FSI 2002 - Online Learning: An Overview

Consider These Issues About Online Instruction:

Instructors are Enthusiastic?
Instructors are Better Teachers?
Computer Technology Works?
Requires Less Time?
Students Learn on a Computer?
A Poor Medium?
Talking Differently?

Making the Virtual Classroom a Reality

Sample Online Courses:

Principles of Macroeconomics (Rock Valley College)
Psychology Online (Santa Fe Community College)
Communicating Through the Internet (UIS)
Energy Efficiency in Buildings (University of Hong Kong)
English Composition 1 (Illinois Valley College)

Activity

Visit an online course and assess how well it is adapted to the Internet and promotes active learning in a student centered collaborative environment.

Discussion Questions

The discussion questions provided are meant to provide you with ideas to think about as you begin to design and develop your online courses.

Related Resources

The Virtual Professor: A Personal Case Study
by Greg Kearsley

Experiencing the Online Environment
by Denise Land

Extending the Classroom Walls Electronically
By Tom Creed

Learners' Performance and Evaluation of Attitudes Towards Web CourseTools in the Delivery of an Applied Sports Science Module
by G.R.H. Sandercock and G. Shaw

The World Wide Web: a Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning?
By Ronald Owston

Facilitating Interaction in Computer Mediated Online Courses
By Mauri Collins and Zane Berge
This article contains a description of students and teachers' roles in the online model.

Teaching in a Virtual Classroom
By Starr Roxanne Hiltz and Murry Turoff

Online Learning: An Overview An ION Web-based Resource

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