Tuesday, October 22
11:35-11:55 AM
PDT
Versailles 2

Using Online Teaching Assistants to Improve Academic Success and Persistence

Best Practices Session ID: 40235
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    Kathleen Hughes De Sousa
    Capella University
  2. Andrea Kozak Miller
    Capella University
  3. Barb Reagle
    Capella University
  4. Laura Sullivan
    Capella Univesity

Abstract: Increasing student persistence and retention are key goals of academic institutions and researchers alike. The purpose of this best practices presentation is to describe an intervention aimed at helping learners in an undergraduate psychology program at an online university achieve academic success. The faculty-driven model was designed based on Tinto’s (1975) and Bean and Metzner’s (1985) work and includes synchronous labs facilitated by teaching assistants. The curriculum is tied to learner coursework in their first term and is focused on increasing academic readiness, developing writing skills and supporting learners as they begin their program. The presentation will include a synopsis of the curriculum as well as the positive research findings that attendance in the synchronous labs is correlated with academic success in the course as well as student persistence.

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