Ahern, Tracey, and Gooding, Tracey (2024) Enhancing social presence and connectedness in online learning through CONNECT: Measuring the impact on student satisfaction and staff perceptions. In: Student Success Conference 2024 Proceedings. 08A. p. 144. From: Student Success Conference 2024, 1-3 July 2024, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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The landscape of higher education has transformed significantly in recent years, with a surge in online courses. While student enrolments in online courses are rising faster than on-campus courses, retention rates remain lower (Australian Government Department of Education, 2021). An increasing body of evidence suggests online education may negatively affect students’ sense of connection, resulting in feelings of isolation, loneliness, and disempowerment (Roddy et al., 2017). Therefore, strategies that aim to increase student connectedness should be implemented and evaluated to determine how these can improve the student experience, and ultimately student well-being, student achievement and student retention. Drawing on a review of existing literature, their previous research and their experience, the authors developed CONNECT: a framework to enhance social presence and connectedness in online learning (Ahern et al., 2023). The plan for implementation and evaluation of the CONNECT framework will be shared in this presentation.

Item ID:	84024
Item Type:	Conference Item (Presentation)
Keywords:	student success, student satisfaction, online learning
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2024 00:28
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