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Online Nontraditional Students’ Attitudes About Software Used By Academic Advisors, Monica Triplett
Online Nontraditional Students’ Attitudes About Software Used By Academic Advisors, Monica Triplett
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractWhile many universities rely on student success software to facilitate the academic advising process, little is known about how nontraditional students view technology-mediated advising and its usefulness for preventing attrition with this population. The purpose of this study was to explore how nontraditional undergraduates who may lack facility with technology view software as a tool to engage with their advisors and provide support for their academic decisions. Moore’s theory of transactional distance and Astin’s theory of engagement served as frameworks. Using a basic qualitative method, 14 students over the age of 40 years who were enrolled in various online undergraduate …
Community College Instructional Support Of Nontraditional Students Using Technology, Charlotte Ann Graham
Community College Instructional Support Of Nontraditional Students Using Technology, Charlotte Ann Graham
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Nontraditional students often enroll at institutions of higher learning without the technology skills needed to complete coursework and achieve academic success. The problem at a small community college in the Southern United States is that instructors are providing limited support for nontraditional students using technology, which may leave students ill-prepared to complete coursework. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine instructional support of nontraditional students using technology to complete coursework and to make recommendations to improve instructional support of students. Knowles’s adult learning theory, Daloz’s mentoring theory, and Siemens’s connectivist theory provided the framework for the study. Research …