Las expectativas del estudiantado subgraduado de un programa de aprendizaje en línea

Authors

  • Marcos Torres-Nazario Inter American University of Puerto Rico
  • Omayra Caraballo-Pagán Inter American University of Puerto Rico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55420/2693.9193.v10.n2.16

Keywords:

educación en línea, formación a distancia, aprendizaje en línea, online education, distance study, online learning

Abstract

This article describes the process of translation and validation of the “Student Expectations of Online Learning Survey” questionnaire (SEOLS), as well as its administration to all fully online undergraduate students at the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus (UIPR-Ponce). This quantitative-descriptive research was conducted during the spring semester of 2017 with a random sample of 225 participants, who completed online SEOLS questionnaire. The findings reveal that the online student body has a high mastery of the technology and the management of the system or platform used for the course delivery. In addition, it has high expectations about everything related to navigation in the online courses and teaching staff offered by these courses. The dimensions related to the content of the courses and the social interaction in the online courses received the lowest scores. In conclusion, for this university population, SEOLS is a valid and reliable instrument. In addition, that distance education students have varied levels of expectations for each of the dimensions described in SEOLS. The results of this research can be useful in the design and review of courses, as well as in the training of teachers who offer online courses.

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Author Biographies

Marcos Torres-Nazario, Inter American University of Puerto Rico

Full professor
Distance Education Department
Inter-American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Campus

Omayra Caraballo-Pagán, Inter American University of Puerto Rico

Vice President, Distance Education
InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico

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Published

2022-08-11

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Torres-Nazario, M., & Caraballo-Pagán, O. (2022). Las expectativas del estudiantado subgraduado de un programa de aprendizaje en línea. HETS Online Journal, 10(2), 114-138. https://doi.org/10.55420/2693.9193.v10.n2.16

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2020)

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