Ten facts of life for distance learning courses

Education at a Distance: Best Practices and Considerations for Leadership Educators

“…Including assignments which ask students to relate to their experiences can be especially meaningful to this student population. To be successful in online coursework, students need to have strong self-discipline and need to take more responsibility for their learning than their peers who enroll in face-to-face classes (King, 2001;Lamb, 2000;Moore & Kearsley, 1996). This is especially true in asynchronous courses because there are no specific times at which the student must be in class.…”

<p>Distance Learning: A Comparison of Classroom Students With Off-Campus Television Students</p>

“…It is quite another to schedule a course for distance education simply because there will be a large market for that particular course. As Lamb and Smith (2000) pointed out, "The distance education environment tends to exaggerate both the positive and the negative aspects of all the elements of instruction" (p. 13). Kelly (1990) mentioned that instructors must develop new skills for distance education teaching in the areas of timing, teaching methods, feedback from students at remote sites, and the evaluation of students.…”

Tecnologia da educação e cursos de ciências contábeis: modelos colaborativos virtuais.

“…Positivo, pois, pela mudança, objetivos inalcançáveis passam a ser alcançáveis e, negativo, pois alguns dos envolvidos com educação não estão dispostos a mudar de comportamento, mudar a forma de fazer as coisas. Lamb & Smith (2000) sugerem cuidados ao lidar com educação a distância, apresentados em dez tópicos importantes: 1) alunos são indivíduos, 2) tecnologias mudam e evoluem, 3) tecnologias falham, 4) planejamento mostra, 5) alunos postergam, 6) acompanheos ou perca-os, 7) alunos gostam de retorno (feedback), 8) tecnologia consome tempo, 9) aprender ativamente é crítico, e 10) alunos têm grandes idéias. A vulnerabilidade de um programa baseado em educação a distância, passa pela forma de se encarar essas questões, segundo os autores.…”