Abstract

 
 
 This article describes the process of translation and validation of the “Student Expectations of Online Learning Survey” questionnaire (SEOLS), as well as its administration to all fully online undergraduate students at the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus (UIPR-Ponce). This quantitative-descriptive research was conducted during the spring semester of 2017 with a random sample of 225 participants, who completed online SEOLS questionnaire. The findings reveal that the online student body has a high mastery of the technology and the management of the system or platform used for the course delivery. In addition, it has high expectations about everything related to navigation in the online courses and teaching staff offered by these courses. The dimensions related to the content of the courses and the social interaction in the online courses received the lowest scores. In conclusion, for this university population, SEOLS is a valid and reliable instrument. In addition, that distance education students have varied levels of expectations for each of the dimensions described in SEOLS. The results of this research can be useful in the design and review of courses, as well as in the training of teachers who offer online courses.
 
 
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