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Student Strategies for Staying Motivated Online
Type of Presentation
Concurrent Session (45 minutes)
Session Abstract
This session will focus on strategies students use to stay motivated in online courses. These strategies are based on a pathway for students and include self-awareness, self-efficacy, a purpose or goal(s), the means to achieve the goal(s), and rewards after achieving the goal(s). This session will provide tips on how to incorporate the strategies into an online course design.
Target Audience
Adult educators, instructional designers, administrators, online instructors, online students
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify student strategies for staying motivated in an online course.
2. Describe the elements of the pathway that students go through to stay motivated when taking an online course.
3. Explain how to incorporate motivation student strategies into an online course.
Session Description
Participation in online education continues to grow in the United States (Allen & Seaman, 2010; 2011). However, concerns for online student retention and factors for student persistence must be taken into consideration. We know that among the reasons for student dropout are feelings of isolation, frustration, and disconnection; technology disruption; lack of contact with faculty; inadequate contact with students on the part of faculty; lack of student and technology support; lack of instructor participation during class discussion; lack of clarity in instructional direction or expectation; and lack of social interaction. Based on these concerns, we conducted to identify on students’ strategies for staying motivated online. This session will look at the strategies identified by online students and the pathway they followed to stay motivated online. These student strategies were considered essential for successful completion of online courses.
By being aware of the pathway students go through when taking an online course, instructors can strategically design their course and better develop supporting. The elements of the pathway are self-awareness, self-efficacy, purpose or goal(s), means to achieve the goal(s), and rewards. Self-awareness was the awareness of the learning process, situation, and consequences of not moving forward. Self-efficacy was considered by students as the belief that one is capable of organizing, putting into action, and moving ahead to complete a course. Students explained that to keep them motivated in completing online coursework, they needed to have a purpose of goal. To accomplish this, students used strategies to achieve a goal or small goals throughout the online course. These strategies were time management, prioritizing, and learning. As the goal or goals were achieved, they gained rewards or rewarded themselves.
In this session, we will provide a checklist for instructors for incorporating motivation strategies into the course design and delivery.
Efforts are made to try to schedule sessions on the day preferred by the Primary Presenter, though this cannot be guaranteed. Please check your preference.
Wednesday November 6
Primary Presenter
Simone C Conceição, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Work Title
Associate Professor
Additional Presenters: Enters In Order.
Rosemary M Lehman, eInterface
Work Title
Author and Consultant