Improving Student Satisfaction in Online Adult Education

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Artz, P. (2006). Improving Student Satisfaction in Online Adult Education. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (pp. 233-238). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2006
Orlando, Florida, USA
March 19, 2006
ISBN 1-880094-58-4
  Caroline M. Crawford, Roger Carlsen, Karen McFerrin, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Pat Artz, Bellevue University, USA

Abstract

Course evaluations are often used as a tool to measure student satisfaction with online courses and professors, but adult students learn differently than traditional college students. If particular courses are aimed primarily at adult learners, then it makes sense to design those courses according to the generally accepted principles of adult learning. A comparison of course evaluations for three different academic programs shows that adult students are more satisfied with online courses which systematically implement some simple and straight-forward principles of adult learning.

Keywords

• Evaluation
• Adults
• Students

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