[Air-l] Sources for characteristics of online students

[Anchalee Panigabutra-Roberts]

Brian, 

You may find the American Association of University Women's new report
(2001) on women learning online useful.

Here is the webpage:

http://www.aauw.org/2000/3rdshift.html

joy roberts
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At 11:13 AM 1/3/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Greetings fellow list members. I'm searching for any studies that describe
>characteristics of online students. Some questions that I am pondering: 
>
>Are students who take online classes self-selecting the online experience
>because of some characteristic they share? If so, does the success of these
>students in the current models of online learning lead to a greater
>replication of the established models of learning online and reduce
>exploration into new models that would better server students who are
>currently self-selecting out of online learning?
>
>Are there students who don't like online classes because of a learning style
>or personality characteristic? If so, are there ways to alter the online
>class experience to better fit these people's needs/desires?
>
>Do designers of online classes need to alter online classes to better suit
>an existing or perhaps a target population?
>
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Brian 
>
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