Abstract
As online courses gain popularity in higher education, researchers need to examine how problematic communication behaviors like instructor misbehaviors impact instructional learning goals (i.e., affect and perceived cognitive learning) in order to help provide positive affect and quality online instruction. This study relied particularly on 193 undergraduate online survey responses considering student experiences with online instruction and extends previous research examining student evaluations of instructor misbehavior, student forgiveness motivations, instructor credibility, course climate, and students’ affect and perceived learning into the online classroom. Model testing supports students’ unforgiveness motivations, instructor credibility, online learning climate, and student affect as mediators of student evaluations of misbehavior and perceived learning. The results provide several practical implications for effective online instruction.
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Jessalyn I. Vallade
Jessalyn I. Vallade, PhD, is an assistant professor in the School of Information Science at the University of Kentucky. Please address correspondence regarding this article to Jessalyn I. Vallade School of Information Science, University of Kentucky, 320 Lucille Little Library, Lexington, KY 40506, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Renee Kaufmann
Renee Kaufmann, PhD, is an assistant professor in the School of Information Science at the University of Kentucky.