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An Examination of How Communications Impacted Stakeholder Understanding of Expectations, Sense of Connection, and Ability to Complete What was Expected of Them in an Inaugural, Online, Graduate Program

Marsden, Charles
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9563-9912
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1658407986775414

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2022, Doctor of Education , University of Dayton, Educational Leadership.
In online programs, effective faculty-student interactions enhance achievement (Garrison and Arbaugh, 2007). This study examined how various communication techniques affected students’ and faculty members’ understanding of expectations, sense of connection, and ability to succeed in an online doctoral program. Grounded in the Core Principles of Improvement (Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate), this study examined viewpoints through a phenomenological, participatory action research approach. The findings revealed a persistent sense of uncertainty that impeded the success for many, but some used the shared uncertainty to forge small, strongly bonded relationships. Both students and faculty expressed a need for additional engagement and more timely and constructive input. They desired open forums, pre- and post-class mingling, monthly updates, and other interactive opportunities.
Meredith Wronowski (Committee Chair)
Jeffery Fox (Committee Member)
Pamela Young (Committee Member)
110 p.
Adult Education; Communication; Continuing Education; Education; Educational Leadership; Pedagogy
online; education; graduate; communication; expectations; connection; success; phenomenological; participatory action research; uncertainty; student; faculty; engagement; achievement

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  • Marsden, C. (2022). An Examination of How Communications Impacted Stakeholder Understanding of Expectations, Sense of Connection, and Ability to Complete What was Expected of Them in an Inaugural, Online, Graduate Program [Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1658407986775414

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Marsden, Charles. An Examination of How Communications Impacted Stakeholder Understanding of Expectations, Sense of Connection, and Ability to Complete What was Expected of Them in an Inaugural, Online, Graduate Program. 2022. University of Dayton, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1658407986775414.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Marsden, Charles. "An Examination of How Communications Impacted Stakeholder Understanding of Expectations, Sense of Connection, and Ability to Complete What was Expected of Them in an Inaugural, Online, Graduate Program." Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1658407986775414

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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