students develop a shared culture of responsibility. This framework encourages students to discuss their social network, as well as teaches students how to manage their split life by using a tool which evaluates a student’s readiness for the dissertation process and maps out where dissertation skills and knowledge are developed throughout the program. Strategies for effective communication include availability, effective feedback, trust, and humor. Services and technologies provided to build capacity include the use of online and library resources, campus-wide use of research software, writing and research services, and department supports and processes to promote student research. These mechanisms for accountability, mentoring, training, and trust increase the likelihood of success.
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title	Strategies to Assist Distance Doctoral Students in Completing Their Dissertations
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Strategies to Assist Distance Doctoral Students in Completing Their Dissertations

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