Conversely there are the instructors who see in-class sessions as essential for the teaching of the most abstract, complex concepts. Bridging these two polarizing perspectives on how to successfully teach the most challenging material in a course is the need for defining scaffolding performance objectives by student to measure the effectiveness of distance learning personalized instruction (Halttunen, 2003). The intermediating of these two extremes shows that for the most complex concepts in a statistics course were more effectively taught through scaffolding as distance learning tools allowed the students to continually review concepts they were not familiar with. Scaffolding allowed for students to actively learn, fulfilling their need for autonomy in the learning process, in addition to giving them mastery over the presentation of concepts online as well (Kartha, 2006). Combining autonomy, mastery and purpose (Wilhelm, Sherrod, Walters, 2008) significantly increased long-term retention of statistical concepts as a result (Kartha, 2006).
Student Satisfaction, Attitudes and Purpose in Distance Education
The use of scaffolding as a means to create tailored, highly unique learning experiences online has also led to an accelerated adoption of more interactive, communication-based technologies online over more unidirectional ones (Zhao, Alexander, Perreault, Waldman, Truell, 2009). Student satisfaction has been positively correlated to the extent to which they have mastery of the online learning experience (Najjar, 2008) a finding which has led to scaffolding becoming predominant in math, science, statistics and advanced calculus courses globally. Scaffolding in effect becomes the online lab that students have the opportunity to work within on a 24/7 basis and continually refine and augment their knowledge of the more abstract, complex and often difficult to understand topics that are often only covered on whiteboard discussions otherwise. It is this iterative aspect of teaching the abstract concepts that give students mastery over them. This approach to providing a means for students to continually go over the most challenging concepts and lessons is increasingly being included in the design of courseware as well (Yang, Yu, Chen, Tsai, et al., 2005) often with multiple paths or learning objectives supported throughout the teaching materials. Drawing from the example given at the beginning of this paper, instructors can create customized learning tracks for students and then selectively use them...
An admission interviewer could help explore the above issues with any student considering the program and help the student determine for herself or himself whether the program might match his or her needs. Students who are most likely to be actively engaged in the process are also likely to achieve success in distance-learning program. Clariana & Mohler (2000) performed a survey of distance-learners enrolled in a program sponsored by Pennsylvania
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The general challenge in online education is the failure to embrace the paradigm that online programs are fundamentally different than traditional pedagogy, and must include alternative ways to link learning styles and learning outcomes. Failure to acknowledge the difference and to adjust delivery to meet the delivery medium runs the risk or providing ineffective instruction. The specific problem is that although there is a body of literature addressing online
Students level of skills How students are relating to vocabulary usage Time segments in minutes Notes need help (more than 20% are unable to process) Students are spending more time working independently. Fewer students need assistance from teacher. A somewhat skilled (10-20% need some assistance from teacher) working independently (fewer than 10% need assistance from teacher Learning Styles used Time segments in minutes Notes Verbal/Linguistic Visual/Spatial Body/Kinesthetic Interpersonal Intrapersonal Musical Naturalistic Student Engagement Indicators - Make notes of overall impression of the lesson: Students Given Choices Give
Distance education is much more popular today than it ever was in the past. The Internet has allowed people from all over the world to study at home and juggle their education around their careers and families. Because of that, more people are able to get the education they always wanted. That will allow them to move forward with their lives in more ways than just their finances. Is distance
Using a variety of teaching methods can help integrating the learning of language from one subject to another. One study of bilingual students in Papua New Guinea found that that up to 39% of mathematical errors were language related and another study of bilingual Filipino-English students found that they were better at solving word problems presented in their native language, despite having fluency in both languages in other subjects
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