Online Learning Update

November 15, 2011

Student perception of online learning: Skip online classes

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:01 am

by Jake Desalvo, Western Courier

Online classes sound like a breeze. You can do your work and take your tests whenever you like; you don’t have to deal with students or campus interaction, and you have the material provided to you. If you miss a day of class on campus, you have to find the notes and missed material on your own. Attendance isn’t counted online, and you don’t have to fear a pop quiz. So what’s the downside? If it were limited to one, this article wouldn’t be long enough for me to get paid writing it. ut comfort brings complacency. Of the several online classes I have taken, most of them ended in tragedy. Not once, not twice, but three times have I taken a class in which the material provided was not sufficient enough to pass the tests. I would chalk this up to me being a bad student if I weren’t actively trying to prevent this problem every time I logged into WesternOnline.

[ed note: worth reading to emphasize the importance of clarity in instructional design and of diligence in student work]

http://www.westerncourier.com/opinions/skip-online-classes/article_f445bb18-0708-11e1-8c5e-001a4bcf6878.html

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