Top Ten Online Instructional Strategies Preferred By Students, Firm Faith Watson
Oct 2018
Top Ten Online Instructional Strategies Preferred By Students, Firm Faith Watson
Firm Faith Watson, Ph.D.
Presenters will describe the top ten instructional strategies that emerged from the qualitative responses from over 600 master’s students who answered a dissertation survey question: What specific things would you like your online instructors do to help you learn successfully? The presentation will relate these strategies to the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education and the Quality Matters Rubric. Examples of student feedback will be provided, highlighting students’ voices in their preferences.
Designing An Online Course That Promotes Deep Learning, Firm Faith Watson
Apr 2018
Designing An Online Course That Promotes Deep Learning, Firm Faith Watson
Firm Faith Watson, Ph.D.
Deeper learning, Online learning, Distance Education, Course design, Instructional strategies, Online students, Online courses, Online instructors, Online course designers, Backward course design; Dick and Carey model; Gagné’s events of instruction; Quality Matters rubric; Bloom’s taxonomy of learning
Unpacking The Influence Of Online Students’ Perceived Course Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction On Their Performance, Firm Faith Watson, Debra Ferdinand-James
Mar 2018
Unpacking The Influence Of Online Students’ Perceived Course Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction On Their Performance, Firm Faith Watson, Debra Ferdinand-James
Firm Faith Watson, Ph.D.
To what extent do online students perceive that their satisfying and dissatisfying online course experiences influenced their online course performance? Answering this question bears significance, given the escalating number of higher education online courses and programs, in which student satisfaction is underscored as a quality indicator (Allen, Seaman, Poulin, & Straut, 2016; Quality Matters, 2014). The significance of including students’ voices for informing enhancements to online course design and development continues to gain researchers’ attention in this fastest growing course modality in higher education (Clinefelter & Aslanian, 2016; Jacobi, 2016; Shattuck, 2015). Unlike their counterparts in traditional face-to-face classes, …
Optimizing Student' Satisfaction In Online Courses: Using A Two-Factor Theory As A Lens, Firm Faith Watson
Oct 2015
Optimizing Student' Satisfaction In Online Courses: Using A Two-Factor Theory As A Lens, Firm Faith Watson
Firm Faith Watson, Ph.D.
What experiences do students perceive as satisfying and dissatisfying in online courses? The answer to this question continues to gain significance because students’ satisfaction is a very important indicator of the caliber of online courses, a learning modality which has escalated in the last decade. This presentation will address practical, theory-based approaches that will help online practitioners to design and assess course experiences that maximize online students’ satisfaction while minimizing or eliminating online students’ dissatisfaction.
Conducting A Thorough Literature Review, Firm Faith Watson, Angela Titi Amayah
Aug 2010
Conducting A Thorough Literature Review, Firm Faith Watson, Angela Titi Amayah
Firm Faith Watson, Ph.D.
Abstract: The research reputation of an institution affects the success of virtually every
aspect of the institution: its ability to recruit high quality students, faculty, and financial
support (Koropchak, 2003). However, preparing researchers to conduct good research is
challenging (Labaree, 2003). In the face of perennial concerns and pressures to reform
the quality of education research, the United States education research journals have
placed priority on methods of data collection and analyses and other similar issues. In
turn, the emerging literature on preparing graduate students has emphasized
methodological sophistication as the answer to advance education research. Yet to try to …
