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Creating A Successful Online Class In An Alternative Educational Environment, Cathy L. Lewis
Creating A Successful Online Class In An Alternative Educational Environment, Cathy L. Lewis
Graduate Research Papers
This paper's objective was to describe how creating an online class for alternative education students could benefit school districts. Alternative education is a continuing problem for school districts. Small school districts have difficulty affording alternative education environments. Online alternative programs also benefit students. Creating an online learning environment allows students to work at their own pace, stay in touch with their class, and perform at their own level. This paper's conclusions indicate alternative education programs can benefit through the creation of online classes.
Designing Online Courses : Reflections From The Cyber Trenches, Cherie Post Dargan
Designing Online Courses : Reflections From The Cyber Trenches, Cherie Post Dargan
Graduate Research Papers
This paper reviews research on the use of instructional design in developing course websites; it then describes the writer's experience creating a supplemental website using Blackboard, contrasting the project with the previous experience of creating an online course using WebCT. The writer analyzes problems with early online courses, reflects on the challenges of becoming an online teacher, documents her methodology, shares the results of the project, and makes recommendations for the design of effective web-based courses. Online teachers incorporate instructional design in many ways: they rethink their courses, analyze learners and content, design on paper first, structure the physical layout …
Females And Computer-Mediated Communication : New Technologies, New Challenges, Kelly Coleman
Females And Computer-Mediated Communication : New Technologies, New Challenges, Kelly Coleman
Graduate Research Papers
Advanced technologies are changing the face of higher learning by creating opportunities for those who wish to continue their education. On-line education, currently the most common mode of education delivery, has revolutionized the way in which learning takes place. Adult females appear to benefit greatly from computer-mediated communication distance learning due to its flexibility. However, there has been a general lack of research and focus on the females as distance learners and their success in on-line learning. This literature review examines the reasons why females comprise the majority of computer-mediated students and also looks at those barriers that keep women …
Constructivism In Online Learning : A Literature Review, Zishan Hong
Constructivism In Online Learning : A Literature Review, Zishan Hong
Graduate Research Papers
The purpose of this paper is to look at the interaction of constructivist-based approaches, adult learning characteristics and six online learning issues. Constructivist learning environments allow learners to build their own meaning and understanding from learning resources and circumstances. Constructivists claim that learners accumulate new knowledge by themselves and use this to pile up previous knowledge and experiences. The learner is the learning focus, and the instructors act as facilitators or guides, which provide appropriate and enriching supplies. This theory supports well the adult style of learning. Based on constructivism, the online instructor is a facilitator to monitor and provide …
Copyright Policy And Enforcement In Higher Education: The Impact On Distance Education, Michelle Elizabeth Zilisch
Copyright Policy And Enforcement In Higher Education: The Impact On Distance Education, Michelle Elizabeth Zilisch
Graduate Research Papers
This literature review is to study the current trends in copyright policy among higher education and how abuse of copyright policy, enforcement and laws are impacting the way that educators are able to teach in the classroom and through distance education methods