2019
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v20i2.3674
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Master’s Students’ Perceptions and Expectations of Good Tutors and Advisors in Distance Education

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore non-thesis Master’s students’ perceptions and expectations of good tutors and advisors in distance education programmes. It also examined whether these perceptions and expectations are related to student characteristics including age, gender, university, programme, semester, and previous online learning experience. The current study was conducted within the framework of Transactional Distance Theory. Using a mixed methods approach, a questionnaire was administered to 14… Show more

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“…Of these, 1042 articles were marked as irrelevant, leaving 31 articles for full-text review. Twenty-one additional articles were removed upon full-text review because they did not meet inclusion criteria resulting in 10 articles included in this scoping review (Cross, 2018;Fynn & van Vuuren, 2017;Grady, 2016aGrady, , 2018bGupta, 2018;Kara & Can, 2019;Kumar & Coe, 2017;Kumar & Johnson, 2017Schroeder et al, 2016). See Figure 1 for a PRISMA flow diagram (Moher et al, 2010) and Table 2 for a summary of all articles included in the review.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Of these, 1042 articles were marked as irrelevant, leaving 31 articles for full-text review. Twenty-one additional articles were removed upon full-text review because they did not meet inclusion criteria resulting in 10 articles included in this scoping review (Cross, 2018;Fynn & van Vuuren, 2017;Grady, 2016aGrady, , 2018bGupta, 2018;Kara & Can, 2019;Kumar & Coe, 2017;Kumar & Johnson, 2017Schroeder et al, 2016). See Figure 1 for a PRISMA flow diagram (Moher et al, 2010) and Table 2 for a summary of all articles included in the review.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To best understand the context behind the advising provided, Table 2 highlights some key features, including the purpose of the article, type of study, type of advising (e.g., research vs. general), and type of program (e.g., discipline). Articles were published between 2016 and 2019 and represented institutions from three countries; most were published in the United States (n=8, 80%) (Cross, 2018;Grady, 2016aGrady, , 2018bGupta, 2018;Kumar & Coe, 2017;Kumar & Johnson, 2017Schroeder et al, 2016), South Africa, (n=1, 10%) (Fynn & van Vuuren, 2017), and Turkey (n=1, 10%) (Kara & Can, 2019).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
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“…They are [4] the fuzzy logic and HC methods [17], the fuzzy logic and fuzzy cluster methods [15], the fuzzy methods [5], the DEM and AHP [16], and the Tsukamoto fuzzy logic, the fuzzy TOPSIS, and the fuzzy MOLP [6]. The research is related to the characteristics of good tutors for online learning [11], [13], [1], [10], and [12]. References of material are taken from journals, books, articles, internet, and thesis.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…By using 11 criteria in assessing where Moodle is already used by more than 200 countries in the world [7] and log data in the Moodle database with 50 tutors at Indonesia Open University [8], the assessment results can be beneficial for institutions in improving the tutor performance. The criteria which have been operated based on the needs of institutions, have been widely done by previous studies; such as [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], and [15].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%