supporting scholarly exchange about communication across the curriculum
Shared by William Ritke-Jones on Jun 26, 2007. Last Updated on Jun 26, 2007.
Principal Investigator(s): William Ritke-Jones
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Abstract/Summary: This study is examining how the online master's level technical communications programs at Mercer University, Texas Tech, and Utah State address the needs of their working adult students, the largest part of their student populations. The study is using surveys analyzed with SPSS software and online chat interviews. It is hoped that what we find out from this study will be useful to other schools who want to design online technical communications programs.
Research Question or Hypothesis: What do these three successful online programs do to meet the needs of their working adult students, and what could they be doing better?
General Research Approach: Mixed / Multi-Modal
Participants and Setting: Participants are online master's level students at Mercer, TTU and USU.
Funding: none
Intended Audience: technical communications program directors and program developers
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