Online Graduate Study Health Care Learners' Perceptions of Instructional Immediacy

dc.creator	Sherri Melrose
dc.creator	Kim Bergeron
dc.date	2006-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:27:14Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:27:14Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b141b70123c74a728eb290426d8c69ee
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/21763
dc.description	Instructional immediacy is an established communication strategy that teachers can implement to create engaging learning environments. Yet, little is known about experiences distance education learners in graduate study programs have had with immediacy. This article presents findings from a qualitative research project designed to explore healthcare students’ ideas about and activities related to instructional immediacy behaviors within a masters program offered exclusively through a WebCT online environment. A constructivist theoretical perspective and an action research approach framed the study. Data sources included two focus groups and 10 individual audio-tape recorded transcribed interviews. Content was analyzed by both the primary researcher and an assistant for themes and confirmed through ongoing member checking with participants. The following three overarching themes were identified and are used to explain and describe significant features of instructional immediacy behaviors that healthcare learners who graduated from either a Master of Nursing or Master of Health Studies distance education program found valuable: 1) Model engaging and personal ways of connecting; 2) Maintain collegial relationships; and 3) Honor individual learning accomplishments.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/255/477
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2006)
dc.subject	immediacy
dc.subject	online graduate study
dc.subject	healthcare learners
dc.subject	distance education
dc.subject	e-learning
dc.subject	online learning
dc.subject	nursing
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Online Graduate Study Health Care Learners' Perceptions of Instructional Immediacy
dc.type	article