The Benefits of Belonging: Students' Perceptions of Their Online Learning Experiences

Autor/inn/en	DiGiacomo, Daniela K.; Usher, Ellen L.; Han, Jaeyun; Abney, Jill M.; Cole, Anastacia E.; Patterson, Jaylene T.
Titel	The Benefits of Belonging: Students' Perceptions of Their Online Learning Experiences
Quelle	In: Distance Education, 44 (2023) 1, S.24-39 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Usher, Ellen L.) ORCID (Han, Jaeyun) ORCID (Abney, Jill M.) ORCID (Cole, Anastacia E.) ORCID (Patterson, Jaylene T.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-7919
DOI	10.1080/01587919.2022.2155615
Schlagwörter	Sense of Community; Undergraduate Students; Electronic Learning; Educational Environment; Distance Education; COVID-19; Pandemics; Online Courses; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; First Generation College Students; Conventional Instruction; Inclusion; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Online course; Online-Kurs; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Inklusion; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Learning environments that support a sense of belonging have been shown to help students fully and meaningfully participate in their learning. Less is known, however, about the social organization of online learning environments that support a sense of belonging, particularly in postsecondary contexts. With an explicit attention to issues of equity, this mixed-methods study examined what makes undergraduate students in the United States of America (N = 4,544) feel included in online learning environments during a global pandemic. Survey responses collected in the fall of 2020 were analyzed through a sociocultural learning theory framework. Rating scale and open-ended responses revealed that students' sense of belonging and inclusion varied by student race and gender and by instructional modality (synchronous vs. asynchronous). Opportunities for discussion, interaction with peers, and feeling that one's racial or ethnic group was represented in the curriculum were among the environmental affordances that supported a sense of belonging. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01