Profiles of Online Students and the Impact of Their University Experience

Autor/inn/en	Sánchez-Gelabert, Albert; Valente, Riccardo; Duart, Josep M.
Titel	Profiles of Online Students and the Impact of Their University Experience
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 21 (2020) 3, S.230-249 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Profiles; Online Courses; Electronic Learning; Student Experience; Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; College Students; Virtual Universities; Distance Education; Student Characteristics; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Online course; Online-Kurs; Studienerfahrung; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Spanien
Abstract	In recent decades, there has been a steady growth in the population who enter higher education in both brick-and-mortar and, in particular, online universities. This has led to an increase in heterogeneous student profiles in a relatively short period of time. The purpose of this paper was to explore the student profiles at a university that gives all its courses online, namely the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), and analyse students' perceptions of their university experience. With this goal in mind, we constructed a student typology based on their social conditions and backgrounds using multiple correspondence analysis. Subsequently, an analysis of variance (Kruskall-Wallis test) was run to detect whether there were any differences in students' perceptions of the impact of their university experience (N = 1850). Although the prevailing profile of students in the online university continues to reflect students with responsibilities outside of the university (e.g., work and/or family), new profiles have been observed, made up of younger students without any work or family responsibilities. In turn, younger students' distinct perceptions of their university experience has been observed, depending on student profiles, with older students having more intrinsic perceptions, focused on learning and the acquisition of theoretical knowledge. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01