Communicating with online students: lessons from the front

Author

Gibson, Jane Whitney ; Blackwell, Charles W. ; Hodgetts, Richard M.

Author_Institution

Nova Southeastern Univ., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

23-25 Sep 1998

Firstpage

277

Abstract

The authors describe lessons learned from their online teaching experiences with two different delivery systems. One is a system using the World Wide Web, bulletin boards, e-mail and chat rooms for instructions and another is a software package known as Convene. In each case, students pursue their degrees via 100% online courses. The article discusses the planning process necessary to ensure an effective online course as well as lessons learned about actually communicating online, including the correct degree of informality and the importance of continuous feedback. Finally, the results of a case study in online assessment of student attitudes is presented

Keywords

Internet; educational technology; electronic mail; hobby computing; human factors; teaching; user interfaces; Convene; World Wide Web; bulletin boards; case study; chat rooms; continuous feedback; delivery systems; e-mail; informality; online assessment; online communication; online courses; online students; online teaching experiences; planning process; software package; student attitude; Acoustic noise; Conference management; Decoding; Distance learning; Education; Electronic mail; Packaging; Process planning; Web sites; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1998. IPCC 98. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Quebec City, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4890-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1998.722109

Filename

722109