Emily Olander

Google Scholar Assignment

1. Gregory Waddoups & Scott Howell, Bringing Online Learning to Campus: The
Hybridization of Teaching and Learning at Bringham Young University, 2002,
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/52/109
2. Pedro A. Willging & Scott D. Johnson, Factors that Influence Students Decision to
Dropout of Online Courses, 2009, http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ862360.pdf
3. John Dutton, Marilyn Dutton & Jo Perry, How Do Online Students Differ from Lecture
Students?, 2002, http://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar?
q=cache:bQ43cWce4okJ:scholar.google.com/+Online+vs.
+On+campus+classes&hl=en&as_sdt=0,44
Collegiate education is facing major changes through the growing popularity of
online education. To some degree, the effectiveness of an online can program can be
measured through completion rates. This article makes note of two different theories
reasoning why students leave online classes. The first is Tintos Student Integration
Model, theorizing that persistence is in direct correlation with the compatibility of a
student and their academic institution. The second, Beans Model of Student Departure, is
concerned with the intention of students actions.
Interviews conducted at Boise State University, it was found that students often
cite their dissatisfaction with the program based off of their lack of satisfaction with their
first or second course in their program. While little research and statistical date exists on
dropout trends in online education, there are two groups that these explanations can be
divided into. The first is based on the belief that the reasons students drop out of online
classes and traditional courses are almost identical. The second belief draws on the fact
that there are major dissimilarities between traditional and online courses. Due to the
complex nature of the reasoning behind why students drop out of online education,
gaining insight into this area can enable higher education establishments to begin to fight
this problem.
The results of this study indicate that students are more likely to leave a program
when they have completed a fewer number of courses. The survey found date on: reasons
for enrolling in an online program, reasons for leaving an online program and study
habits of online student who dropout. The study found that students enrolled in the online
program largely in part of the flexibility it provides, as well as how it aligned with their
educational goals. Students leave online programs for a vast array of reasons including:
personal reasons, job-related reasons, program-related reasons, and technology relatedreasons. The study habits were reviewed in three different areas including study times
and locations, assignment scheduling, and information overload.