Degree Name
EdD (Doctor of Education)
Program
Educational Leadership
Date of Award
5-2013
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Dr. James Lampley
Committee Members
Lee Daniels, Jasmine Renner, Cindy Smith
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between general course satisfaction, learner-instructor interaction, and the learner-social media interaction scores of participants. This study used an online survey with 60 questions to gather the participants’ demographic data, learner-instructor interaction data, learner-social media interaction data, and general course satisfaction data. Data from the survey were examined through the use of independent sample ttests, one-way ANOVAs, and Pearson Correlations based on 10 participant demographic variables. Of the 10 demographic variables, age, GPA, athletic team participation, and work status were found to have a statically significant relationship with the three constructs. The findings indentified statistical significance between age, work status of participants, and the construct of learner-instructor interaction; between gender, athletic team participation, and the construct of social-media interaction; and between the age, GPA, work status, and the construct of general course satisfaction. Furthermore, learner-instructor interaction and learner-social media interaction had a statistically significant relationship with general course satisfaction. Overall, there was a strong positive correlation between both constructs of learner-instructor interaction and learner social media interaction with general course satisfaction.
Document Type
Dissertation - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Andersen, Jeffery C., "Learner Satisfaction in Online Learning: An Analysis of the Perceived Impact of Learner-Social Media and Learner-Instructor Interaction" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1115. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1115
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.