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9781421438092: Learning Online: The Student Experience
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ISBN 10 : 1421438097 ISBN 13 : 9781421438092
Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020

Synopsis

What's it really like to learn online?Learning Online: The Student Experience

Online learning is ubiquitous for millions of students worldwide, yet our understanding of student experiences in online learning settings is limited. The geographic distance that separates faculty from students in an online environment is its signature feature, but it is also one that risks widening the gulf between teachers and learners. In Learning Online, George Veletsianos argues that in order to critique, understand, and improve online learning, we must examine it through the lens of student experience.

Approaching the topic with stories that elicit empathy, compassion, and care, Veletsianos relays the diverse day-to-day experiences of online learners. Each in-depth chapter follows a single learner's experience while focusing on an important or noteworthy aspect of online learning, tackling everything from demographics, attrition, motivation, and loneliness to cheating, openness, flexibility, social media, and digital divides. Veletsianos also draws on these case studies to offer recommendations for the future and lessons learned.

The elusive nature of online learners' experiences, the book reveals, is a problem because it prevents us from doing better: from designing more effective online courses, from making evidence-informed decisions about online education, and from coming to our work with the full sense of empathy that our students deserve. Writing in an evocative, accessible, and concise manner, Veletsianos concretely demonstrates why it is so important to pay closer attention to the stories of students--who may have instructive and insightful ideas about the future of education.

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À propos de l'auteur

George Veletsianos is the Canada Research Chair in Innovative Learning and Technology and a professor in the School of Education and Technology at Royal Roads University. He is the author of Social Media in Academia: Networked Scholars.

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Éditeur
Johns Hopkins University Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1421438097
ISBN 13 
9781421438092
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
184
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