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Online Learning

Online Learning

Factors Contributing to the Effectiveness of Online Students and Instructors, the Law and other Social Sciences

Identifying the positive attributes of students and instructors in the online environment will contribute to the understanding of how we can enhance the learning experience for the student and the teaching experience for the instructor. this subject will assist students and instructors in understanding the differences that may be experienced in the online environment versus the face-to-face environment and provide the opportunity to consider whether online learning and/or teaching is a “good fit” for them. Understanding why students and/or instructors might choose the online environment will also assist administrators in developing successful, quality online programs that enrich the experiences for both students and instructors.[1]

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  1. Michelle Kilburn, Martha Henckell, David Starrett, “Factors Contributing to the Effectiveness of Online Students and Instructors” (Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 4th Edition, Information Resources Management Association, 2018)

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3 responses to “Online Learning”

  1. international

    I can remember visiting Project Pericles at Harvard Law School which was working on an expert system for routine legal processing. One other thing I remember were a Dragons Lair type video-disk simulation of a trial (where the student/player had to object to testimony and give a reason). This was in 1986 (back when “word processing” was relatively new). I guess technology doesn’t advance at the same speed in all fields.

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  2. international

    I’m all in favor of online learning; I just hope that this “issue” is not aimed at merely increasing student numbers and thereby save tons of cash. The idea being that it makes no material difference whether you have 100 students or 1,000 students or even 10,000 on a course – just develop the course notes and distribute them electronically, and call it education.

    Where that has been attempted, it has usually resulted in “canned” courses broadcasting information, with an idea of filling the pitchers with information to be vomited back out at the end of the semester.

    The aim should be education, not financial saving to make up for shortfalls resulting from other bad business decisions.

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  3. international

    I don’t think the Universities are necessarily looking to create online courses, there are great opportunities to bring technology into the classroom as an aid to further enhance the experience. Working at a law school, while attending graduate school, I’ve noticed how much less technology is integrated into the classroom in law schools. There’s great potential to engage students online as well as offline, without initially requiring online participation, the students will inevitably migrate online for discussion, while bringing topics and arguments back to the classroom (as one example).

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