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Virtual Vistas: High School Students Describing Their Experiences In Online Courses., Amy Scheick
Virtual Vistas: High School Students Describing Their Experiences In Online Courses., Amy Scheick
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Current research indicates that distance education courses can be as effective as traditional courses when the method and technologies used are appropriate to the instructional tasks. The number of states, counties, and school districts that provide online courses for high school students has rapidly expanded during the last ten years. The number of students, who enroll in these courses, has often grown by double digits each year. Understanding K-12 students' experiences in, and expectations of, online learning is important for many reasons. Online learning is certainly growing and may become a graduation requirement in more states. Currently Michigan requires every …
Effects Of Advance Organizers On Learning And Retention From A Fully Web-Based Class, Baiyun Chen
Effects Of Advance Organizers On Learning And Retention From A Fully Web-Based Class, Baiyun Chen
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the short-term and long-term effects of two kinds of advance organizers (AOs), a visual concept map and a text outline. The AOs were administered in a fully Web-based course in health care ethics. The outcome measures are students' knowledge acquisition and application in two posttests. This study was conducted through a post-test only control group design with a random assignment. The population of the study involved 166 college students who participated in this online class in their junior or senior year. The voluntary research participants were randomly assigned into the two treatment …