Adult Learners Online: Students' Experiences of Learning Online

Autor/in	Knightley, Wendy M.
Titel	Adult Learners Online: Students' Experiences of Learning Online
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 47 (2007) 2, S.264-288 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1394
Schlagwörter	Open Universities; Distance Education; Disadvantaged; Online Courses; Telephone Surveys; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Foreign Countries; Computer Uses in Education; Access to Education; Student Attitudes; Interviews; Nontraditional Students; Minority Groups; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Offene Universität; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Online course; Online-Kurs; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Computernutzung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Schülerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ethnische Minderheit; Großbritannien
Abstract	Throughout the world, policy-makers are demonstrating their commitment to widening participation in education by promoting alternative pathways to gaining academic qualifications. This paper reports a study which aimed to investigate the potential of online learning to overcome barriers to participating in education by socially disadvantaged adults, and to identify the factors that influenced such students' participation and successful completion of online learning courses. Seventy-nine adults taking online learning courses with the Open University in the United Kingdom participated in a telephone survey and 15 of these students were also interviewed. Participants perceived themselves as having more easily accessed education because of the option of online learning and reported having benefited from the experience. However, online learning per se should be offered as only one potential means of attracting and retaining adult students, and further exploration into its potential for widening participation is necessary. (Contains 5 tables.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10