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A screening survey was used first to identify prospective participants. The research questions, along with the tenets described in Bronfenbrenner’s ecological system theory, guided the creation of the focus group and individual interviews.
Screening Survey
An online pre-screening survey (Appendix B) was e-mailed to students by the director of the African-American/Black cultural organization at ACC to select who meets the provided criteria of taking at least one online course at ACC. In the event that not enough participants respond to the e-mail, the researcher contacted faculty at ACC to further announce the study to recruit participants. The screening survey included 18 questions on student demographic information (i.e., racial/ethnic background and student status), completion of at least one online course, interview preference, contact information, and availability. The students who received the survey indicated their willingness to participate by completing the survey. The researcher had access to the results of the survey to schedule an individual or focus group interview if the participant met the criteria. The participants were contacted and asked to provide a pseudonym to protect their identity in the study.
Interview The interviews used a semi-structured protocol (Appendix C), which enables some uniformity across the interviews while allowing flexibility and follow-ups based on what participants revealed (Merriam & Tisdell, 2016). Open-ended questions were used to elicit the opinions and views of the participants Creswell, 2014). This is important to allow a deeper understanding of participants’ perspectives and experiences regarding online courses at ACC.
Object Description
| Title | African-American/Black students’ experience and achievement in asynchronous online learning environments at a community college |
| Author | Whitaker, Tammara |
| Author email | tammarawhit@gmail.com;tammaraw@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Educational Leadership |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2020-07-10 |
| Date submitted | 2020-08-05 |
| Date approved | 2020-08-06 |
| Restricted until | 2020-08-06 |
| Date published | 2020-08-06 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Tambascia, Tracy |
| Abstract | This qualitative study explored the experiences and perspectives of African-American/Black community college students in asynchronous online learning environments. This study was guided through the lens of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory. Despite the growing number of African-American/Black students enrolling in California community colleges and online courses, there is little known regarding the online learning experiences of this student population. Furthermore, African-American/Black students have poor academic outcomes in online courses in the California community colleges. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with 15 African-American/Black students who completed at least one asynchronous online course at a community college in Southern California. The study found that African-American/Black students in asynchronous online learning environments had limited interaction with their peers in the course. Furthermore, the participants used many on-campus support services and were not aware or did not utilize the online support services offered by the college. The participants also highlighted the importance of family, faculty, and counselor support throughout their academic journey. The study offers recommendations to improve the online student experience of racially minoritized students, specifically African-American/Black students, in asynchronous online learning environments at a community college. |
| Keyword | distance education; online learning, asynchronous online learning; asynchronous online learning environments; community college; online learning experience; California community college; African American online student; ecological systems theory |
| 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-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Whitaker, Tammara |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-WhitakerTa-8891.pdf |
| Archival file | Volume13/etd-WhitakerTa-8891.pdf |
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| Full text | 50 A screening survey was used first to identify prospective participants. The research questions, along with the tenets described in Bronfenbrenner’s ecological system theory, guided the creation of the focus group and individual interviews. Screening Survey An online pre-screening survey (Appendix B) was e-mailed to students by the director of the African-American/Black cultural organization at ACC to select who meets the provided criteria of taking at least one online course at ACC. In the event that not enough participants respond to the e-mail, the researcher contacted faculty at ACC to further announce the study to recruit participants. The screening survey included 18 questions on student demographic information (i.e., racial/ethnic background and student status), completion of at least one online course, interview preference, contact information, and availability. The students who received the survey indicated their willingness to participate by completing the survey. The researcher had access to the results of the survey to schedule an individual or focus group interview if the participant met the criteria. The participants were contacted and asked to provide a pseudonym to protect their identity in the study. Interview The interviews used a semi-structured protocol (Appendix C), which enables some uniformity across the interviews while allowing flexibility and follow-ups based on what participants revealed (Merriam & Tisdell, 2016). Open-ended questions were used to elicit the opinions and views of the participants Creswell, 2014). This is important to allow a deeper understanding of participants’ perspectives and experiences regarding online courses at ACC. |
