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CYBER-HARASSMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION:
ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
by
Justin W. Vance
________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Justin W. Vance
Object Description
| Title | Cyber-harassment in higher education: online learning environments |
| Author | Vance, Justin W. |
| Author email | jvance@hpu.edu; jvance@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-02-04 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-04-27 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Sundt, Melora A. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Stowe, Kathy Huisong Abordonado, Valentina |
| Abstract | There is burgeoning scholarship relating to cyber-bullying in middle and high school settings. When cyber-bullying occurs among adults it is known as cyber-harassment. Online higher education has exploded in terms of growth in the last several years. Related literature including university policies and online teaching guides suggested there may be a cyber-harassment problem in online learning in higher education as well although no quantitative evidence of cyber-harassment in online learning in higher education currently exists. The purpose of this study was to use a quantitative approach to explore the nature of and extent to which students and faculty experience and report cyber-harassment in and as a result of the online learning settings of colleges and universities. The study was conducted at a large, private, non-profit, liberal arts university in Hawaii. The study is based on 225 online student participants and 56 online faculty participants. Of the participants it was found that 12% of students and 39% of faculty were the victims of cyber-harassment in or as a result of an online course. This much higher rate of cyber-harassment for faculty is statistically significant. Those students and faculty over the age of 35 also suffered cyber-harassment at a higher and statistically significant rate in or as a result of online courses. Less than half of those cyber-harassed in this context reported it. Preventions and solutions for practice and prescriptions for future research are recommended. |
| Keyword | education technology; cyber-bullying; cyber-harassment; cyber-stalking; distance education; online learning; higher education; online courses |
| Geographic subject (state) | Hawaii |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2954 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Vance, Justin W. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Vance-3586 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Vance-3586.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | CYBER-HARASSMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION: ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS by Justin W. Vance ________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2010 Copyright 2010 Justin W. Vance |
