Assessing an Online Student Orientation: Impacts on Retention, Satisfaction, and Student Learning

Julie Watts University of Wisconsin–Stout

Abstract

To help prepare students for the rigors of an online master’s degree in technical and professional communication, I created a course-embedded online student orientation (OSO) structured by the community of inquiry theory of online learning. The study researched the effect of the OSO on student satisfaction, student perceptions of online learning, and students’ program retention. The OSO was effective in helping students to reflect on their learning and demonstrated students’ interest in peer collaboration.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2019-07-03
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2019.1607905
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  1. Computers and Composition
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