by Bill Maxwell, St. Petersberg Times
What should community colleges do to improve online learning? The Virginia study suggests, among other strategies:
— Students should be tested for their preparedness for online instruction.
— Online students should be given a dose of reality about time management. They need to be taught from the outset that while working at home with the family around can be advantageous, it can become a trap.
— Students need to be trained to navigate the online course-related computer systems necessary to complete their coursework.
— Faculty members should be trained for online instruction so that they can competently guide their students.
— Colleges should improve support services, offering, for example, 24/7 online tutoring.
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