[Air-l] Sources for characteristics of online students

[Yvonne Waern]

>Reactions to a question from Brian Newberry:

Good questions!  It would be interesting knowing what you yourself are doing?

We have some experience, reported in an article by myself and in a 
thesis by Eva, regarding online students. We think there are many 
interacting factors involved in the success of online students and 
online studies.

One of them is related to how students relate to one another and how 
the teachers attend to the students. At least beginning students seem 
to need attention from others and the teacher if they are not to give 
up or find the studies boring.  We have not studied students with 
long experience. Roxanne Hilz can give you some more information 
about experienced students and teachers.

Our studies have concerned university students.  It would be 
interesting to hear if there are other experiences with other kinds 
of students or studies.

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Yvonne Waern
Ph.D., Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Linkoeping University
SE 581 83 Linkoeping
Sweden
e-mail: yvonne.waern at tema.liu.se
http://www.tema.liu.se/people/yvowa/