The aim of this study was to allow both college instructors and students an opportunity to give their perspectives on distance learning in the college mathematics classroom. Participants included an eclectic group of college students and instructors with varying years or experience and differing skill sets.
Surveys were implemented to gain insight on participants’ views on distance learning, while interviews were secondarily implemented to gain deeper understanding. Gaining access to participants was difficult, but ultimately 82 instructors and 143 college students were surveyed using SurveyMonkey®. Thirteen instructors and 14 students were then interviewed, using several different methods including: face-to-face, Skype, telephone, and email.
Analysis of the surveys was used to determine both the necessity of implementing the interviews and the nature of the questions involved in the interviewing process.
Both the surveys and interviews aided in finding that while both instructors and students believe distance learning will have a large presence in the future, they perceive there to be issues relating to integrity and communication. Concerns about methods which should be implemented to ensure students are honest and trustworthy while taking a course without parameters in place to ensure this is happening was a concern. In addition, both instructors and students were uneasy about communication in online classes. Instructors stressed the importance of the motivation of college students, while students were concerned about gaining deep understanding of content.
Additional research in areas regarding integrity, communication, motivation, and deep understanding are encouraged, as these perspectives were most prominent in this research.
The aim of this study was to allow both college instructors and students an opportunity to give their perspectives on distance learning in the college mathematics classroom. Participants included an eclectic group of college students and instructors with varying years or experience and differing skill sets.Surveys were implemented to gain insight on participants’ views on distance learning, while interviews were secondarily implemented to gain deeper understanding. Gaining access to participants was difficult, but ultimately 82 instructors and 143 college students were surveyed using SurveyMonkey®. Thirteen instructors and 14 students were then interviewed, using several different methods including: face-to-face, Skype, telephone, and email.Analysis of the surveys was used to determine both the necessity of implementing the interviews and the nature of the questions involved in the interviewing process.Both the surveys and interviews aided in finding that while both instructors and students believe distance learning will have a large presence in the future, they perceive there to be issues relating to integrity and communication. Concerns about methods which should be implemented to ensure students are honest and trustworthy while taking a course without parameters in place to ensure this is happening was a concern. In addition, both instructors and students were uneasy about communication in online classes. Instructors stressed the importance of the motivation of college students, while students were concerned about gaining deep understanding of content.Additional research in areas regarding integrity, communication, motivation, and deep understanding are encouraged, as these perspectives were most prominent in this research.
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