Title :
Learner experiences in online courses
Author :
Benson, Angela D.
Author_Institution :
Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
This qualitative case study explored learner experiences in online courses. The study identified three categories of challenges that online learners face: learning perspective, technology, and course design; four coping strategies that learners used to address the challenges: transform, resist, revise and apply; and three categories of learning outcomes: skill acquisition, transformed learning perspectives, and revised learning perspectives.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational courses; coping strategies; course design; learner experiences; learning outcomes; learning perspective; online courses; revised learning perspectives; skill acquisition; technology; transformed learning perspectives; Conducting materials; Data analysis; Distance learning; Educational institutions; Impedance; Internet; Libraries; Permeability; Resists; Terminology;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1509-6
DOI :
10.1109/CIE.2002.1186274
