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Take a Walk on the Wired Side - Rob Weir, Inside Higher Education

There are several seemingly counterintuitive experiences I’ve had with online learning courses. In summary:

• Older students generally perform better than younger ones.
• The range of achievement is much narrower.
• Online courses work best when they mirror live classes.
• Discussion is generally more robust online.
• An online course definitely will not run itself!

  posted by Ray at 5/16/2009 12:05:00 AM permanent item link   

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