Future Recommendations
If further research is conducted, it is recommended that the total number of online classes taken by the student is recorded, as well as the terms when these classes were taken. This information can provide further insight into responses, as an individual who has taken multiple online courses compared to one may answer the questions differently. Additionally, identifying the term during which the class was taken would also provide further insight to the responses, as individuals taking online summer courses may respond differently than those taking online courses during the fall or spring semesters, as the terms are shorter in the summer.
Future studies may be conducted using the questions revealed in the two models of this study, which would reduce the number of questions from 88 to 19. Doing so, may eliminate some of the survey fatigue that was noted in this study. From a methodological approach, it is recommended that future studies separate undergraduate from graduate participants. Doing so, may reveal useful information about online learning experience based on this academic status. Finally, given that question three was a significant predictor of self-reported success and GPA, it is recommended that future studies focus on further investigating the presence of live interactions in online courses.