By Noel Brown, GPB News
Professors at Kennesaw State’s Coles College of Business are trying to figure ways to keep students from dropping out of online courses. (Photo Courtesy: Lizzardo)Some professors at Kennesaw State University were troubled by the rate their students were dropping out of online courses. So they decided to conduct a study to figure out the best strategies for keeping online students engaged and enrolled. That included everything from personal phone calls to getting students to sign contracts promising to stay on top of course work.
The conclusion: nothing worked.
[ed note: see my response in the Chronicle Wired blog:
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Preventing-Online-Dropouts-/27108/ ]
http://www.gpb.org/news/2010/09/30/researchers-work-to-keep-students-in-online-classes
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