Relación entre las características socioeconómicas de los estudiantes de un colegio comunal en la ciudad de Nueva York con las calificaciones obtenidas en Cursos de Educación Asincrónicos.

Autora: Dr. Sonia Maldonado Torres
Assistant Professor

 

Institución: Hostos Community College, CUNY

 

 

Abstracto

El propósito del estudio fue explorar la relación entre la edad, ingreso de acuerdo al código postal, género, concentración, raza y status ESL con las calificaciones obtenidas en los cursos de educación en línea, modalidad asincrónica de un grupo de estudiantes que asiste a un colegio comunitario en la ciudad de Nueva York. Para obtener los resultados del estudio, se utilizaron datos proporcionados por la Oficina de Investigación Institucional y Avaluación Estudiantil (Office of Institutional Research and Student Assessment) del Colegio.  Para el estudio se analizaron datos de 557 estudiantes que completaron 954 cursos de educación en línea, modalidad asincrónica durante cuatro semestres consecutivos. En el estudio se encontró una correlación entre la edad de los participantes y las calificaciones obtenidas en los cursos de educación asincrónicas (r = .01). Además se estableció una diferencia significativa entre la concentración de los participantes (todas las concentraciones (M = 3.77, DS = 1.7);  educación (M = 3.55, DS = 3.91) (t = 2.2, p = 0.03)  con respecto a las calificaciones obtenidas en los cursos de educación en línea, modalidad asincrónica. Los hallazgos de este estudio serán utilizados como punto de partida para realizar una investigación más detallada sobre las relaciones que existen entre el estatus socioeconómico de los estudiantes matriculados en un Colegio Comunitario localizado en la ciudad de Nueva York y su desempeño académico en los cursos a distancia.

 

Relación Entre las Características Socioeconómicas de los Estudiantes de un Colegio Comunitario en la Ciudad de Nueva York con las Calificaciones Obtenidas en Cursos de Educación en Línea Modalidad Asincrónica.

 

Introducción

Investigadores en el campo de la educación superior han indicado que los programas académicos de educación a distancia son una alternativa educativa eficaz y económica para completar un título universitario (Johnson, 2009; Kim, Welch, Nam &  Seungwan, 2016;  Shonfeld & Ronen, 2015). Estos mismos investigadores también concluyeron que estos cursos son de gran beneficio para los estudiantes que desean asistir a una universidad en particular pero no pueden hacerlo debido a la distancia o a su limitación con el tiempo. Estudiar a distancia implica que los estudiantes tendrán la oportunidad de educarse empleando la tecnología en cursos que pueden estar diseñados sincrónica o asincrónicamente (Kumi Yeboah & Smith, 2016). Es decir que los entornos de enseñanza que se utilizarán para impartir las lecciones a distancia se establecerán virtualmente (Birch & Volkov, 2007).

Authors Volume VII, Spring Issue

Article 1: The Need for Social Workers Along the South Texas-Mexico Border: Meeting the Need Through Distance Education

Author: Dr. Denise A. Longoria

Assistant Professor of Social Work
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Dr. Denise A. Longoria is an assistant professor of social work at UTRGV.  She holds an MSSW from University of Texas at Austin and a Ph.D. in Education from Capella University.  Her areas of interest and expertise include social work practice, family violence issues, working with older adults, mental health issues, and social work education.    In addition to teaching social work courses, Dr. Longoria is responsible for recruitment and advising of Laredo students enrolled in the distance education program.  Dr. Longoria maintains a small private practice where she provides individual and couples’ therapy.

Contact Info:
Denise Longoria, Ph.D., LCSW
Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Mail Address: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
1201 W. University Dr.
Edinburg, TX 78539
Phone: (956) 665-3575
Fax: (956) 665-3516
Email: denise.longoria@utrgv.edu

Author: John M. Gonzalez, Ph. D., LMSW

Associate Professor and MSSW Program Director
Social Work Department
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

John M. Gonzalez, PhD, LMSW, associate professor at the University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley, Department of Social Work. He is also the Director of the MSSW Program. His research interests are older Latinos and mental health services. He also authored and co-authored publications on older Latinos and mental health services and older adults overcoming oppression.


Article 2: Online Learning: No Worries at Community Colleges

Author: Dr. Sherese A. Mitchell

Assistant Professor
Hostos Community College, CUNY

Dr. Sherese A. Mitchell has served as an Assistant Professor at Hostos Community College for 9 years. She holds an Educational Doctorate in instructional Leadership with a focus in Learning Styles. Prior to working in academics, she spent 20 years in the field working with children in various settings and leadership roles. Dr. Mitchell has brought that experience to her current instructional position to future educators enrolled in methods courses at Hotos. In those courses, she constantly invites student- and colleague- feedback to revise course organization and content to meet the varied learning needs of all students. She is passionate about student accountability and classroom management and provides staff development on such. Dr. Mitchell is a strong advocate of student accountability and serves as a chair of the Student Disciplinary and Instructional Evaluation committees at Hostos. She is an Executive board member of NACCTEP (National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs) and the Children’s center at Hostos. Additionally, she provides voluntary services of staff development in educational settings and is the Academic Director at a summer camp. Beyond learning-style and note-taking research, Dr. Mitchell has presented many papers at National, local and regional conferences.

Contact info:
Dr. Sherese A. Mitchell
Assistant Professor
Hostos Community College, CUNY
Mail Address: Hostos Community College
500 Grand Concourse (Room A107)
Phone: (718) 518-4413
Email: smitchell@hostos.cuny.edu


Article 3: Relación entre las características socioeconómicas de los estudiantes de un Colegio Comunal en la ciudad de Nueva York con las calificaciones obtenidas en Cursos de Educación Asincrónicos.

Author: Dr. Sonia Maldonado Torres

Assistant Professor
Hostos Community College, CUNY

Dr. Sonia Maldonado Torres was born in Puerto Rico and completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. She possesses two Masters’ degrees—one in Guidance and Counseling from the Catholic University of Puerto Rico, and a second one in Educational Psychology from SUNY at Albany. She completed a doctoral degree in Education and Leadership at Fielding University in California. In 1996 she moved to New York City and began working at Hostos Community College (HCC) spending fifteen (15) years of her academic career working as an academic counselor in the Division of SDEM. In 2011, Dr. Maldonado Torres joined the Teachers Education Unit where she is currently working as an Assistant Professor. Some of the courses she imparts within the Unit are: Introduction to Education, Social Studies and Language Arts for Bilingual Students, Multicultural Education, Special Education, and Creative Arts among others.

Dr. Maldonado Torres has published her research work in different reputable journals and had served as editor in Journals such as Journal of Latinos in Education and the Journal of Hispanics in Higher Education. Her research interests are mainly focused on 1) Latino students’ learning styles, 2) Students’ graduation and retention, 3) English Language Learners (ELL), and 4) Multiculturalism. She has presented her research findings in National and International Conferences such as the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and in different colleges and universities around the nation.

Contact Info:
Dr. Sonia Maldonado Torres
Assistant Professor
Hostos Community College, CUNY
Phone: (646) 298-5633
Email: smaldonado@hostos.cuny.edu


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