Factors contributing to student retention in online learning and recommended strategies for improvement: A systematic literature review

PS Muljana, T Luo - Journal of Information Technology …, 2019 - digitalcommons.odu.edu
Background While online learning is increasingly popular, and the number of online
students is steadily growing, student retention rates are significantly lower than those in the …

Persistence and dropout in higher online education: Review and categorization of factors

UU Shaikh, Z Asif - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Online learning is becoming more popular with the maturity of social and educational
technologies. In the COVID-19 era, it has become one of the most utilized ways to continue …

COVID and the impact on higher education: The essential role of integrity and accountability

B Blankenberger, AM Williams - Administrative Theory & Praxis, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, we discuss the impact of COVID-19 on higher education using Gaus's
ecological approach. We open by exploring the higher education market and accountability …

Post-pandemic higher education: Perspectives from university leaders and educational experts in the United Arab Emirates

S Ashour, GA El-Refae… - Higher Education for the …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity to rethink higher education. This
study focused on analysing experiences from three higher education institutions (HEIs) in …

Distance education under duress: A case study of exchange students' experience with online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Korea

WH Stewart, PR Lowenthal - Journal of Research on Technology …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
COVID-19 caused universities around the world to transition overnight to some type of
remote learning or online format. The way this occurred, though necessary, was a departure …

The online STEM classroom—Who succeeds? An exploration of the impact of ethnicity, gender, and non-traditional student characteristics in the community college …

C Wladis, KM Conway… - Community College …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This study analyzes how ethnicity, gender, and non-traditional student
characteristics relate to differential online versus face-to-face outcomes in science …

Persistence model of non-traditional online learners: Self-efficacy, self-regulation, and self-direction

JS Stephen, AJ Rockinson-Szapkiw… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This quantitative non-experimental correlational study examined the associations among the
predictor variables of first year, first semester nontraditional online learnersL self-regulation …

Post-secondary online learning in the US: an integrative review of the literature on undergraduate student characteristics

AC Hachey, KM Conway, C Wladis, S Karim - Journal of Computing in …, 2022 - Springer
Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning had become a fundamental part of
post-secondary education. At the same time, empirical evidence from the last decade …

Is the Second Time the Charm? Investigating Trends in Online Re-Enrollment, Retention and Success.

AC Hachey, CW Wladis, KM Conway - Journal of Educators Online, 2012 - ERIC
Online education is becoming an increasingly important component of higher education.
The Sloan Foundation 2010 Survey of Online Learning reports that more than 30% of all …

The role of enrollment choice in online education: course selection rationale and course difficulty as factors affecting retention.

C Wladis, K Wladis, AC Hachey - Online Learning, 2014 - ERIC
There is well-documented evidence that online retention rates are lower than face-to-face
retention rates. However, most past research on online retention focuses on student …