Critical factors in student satisfaction and success : Facilitating student role adjustment in online communities of inquiry

• The purpose of this study is to validate an instrument to study role adjustment of students new to anonline community of inquiry. The community of inquiry conceptual model for online learning was usedto shape this research and identify the core elements and conditions associated with role adjustment toonline learning (Garrison, Anderson and Archer, 2000). Through a factor analytic process it is shown thatthe instrument did reflect the theoretical model. It was also useful in refining the items for thequestionnaire. The instrument is for use in future research designed to measure and understand studentrole adjustment in online learning.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Role adjustment

community of inquiry

learning effectiveness

online learning

Publikations- och innehållstyp

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