Applying an interactive learning approach provided by an academic coach in a graduate-level accounting course
Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning
ISSN: 2042-3896
Article publication date: 7 March 2022
Issue publication date: 12 October 2022
Abstract
Purpose
The paper makes a significant contribution to the accounting education literature by examining the impact of using online meetings with an academic coach on student-perceived learning outcomes, course and instructor evaluations in an online graduate-level accounting course.
Design/methodology/approach
A quasi-experimental design is adopted by the author to compare the students' evaluations in fall 2018 and in spring 2019 in an online graduate-level accounting course taught by the same instructor and assisted by the same academic coach.
Findings
The study finds that the use of online meetings with an academic coach helps students have a much positive view about the course and a better perception about the instructor's teaching effectiveness for the course. The offering of online meetings by an academic coach also improves students' evaluation about the academic coach in an online graduate-level accounting course.
Originality/value
The paper provides a new perspective to investigate students' perception with the use of online meetings with an academic coach.
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Acknowledgements
This research is funded by a research grant from Instructional Connections. The authors would like to thank Instructional Connections for the grant and all support to make this study possible.
Citation
Wen, L. and Wang, Y. (2022), "Applying an interactive learning approach provided by an academic coach in a graduate-level accounting course", Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, Vol. 12 No. 5, pp. 928-943. https://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-12-2020-0258
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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