Associations of Student Characteristics and Course Organization Factors with Dropping out of University Distance and Online Learning

Louise Sauvé, Cathia Papi, Serge Gérin-Lajoie, Guillaume Desjardins

2021

Abstract

Distance and online learning (DOL) is becoming a must for university education in times of pandemic. In this context, it is important to take into account the factors that can influence students’ perseverance in, or dropout from, university studies. Not all of these factors are unanimously accepted in DOL research. This study, of 791 undergraduate students in 2018-19 enrolled in a francophone DOL institution, concludes that the factors influencing dropout from DOL are as much related to the personal characteristics of the students and to their learning strategies as to the pedagogical design of the course.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sauvé L., Papi C., Gérin-Lajoie S. and Desjardins G. (2021). Associations of Student Characteristics and Course Organization Factors with Dropping out of University Distance and Online Learning. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-502-9, pages 467-474. DOI: 10.5220/0010442304670474

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu21,
author={Louise Sauvé and Cathia Papi and Serge Gérin-Lajoie and Guillaume Desjardins},
title={Associations of Student Characteristics and Course Organization Factors with Dropping out of University Distance and Online Learning},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2021},
pages={467-474},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010442304670474},
isbn={978-989-758-502-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - Associations of Student Characteristics and Course Organization Factors with Dropping out of University Distance and Online Learning
SN - 978-989-758-502-9
AU - Sauvé L.
AU - Papi C.
AU - Gérin-Lajoie S.
AU - Desjardins G.
PY - 2021
SP - 467
EP - 474
DO - 10.5220/0010442304670474