HUNT, JAZELLE. "Attitude Is Everything." Diverse: Issues in Higher Education 26.3 (2009): 19-20. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 17 Feb. 2010.
This resource show the Pros of online classes... I'm beginning to think that I'm going to find more sources that are pro-online classes. I'll have to narrow my search
Bell, Paul D. "PREDICTORS OF COLLEGE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE ASYNCHRONOUS WEB-BASED COURSES." Education 127.4 (2007): 523-533. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 17 Feb. 2010.
This source shows the predictions of what the future of online courses could be. This is closer to what I'm looking for!
El Mansour, Bassou, and Davison M. Mupinga. "STUDENTS' POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES IN HYBRID AND ONLINE CLASSES." College Student Journal 41.1 (2007): 242-248. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 17 Feb. 2010.
Park, Ji-Hye, and Choi Hee Jun. "Factors Influencing Adult Learners' Decision to Drop Out or Persist in Online Learning." Journal of Educational Technology & Society 12.4 (2009): 207-217. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 17 Feb. 2010.
Blackmore, Chris, Digby Tantam, and Emmy van Deurzen. "Evaluation of e-learning outcomes: experience from an online psychotherapy education programme." Open Learning 23.3 (2008): 185-201. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 17 Feb. 2010.
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You know, it occurs to me that you could speak to Tisha Bender, 101 coordinator for the Writing Program, and to Bill Magrino, Director of Business and Tech Writing, as your primary sources. Both have had experiences developing and teaching online and hybrid courses. And Tisha has written a book on the subject. Both are easy to contact through the Writing Program website and you can use my name as reference.
ReplyDeleteI have had some experience myself and think "attitude is everything." We know that full online Expos 101 did not work in the past, mostly because of the relatively immature population, the difficulty of the course, and the importance of attendance in the course. Meanwhile, hybrids have been much more successful -- the "best of both worlds."
Also, online business and tech writing classes, which attract an older student population who are more mature and committed to work, have better results.
Failure and drop rates are still higher than regular classes. What could be done about that?
I have proposed doing more to screen students so that they recognize what they are getting into. Online courses may be more work and may feel like more work to students. If they have the wrong attitude, or if they are signing up for online because they think it will be easier, they are not going to make it.