The Relationship between Online Collaboration Factors and Teamwork Satisfaction

• In Event: Online Learning Environments

Abstract

This study examined online courses with collaborative learning components from 197 graduate students across three consecutive academic years. A student attitude survey containing 20 items and a student teamwork satisfactory scale containing 10 items on a 5-point Likert-type scale with three open-ended questions regarding their online collaborating experiences were collected during the final week of each semester. Results revealed that the extracted online collaboration factors (team dynamics, team acquaintance, and instructor supports) from the student attitude survey had moderate to high degrees of correlation with teamwork satisfaction. In addition, results from open-ended questions revealed students favored working collaboratively in an online environment. Furthermore, the ten most critical elements that should be embedded in an online collaborative setting were identified.

Authors

• Heng-Yu Ku, University of Northern Colorado

• Chatchada Akarasriworn, Srinakharinwirot University

• Hungwei Tseng, Jacksonville State University