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Títol: | Fostering retention in online higher education: Students' perceptions of an intervention addressing their first-year experience |
Autoria: | Xavier, Marlon Meneses, Julio |
Altres: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) |
Citació: | Xavier, M., Meneses, J. (2020). Fostering retention in Online Higher Education: Students' perceptions of an intervention addressing their first-year experience. European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN). Proceedings of the 2020 Annual Conference: Human and artificial intelligence for the society of the future, 389-397. |
Resum: | Dropout represents one of the greatest challenges faced by online higher education. This paper presents an institutional intervention aimed at fostering retention and success of first-year undergraduate students at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), an online and open university, through measures addressing learning design and academic support. Secondly, through analyzing in-depth interviews with first-year students, the paper explores their perception of intervention measures and their possible advantages or risks. Results indicate that time-related factors represent the major issue for persistence and continuance. Intervention measures such as personalized course packages which prevent overlapping of submission deadlines; flexibility in continuous assessment; and personalized support and academic advising were valued highly by most students. Future retention interventions in open universities are also discussed. |
Paraules clau: | ensenyament superior ensenyament virtual educació |
DOI: | 10.38069/edenconf-2020-ac0037 |
Tipus de document: | info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject |
Data de publicació: | jun-2020 |
Llicència de publicació: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ |
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