Adult Learners, E-Learning, and the Learning Enterprise
| Title: | Adult Learners, E-Learning, and the Learning Enterprise (ID: NLI0327) | | Author(s): | Joel L. Hartman (University of Central Florida), Patricia Lefor (Empire State College SUNY) and Barbara E. Truman (University of Central Florida) | | Topics: | E-Learning, Learners | | Origin: | ELI Meetings (2003) | | Type: | Presentations and Seminars | | Abstract: | Administrators continually struggle to provide a strategic response to the e-course phenomenon that will not compromise planned online growth or burn out support staff. Can staff extend the gains of active, online learning to faculty who are on the fringe of institutional support? Can systemic support be made available to faculty who wish to teach online for less than optimal reasons? Can adoption of institutional processes to support e-courses yield measurable results in student-centered learning compared to other types of online courses? What are some new administrative and academic policies and procedures that ensure quality in learner-centered approaches? This presentation will answer these questions and address the administrative and academic steps to ensure that e-courses offer a rich environment for student-centered learning. It will also address specific approaches used in working with online learners: a model for asynchronous discussions to engage the students as discussants and facilitators; the use of self-assessment and reflection activities for students to assess their progress; the development of learning activities that link the course concepts with students' backgrounds; and the development of multiple-use resources to support the learning activities. | | View this resource: | |
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