Interaction Gaps in PhD Education and ICT as a Way Forward: Results from a Study in Sweden

Many research studies have highlighted the low completion rate and slow progress in PhD education. Universities strive to improve throughput and quality in their PhD education programs. In this study, the perceived problems of PhD education are investigated from PhD students’ points of view, and how...

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Autores principales:	Naghmeh Aghaee, William Byron Jobe, Thashmee Karunaratne, Åsa Smedberg, Henrik Hansson, Matti Tedre
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2016
Materias:	PhD education Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Support System Interaction Peer communication Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/f847af98c0054f3381e8175f90a96eae
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f847af98c0054f3381e8175f90a96eae2021-12-02T19:26:04ZInteraction Gaps in PhD Education and ICT as a Way Forward: Results from a Study in Sweden10.19173/irrodl.v17i3.22201492-3831https://doaj.org/article/f847af98c0054f3381e8175f90a96eae2016-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2220https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Many research studies have highlighted the low completion rate and slow progress in PhD education. Universities strive to improve throughput and quality in their PhD education programs. In this study, the perceived problems of PhD education are investigated from PhD students’ points of view, and how an Information and Communication Technology Support System (ICTSS) may alleviate these problems. Data were collected through an online open questionnaire sent to the PhD students at the Department of (the institution’s name has been removed during the double-blind review) with a 59% response rate. The results revealed a number of problems in the PhD education and highlighted how online technology can support PhD education and facilitate interaction and communication, affect the PhD students’ satisfaction, and have positive impacts on PhD students’ stress. A system was prototyped, in order to facilitate different types of online interaction through accessing a set of online and structured resources and specific communication channels. Although the number of informants was not large, the result of the study provided some rudimentary ideas that refer to interaction problems and how an online ICTSS may facilitate PhD education by providing distance and collaborative learning, and PhD students’ self-managed communication. Naghmeh AghaeeWilliam Byron JobeThashmee KarunaratneÅsa SmedbergHenrik HanssonMatti TedreAthabasca University PressarticlePhD educationInformation and Communication Technology (ICT)Support SystemInteractionPeer communicationSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 17, Iss 3 (2016)
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description	Many research studies have highlighted the low completion rate and slow progress in PhD education. Universities strive to improve throughput and quality in their PhD education programs. In this study, the perceived problems of PhD education are investigated from PhD students’ points of view, and how an Information and Communication Technology Support System (ICTSS) may alleviate these problems. Data were collected through an online open questionnaire sent to the PhD students at the Department of (the institution’s name has been removed during the double-blind review) with a 59% response rate. The results revealed a number of problems in the PhD education and highlighted how online technology can support PhD education and facilitate interaction and communication, affect the PhD students’ satisfaction, and have positive impacts on PhD students’ stress. A system was prototyped, in order to facilitate different types of online interaction through accessing a set of online and structured resources and specific communication channels. Although the number of informants was not large, the result of the study provided some rudimentary ideas that refer to interaction problems and how an online ICTSS may facilitate PhD education by providing distance and collaborative learning, and PhD students’ self-managed communication.
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author	Naghmeh Aghaee William Byron Jobe Thashmee Karunaratne Åsa Smedberg Henrik Hansson Matti Tedre
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title	Interaction Gaps in PhD Education and ICT as a Way Forward: Results from a Study in Sweden
title_short	Interaction Gaps in PhD Education and ICT as a Way Forward: Results from a Study in Sweden
title_full	Interaction Gaps in PhD Education and ICT as a Way Forward: Results from a Study in Sweden
title_fullStr	Interaction Gaps in PhD Education and ICT as a Way Forward: Results from a Study in Sweden
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publisher	Athabasca University Press
publishDate	2016
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Interaction Gaps in PhD Education and ICT as a Way Forward: Results from a Study in Sweden

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