Community-building and Cohort Connectedness in online doctoral programs

• In Event: DDL- Panel: Community building and cohort connectedness in online doctoral program

Short Description

Community and connectedness are important for student satisfaction, retention, and success in online doctoral programs. This panel will focus on program design for community-building among cohorts in three online doctoral programs. The panelists will discuss various approaches to community-building in their respective online doctoral programs that have helped students connect and support each other. They will also present data collected that helped improve community-building for later cohorts.

Authors

• Contributor: Swapna Kumar, University of Florida

• Contributor: Larisa Olesova, University of Florida

• Contributor: Patrick Lowenthal, Boise State University

• Contributor: Ross Perkins, Boise State University

• Contributor: Fatih Ari, University of South Carolina

• Contributor: Michael M Grant, University of South Carolina