Employment Status, Teaching Load, and Student Performance in Online Community College Courses

Autor/inn/en	Salley, Witt; Shaw, Melanie
Titel	Employment Status, Teaching Load, and Student Performance in Online Community College Courses
Quelle	In: Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 18 (2015) 2 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1556-3847
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Electronic Learning; Online Courses; Employment Level; Teaching Load; Academic Achievement; Best Practices; Data Analysis; Statistical Significance; Correlation; Grades (Scholastic); Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Online course; Online-Kurs; Beschäftigungsgrad; Lehrdeputat; Schulleistung; Auswertung; Korrelation; Notenspiegel; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	A continued need exists for community college administrators to develop and implement strategies to ensure sufficient staffing to meet demand for online courses and promote student success. The problem this study addressed was threefold. First, online instructors in the local setting are overextended and are consequently unable to implement best practices. Because overextended online instructors cannot offer the presence and feedback needed to promote success, online student performance as measured by final course grades suffers. Another problem was that the current institutional system encourages overload teaching assignments. Finally, increased teaching loads can have negative ramifications on online instructor attentiveness, student performance, and academic rigor. The purpose of this descriptive quantitative study was to collect relevant data to examine the relationships among (a) online instructor employment status, (b) online instructor teaching load, and (c) online student performance at a community college. The study used both comparative and correlational research designs to address the research questions using ex post facto data. No statistically significant correlations were found between student success and employment status. However, a negative correlation was discovered between course overload and student success as measured by final course grades and completion rates. Recommendations for future research include an examinaton of senority and tenure status of faculty and a wider geographic and institutional type study to ensure generalizability of the results. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	State University of West Georgia. 1601 Maple Street, Honors House, Carrollton, GA 30118. Tel: 678-839-5489; Fax: 678-839-0636; e-mail: distance@westga.edu; Web site: http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01