Meeting the Needs of Consumers: Lessons from Postsecondary Environments

Autor/inn/en	Huber, Herbert E.; Lowry, Jean C.
Titel	Meeting the Needs of Consumers: Lessons from Postsecondary Environments
Quelle	In: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, (2003) 100, S.79-88 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-2891
DOI	10.1002/ace.121
Schlagwörter	Educational Technology; Masters Programs; Graduate Study; Adult Education; Postsecondary Education; Online Courses; Instructional Effectiveness; Guidelines; Teacher Characteristics; Student Characteristics; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Adult Students; College Faculty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Unterrichtserfolg; Richtlinien; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Fakultät
Abstract	Online learning is having a tremendous impact on the education process in schools, universities, and corporate settings. As technology continues to develop, this delivery method will increase in quality and quantity. Consumers should be cautioned, however, that all online programs are not of equal quality, and they should carefully evaluate each program. Basing their remarks on personal experience, two recent graduates of an online master's degree program share their insights on this educational technology from the consumer's perspective, including benefits, challenges, and recommendations for students and institutions. They report that their learning experience increased in value as they developed new competencies by using the learning technologies. They believe that online learning provides experiential learning in the course content, as well as the learning technologies, and supports the development of new skills and character traits that are beneficial in all areas of life. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10