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March 29, 2017
Motivating and Retaining Online Students: Research-Based Strategies That Work (Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning)
- Author
- Lehman, Rosemary M.; Conceicao, Simone C. O.
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
- ISBN
- 9781118531709
- Table of Contents
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List of Tables, Exhibits, and Figure
Preface
The Focus of This Book
Who Can Benefit from This Book
Our Beliefs About Learning and Teaching
How This Book Is Organized
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
ch. 1 Concerns and Opportunities for Online Student Retention
Evolving Concepts of Presence, Communication, and Interaction
Redefining the Characteristics of the Higher Education Learner
New Ways of Learning
Causes for Increased Enrollment
The State of Higher Education and Online Learning
Concerns for Online Student Retention
Reasons Online Students Drop Out
Factors for Student Persistence in Online Education
Opportunities for Online Education
New Learner Behaviors and Skills in the 21st Century
Filling the Gap: Strategies for Online Persistence
ch. 2 Design Strategies for Retaining Online Students
Intentional Design for Online Courses
Design Elements and Strategies to Help Students Stay Motivated Online
Creating the Learning Environment
Planning for the Teaching Process
Predicting Learners’ Needs
The Impact of Intentional Design for Online Course Success
Design Strategies for Retaining Online Students
ch. 3 Student Strategies for Staying Motivated Online
Pathway and Strategies for Staying Motivated in Online Courses
Self-Awareness
Self-Efficacy
A Purpose for Taking a Course
Means to Achieve Goals
Rewards for Achieving Goals
Explaining Study Findings from a Motivational Perspective
Incorporating Student Strategies into Course Design
ch. 4 Support Strategies for Helping Online Students Persist
Types of Support Perceived as Important by Students
Human Resource Support
Institutional Support
Self-Care
Support Strategies for Helping Online Students Persist
Instructional Support Strategies
Institutional Support Strategies
Self-Care Strategies
ch. 5 Pulling the Strategies Together
Established Findings Related to Online Student Retention
Major Contributions from Our Study
New Ways of Th inking About Learning and Teaching
Persistence Model for Online Student Retention
Student-Centered Model
Strategies for Helping Students Persist in an Online Course
Times of Change for Learning in the 21st Century
Instructors’ Skills for Meeting Students’ 21st-Century Fluencies
Implications and Conclusions for Learning and Teaching Online
Glossary
References
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Index
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. (From the Publisher)
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. (From the Publisher)