Keywords
Adjunct instructor, Community college, Internet based education, Online education, Pedagogy
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to identify appropriate pedagogical practices for Internet-based teaching and learning, determine the status of their use in the community college adjunct instructor's Internet-based classroom, and examine the impact of these practices on student academic achievement and satisfaction. Frequencies, measures of central tendency, percentages, and SPSS Cross Tabulation procedures described and analyzed data from student and instructor surveys to answer these questions. Internet-based best practice and recommended practice pedagogical methods and strategies were identified through extensive content analysis of the professional literature. Internet-based adjunct instructors at a Central Florida community college rated 43 selected recommended practices. Ratings were based on instructor perceptions of each practice's importance to student academic achievement in and satisfaction with their Internet-based learning experience. Students of community college adjunct instructors also rated these practices for their perceived impact on student academic achievement and satisfaction. Students identified from selected recommended practices the pedagogies that had been designed into the described Internet-based course in which they had been enrolled, providing better understanding of the current use of appropriate Internet-based practice in the instruction of adjunct community college instructors. To examine the impact of the use of those practices, average course scores were related to student-reported presence of practices in described courses and student-reported academic success and satisfaction in described courses was related to the presence of best and recommended practices designed into the course. Results from this study can provide guidance for community college Internet-based programs and for adjunct instructors in those programs as they strive to design and instruct quality courses with appropriate pedagogical focus. Results can also provide local data to the larger discussion of appropriate pedagogy throughout the Internet-based educational community.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2004
Semester
Summer
Advisor
Holt, Larry
Degree
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
College
College of Education
Department
Curriculum and Instruction
Degree Program
Curriculum and Instruction
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0000110
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0000110
Language
English
Release Date
January 2014
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
Subjects
Adjunct instructor; Community college; Dissertations, Academic -- Education; Education -- Dissertations, Academic
STARS Citation
Kemerait, Janet Perkins, "Pedagogy For Internet-based Teaching And Learning And The Impact Of That Pedagogy On Student Achievement And Satisfaction" (2004). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 137.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/137