Predicting Sense of Community among Graduate Students in a Distance Learning Environment

Autor/inn/en	Beeson, Eric; Aideyan, Babatunde; O'Shoney, Christy; Bowes, Daniel A.; Ansell, Kerryn L.; Peterson, Holly M.
Titel	Predicting Sense of Community among Graduate Students in a Distance Learning Environment
Quelle	In: Universal Journal of Educational Research, 7 (2019) 3, S.746-753 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-3205
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Sense of Community; Graduate Students; Educational Technology; Distance Education; Predictor Variables; Student Attitudes; Sexual Orientation; Teacher Student Relationship; Peer Relationship; Technological Literacy; Scores; Correlation; Computer Mediated Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Unterrichtsmedien; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Prädiktor; Schülerverhalten; Sexuelle Orientierung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Peer-Beziehungen; Technisches Wissen; Korrelation; Computerkonferenz
Abstract	The purpose of the current study was to investigate the sense of community in graduate level distance education programs. This manuscript provides the results of a descriptive analysis of the existing sense of community among students while exploring the most robust prediction model to explain the variation. This cross-sectional analysis included 382 graduate students enrolled in various graduate programs delivered using the same instructional technology. The predictor variables were related to program characteristics (e.g., time spent in asynchronous coursework) and participants' demographics (e.g., age). The outcome variables were the total sense of community, learning community subscale, and social community subscale scores from a revised Classroom Community Scale (Rovai, 2002b). Results showed that perceived outside interaction with students, sexual orientation, importance of sense of community, and outside interaction with faculty accounted a significant proportion of the variation in participants' total sense of community scores. Importance of sense of community, outside interaction with students, and sexual orientation accounted for significant variation in participants' social community subscale scores. Finally, sexual orientation, outside interaction with students, proficiency with technology, outside interactions with faculty, and age accounted for significant variation in participants' learning community subscale scores. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01