Exploring the Relationships of Learners and Instructors in Online Courses

• In Event: DDL- Strategies for Building Instructor Relationships within Online Courses

Short Description

This quantitative study explored the relationship between student-instructor connectedness and student anxiety in online courses. Statistically significant relationships were found between the dependent variables (connectedness, anxiety, and motivation). Students with higher connectedness to instructor(s) tended to have higher motivation and lower levels of anxiety. Students with higher anxiety showed lower motivation. Findings contribute to the field of instructor connectedness in online learning and have implications for higher education faculty considering increasing online learning offerings.

Authors

• Contributor: Sheri Anderson Conklin, UNC Wilmington

• Contributor: Beth Oyarzun, UNC Charlotte

• Contributor: Amy Garrett Dikkers, UNCW

• Contributor: Stella Kim, University of North Carolina Charlotte