A predictive study of student satisfaction in online education programs

This paper is intended to investigate the degree to which interaction and other predictors contribute to student satisfaction in online learning settings. This was a preliminary study towards a dissertation work which involved the establishment of interaction and satisfaction scales through a conte...

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Autores principales: Yu-Chun Kuo, Andrew E Walker, Brian R Belland, Kerstin E E Schroder
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:26e634ed4ad3436398ef42a0633905b72021-12-02T17:00:38ZA predictive study of student satisfaction in online education programs10.19173/irrodl.v14i1.13381492-3831https://doaj.org/article/26e634ed4ad3436398ef42a0633905b72013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1338https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 This paper is intended to investigate the degree to which interaction and other predictors contribute to student satisfaction in online learning settings. This was a preliminary study towards a dissertation work which involved the establishment of interaction and satisfaction scales through a content validity survey. Regression analysis was performed to determine the contribution of predictor variables to student satisfaction. The effects of student background variables on predictors were explored. The results showed that learner-instructor interaction, learner-content interaction, and Internet self-efficacy were good predictors of student satisfaction while interactions among students and self-regulated learning did not contribute to student satisfaction. Learner-content interaction explained the largest unique variance in student satisfaction. Additionally, gender, class level, and time spent online per week seemed to have influence on learner-learner interaction, Internet self-efficacy, and self-regulation. Yu-Chun KuoAndrew E WalkerBrian R BellandKerstin E E SchroderAthabasca University PressarticleInteractionSatisfactionSelf-regulationInternet-self efficacyOnline learningRegressionSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 14, Iss 1 (2013)
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collection DOAJ
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topic Interaction
Satisfaction
Self-regulation
Internet-self efficacy
Online learning
Regression
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
spellingShingle Interaction
Satisfaction
Self-regulation
Internet-self efficacy
Online learning
Regression
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Yu-Chun Kuo
Andrew E Walker
Brian R Belland
Kerstin E E Schroder
A predictive study of student satisfaction in online education programs
description This paper is intended to investigate the degree to which interaction and other predictors contribute to student satisfaction in online learning settings. This was a preliminary study towards a dissertation work which involved the establishment of interaction and satisfaction scales through a content validity survey. Regression analysis was performed to determine the contribution of predictor variables to student satisfaction. The effects of student background variables on predictors were explored. The results showed that learner-instructor interaction, learner-content interaction, and Internet self-efficacy were good predictors of student satisfaction while interactions among students and self-regulated learning did not contribute to student satisfaction. Learner-content interaction explained the largest unique variance in student satisfaction. Additionally, gender, class level, and time spent online per week seemed to have influence on learner-learner interaction, Internet self-efficacy, and self-regulation.
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