Galvanising Transition and Success for Underrepresented Students: Five Conditions for Enhancing Online Student Engagement
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Article Title | Galvanising Transition and Success for Underrepresented Students: Five Conditions for Enhancing Online Student Engagement |
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ERA Journal ID | 123437 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Lawrence, Jill, Brown, Alice, Redmond, Petrea, Cohen, Jay, Foote, Stephanie and Stone, Cathy |
Journal Title | Student Success |
Journal Citation | 15 (2), pp. 45-57 |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | 2024 |
Publisher | Queensland University of Technology |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 1838-2959 |
2205-0795 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.3453 |
Web Address (URL) | https://studentsuccessjournal.org/index.php/studentsuccess/article/view/3453 |
Abstract | The Australian Universities Accord’s (Department of Education, 2024) focus on expanding underrepresented groups’ access to higher education underscores an on-campus-online paradigm shift, or post-pandemic digital transformation, to address students’ flexibility and accessibility needs. The shift identifies that online student engagement, and students’ learning outcomes, need to be effective and fit for purpose if students are to succeed. Conducted as one phase of a longitudinal project (2017-present), this research investigated the approaches and strategies that could be incorporated to facilitate students’ online engagement. Findings suggest that these strategies could be encapsulated under five key conditions: fashioning a strong teacher presence; crafting an inclusive and safe online learning environment; creating well-structured and interesting content; forging explicit expectation management; and ensuring students have time to engage. This article argues that ifeducators are purposeful in applying these conditions, employing targeted, specific strategies in their curriculum design and teaching, students’ online engagement, and their learning outcomes, will be enhanced. |
Keywords | Online student engagement; online learning; unrepresented students; student inclusion; student diversity; student transition |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
390405. Educational technology and computing | |
Byline Affiliations | University of Southern Queensland |
Institute for Resilient Regions | |
University of Adelaide | |
Stony Brook University, United States | |
Gardner Institute, United States | |
University of Newcastle |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z9q99/galvanising-transition-and-success-for-underrepresented-students-five-conditions-for-enhancing-online-student-engagement
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