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Factors that drive student achievement in a school-level distance education ecosystem
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/68780 Factors that drive student achievement in a school-level distance education ecosystem Pearson, Hayley ichelp@gibs.co.za Nolte, Eloise UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2018. Distance education service providers, parents, and tutors need to know exactly what drives learners to achieve in a distance education ecosystem so that they can create the correct enabling environment for the learners. The aims of this research were to understand what a learning ecosystem is in the context of distance education, to determine the factors that drive student achievement in a school-level distance education ecosystem, and to gain a deeper understanding of these factors. Furthermore, this research aimed to discover which of the identified factors has a greater influence on achievement when combined with another factor. This would enable service providers, parents, and tutors to create a distance education ecosystem that ensures achievement. A qualitative, exploratory research methodology was followed to gain new insights into the different factors that drive achievement in this unexplored area of study. Twenty semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with six tutors, six parents, and eight learners engaged in a distance education programme. The interviews were each analysed using thematic content analysis which took approximately 2.5 hours per interview. The concepts of learning ecosystem and student achievement were defined in the context of distance education to gain an understanding of the participantsÕ perceptions of these concepts. To guide stakeholders when setting up or reviewing a distance education ecosystem that ensures achievement, a framework was developed to assist stakeholders in understanding the factors that drive student achievement. The four themes that emerged and were presented in the framework are: Environment and support, Learner input, Resources and content, and Practice, assessment, and feedback. This framework is important for service providers, parents, and tutors in that they will be better informed to support a distance education student to achieve well academically. ms2019 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA 2019-04-04T10:16:41Z 2019-04-04T10:16:41Z 30-Mar-19 2018 Mini Dissertation Nolte, E 2018, Factors that drive student achievement in a school-level distance education ecosystem, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68780> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68780 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Factors that drive student achievement in a school-level distance education ecosystem |
| title | Factors that drive student achievement in a school-level distance education ecosystem |
| title_full | Factors that drive student achievement in a school-level distance education ecosystem |
| title_fullStr | Factors that drive student achievement in a school-level distance education ecosystem |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors that drive student achievement in a school-level distance education ecosystem |
| title_short | Factors that drive student achievement in a school-level distance education ecosystem |
| title_sort | factors that drive student achievement in a school level distance education ecosystem |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68780 |