Benefits of Learning Online

Faculty I consult with often want to know how the learner benefits from online instruction. I respond by saying that web-based education has the potential to change the way students learn. Sociology professor Mark Kassop, does a good job of outlining 10 ways in which he believes online learning excels.

Reference:

Mark Kassop "Ten Ways Online Education Matches, or Surpasses, Face-to-Face Learning." The Technology Source, May/June 2003. Available online at http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1059

Comments

[Andrea Hildreth]

Ferdinand thank you for pointing me in the direction of Mark Kassop's list. It forms a good response to folks who think that learning can only happen face-to-face. I wonder about his item # 9.
"An intimate community of learners: Instructors note the surprisingly close relationships that they have developed with their online students."

What part do you think expectations play in making this a "benefit"? For example: do instructors and students enter their online course with the expectation that distance learning by definition means that there will not be a close learning relationship between instructor-student and peer-peer? When, in reality, they are able to develop personal relationships through learning networks; their surprise might register as a "benefit".
Conversely, what about the experience of first-year college students? Do they enter their introductory level courses expecting to have the close teacher-student relationship they enjoyed in their early-school years? When, in reality, they are one of 200 students and meeting are held in a theatre-style lecture hall; their surprise might register as a "non-benefit".

I guess it's obvious that I really really dislike those 200 or more student courses. ha ha - Thanks for allowing me to comment

Andrea Hildreth

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