A Profile of MPA Students' Perceptions of Online Learning: What MPA Students Value in Online Education and What They Think Would Improve Online Learning Experiences

Autor/inn/en	Ni, Anna Ya; Van Wart, Montgomery; Medina, Pamela; Collins, Kimberly; Silvers, Ernest; Pei, Hang
Titel	A Profile of MPA Students' Perceptions of Online Learning: What MPA Students Value in Online Education and What They Think Would Improve Online Learning Experiences
Quelle	In: Journal of Public Affairs Education, 27 (2021) 1, S.50-71 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1523-6803
DOI	10.1080/15236803.2020.1820288
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Graduate Students; Adults; Public Affairs Education; Electronic Learning; Online Courses; Value Judgment; Educational Quality; Instructional Improvement; Teacher Effectiveness; Synchronous Communication; Interaction; Feedback (Response); Group Discussion; Video Technology; Minority Serving Institutions; State Universities; California (San Bernardino) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Online course; Online-Kurs; Werturteil; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Unterrichtsqualität; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Interaktion; Gruppendiskussion; Staatliche Universität
Abstract	What do MPA students value in online education and what do they think would improve online learning experiences in an MPA program? Ironically, few studies have tried to derive more than a couple of factors in a single study. Integrating the key concepts from across the literature, the perceptions about an array of quality factors were identified and studied both quantitatively and qualitatively with a survey of 160 MPA students. The results distinguish and rank seven factors affecting students' perceptions of quality online education in a theoretically coherent framework. Those factors are: basic online modality, teaching presence, instructional support, interactive online modality, social presence, cognitive presence, and trust in the online teaching system. The overall impressions of online learning examined include the degree of online acceptance, the likelihood of taking online classes, and the effects of instructional skill. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01