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Autor/in | Eastmond, Daniel V. |
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Titel | Alone but Together: Adult Distance Study through Computer Conferencing. |
Quelle | (1995), (237 Seiten) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
ISBN | 1-57273-030-7 |
Schlagwörter | Adult Education; Adult Students; Distance Education; Educational Research; Higher Education; Independent Study; Nontraditional Education; Nontraditional Students; Student Attitudes; Teleconferencing Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Selbststudium; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Schülerverhalten; Telekonferenz |
Abstract | This book explores the lives of a group of adult students, their rationale for pursuing an independent study degree at a distance, and their perceptions of computer conferencing. It is based on data from unstructured interviews and participant observation that were then analyzed from a symbolic interaction perspective. Chapter 1 describes the following: the emergence of nontraditional higher education, using Hawks College as an example; distance education; and the emergence of distance courses that rely on computer conferencing for instructional delivery. Chapter 2 presents a typology of distance students, describes the sample students, and presents related scholarship about distance students. Chapter 3 explores student perspectives of the "online seminar" from these angles: the context, the pedagogical structure of the computer conference, and the nature of computer conference learning. Chapter 4 describes general learning strategies students use in distance education as well as some online learning strategies. Chapter 5 examines students' views about the dynamics and polarities involved in the conference and how computer conferencing facilitates the expression and examination of these; it also reports the social relations that form in this environment. Chapter 6 examines the implications that computer network experiences have for the future. Chapter 7 presents a model for computer conference learning. Appendixes include a description of the research methodology, 144 references, and author and subject indexes. (YLB) |
Anmerkungen | Hampton Press, Inc., 23 Broadway, Cresskill, NJ 07626 (clothbound: ISBN-1-57273-030-7; paperback: ISBN-1-57273-031-5). |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |