Enabling connections and persistence in a distributed learning community
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Paper/Presentation Title | Enabling connections and persistence in a distributed learning community |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Morrison, George |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 3rd National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia Conference |
ERA Conference ID | 79818 |
60662 | |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2013 |
Place of Publication | Toowoomba, Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://enablingeducators.org/conference/2013.html |
Conference/Event | 3rd National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia Conference (NAEEA 2013): Flexibility: Pathways to Participation |
National Conference of Enabling Educators | |
Event Details | 3rd National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia Conference (NAEEA 2013): Flexibility: Pathways to Participation National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia Conference - Flexibility: Pathways to participation Parent National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia: Enabling Education Event Date 27 to end of 29 Nov 2013 Event Location Melbourne, Australia |
Event Details | National Conference of Enabling Educators |
Abstract | Concerns about rates of retention and attrition in Higher Education, and the appropriateness of the linguistic terminology used to discuss the phenomenon, date back almost a century. For example, in the nineteen sixties in the United States a Harvard Educational review article reflected on forty years of research and the lack of evidence that attrition rates had risen since the nineteen twenties, disputing the 40-60 % estimates found in much of the contemporary research (Eckland, 1964). Eckland concluded that, in any case, 'most drop-outs came back' (p.405). Relative to the wealth of published research literature pertaining to undergraduate retention and attrition since the time of Professor Eckland, there has been relatively little publication of evidence based research on retention related specifically to enabling programs. This study seeks to address this imbalance even if in a very small way and continues previous work on the topic by Tas Bedford, (Bedford, 2009) whose research on student retention on the Tertiary Preparation Program (TPP) was presented at previous Enabling conferences. Information presented here is from a wider study investigating the student experience of factors that influence completion of study on TPP, a distance education course leading to undergraduate entry offered by the University of Southern Queensland (USQ). Discussion will begin with a short description of methodology adopted and go on to discuss constraints to study. The strategies used by participants to manage constraints will also be outlined, along with discussion of the nature of the competencies that underpin resilience and persistence with study in an enabling program. |
Keywords | bridging course; motivation; success; attitude to; attrition rates; retention |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520102. Educational psychology |
390303. Higher education | |
390409. Learning sciences | |
Public Notes | © 2013 NAEEA Inc. This publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers. |
Byline Affiliations | Open Access College |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2xv5/enabling-connections-and-persistence-in-a-distributed-learning-community
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