Online Students and the First-Year Experience

60-Second SoTL – Episode 55

This week’s episode focuses on the first-year experiences of college students studying online and features an article from Adult Learning:

Korstange, Ryan, Jeff Hall, Jamie Holcomb, and Jasmeial Jackson. 2020. “The Online First-Year Experience: Defining and Illustrating a New Reality.” Adult Learning 31 (3): 95–108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045159519892680.

View a transcript of this episode.

This episode was hosted by Stephanie Matte, Graduate Apprentice for the Kernodle Center for Civic Life at Elon University. The episode was edited and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

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