From Place to Virtual Space: Reconfiguring Student Support for Distance and E-Learning in the Digital Age

Autor/in	Tait, Alan
Titel	From Place to Virtual Space: Reconfiguring Student Support for Distance and E-Learning in the Digital Age
Quelle	In: Open Praxis, 6 (2014) 1, S.5-16 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1369-9997
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Technology; Distance Education; Electronic Learning; Technology Uses in Education; Student Personnel Services; Dropouts; At Risk Students; Models; Academic Persistence; School Holding Power; Teaching Methods; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Unterrichtsmedien; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Analogiemodell; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article examines the impact of digital technologies on student support in distance and e-learning, drawing on the case of Open University UK. Giving a historical perspective on the use of technologies in learning over many centuries, it argues that the dominant paradigm of geography--which has defined the structures for student support services in second generation distance education--has now been overtaken in digital distance and e-learning contexts by the more powerful affordances of learning design. The article examines in detail the issue of student drop-out as the major challenge for student support in distance and e-learning, and argues that educational mission, not mode of delivery, is the more powerful explanatory driver. The article proposes that student support should now be understood as integrated with teaching and assessment, not separately organised structurally and professionally. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01