Virtual Instruction: Teaching an Online Graduate Seminar

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee M. Stadtlander
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Virtual Instruction ◽  
Graduate Seminar ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Virtual Seminar

Many colleges and universities are augmenting their distance-learning programs with telecommunications media. However, there is little guidance available on the mechanics of instructing in a virtual classroom. The objectives of this article are to briefly discuss the history and central issues of distance education, to describe my own experience in teaching an online virtual seminar, and to offer recommendations for future courses.

Cyberservices: What's Important and How Are We Doing?

NASPA Journal ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan B Hirt ◽  
Darrell Cain ◽  
Brad Bryant ◽  
Eric Williams
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Threaded Discussion ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
On Line ◽  
Line Survey ◽  
Class Status

As colleges and universities develop distance learning programs, administrators have scrambled to provide on-line services for distance learners. But do learners need such services? The present study examined how important services were for distance learners and how satisfied they were with the services provided to them. Data were collected through a national on-line survey and threaded discussion. Results revealed that services overall were not particularly important to participants, though there were significant differences by age and class status.

Understanding Different Categories of Attrition in Distance Education Program

2011 ◽  
pp. 1917-1925
Author(s):  
Seung Youn (Yonnie) Chung
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Internet Technologies ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The U.S

Distance learning is often referred to as taking training or education courses that are either synchronously or asynchronously delivered via various media such as audio, video, or computer, especially Internet technologies in recent years. The number of corporate training programs delivered via Internet technologies (a.k.a., e-learning) has dramatically increased over the last several years. According to ASTD reports (2002, 2003), the percentage of e-learning programs delivered in the Benchmark Service companies in the U.S. increased from 8.8% of total training hours in 2000 to 10.5% in 2001. The number of distance programs offered at degree-granting educational institutions in the U.S. has also gradually increased each year. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2003), 56% of two-year or four-year degree-granting educational institutions offered distance education (DE) courses during the 12-month 2000-2001 academic year, and during the time period, about 2.8 million students were enrolled in college-level credit-granting DE courses, the majority of which were Internet-based courses. Internet-delivered instruction has gained credibility during recent years as well. Research has shown that there seems to be no significant difference in terms of the effectiveness of instruction delivered in traditional classroom settings and the effectiveness of instruction delivered via the Internet (van Schaik, Barker & Beckstrand, 2003). Such research findings, coupled with potential benefits such as cost-effectiveness and convenience, have likely contributed to the increasing popularity of Internet-delivered distance learning programs.

The Problems and Possibilities of Virtual Schools

2011 ◽  
pp. 1673-1679
Author(s):  
Glenn Russell
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Virtual Schools ◽  
School Education ◽  
School Building ◽  
Virtual Instruction ◽  
Isolated Communities ◽  
Physical Presence ◽  
Conventional School

Virtual schools are an alternative to the “bricks-andmortar” schools that have been synonymous with school education for hundreds of years. Traditionally, students have attended a school building for their education where they have been in the physical presence of a teacher. There are, of course, exceptions to this understanding of education, in which students have been involved in a form of distance education or distance learning by correspondence, or have used technologies such as radio and television. These developments have been particularly useful for students living in isolated communities, or those unable to attend a conventional school. Virtual schools are also a form of distance education or virtual instruction. Typically, they use online computers, and students are able to complete their schoolwork when it is convenient for them, without having to meet with their teacher and other students in a school building.

Understanding Different Categories of Attrition in Distance Education Programs

2011 ◽  
pp. 2177-2186
Author(s):  
Seung Youn (Yonnie) Chyung
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Internet Technologies ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The U.S

Distance learning is often referred to as taking training or education courses that are either synchronously or asynchronously delivered via various media such as audio, video, or computer, especially Internet technologies in recent years. The number of corporate training programs delivered via Internet technologies (a.k.a., e-learning) has dramatically increased over the last several years. According to ASTD reports (2002, 2003), the percentage of e-learning programs delivered in the Benchmark Service companies in the U.S. increased from 8.8% of total training hours in 2000 to 10.5% in 2001. The number of distance programs offered at degree-granting educational institutions in the U.S. has also gradually increased each year. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2003), 56% of two-year or four-year degree-granting educational institutions offered distance education (DE) courses during the 12-month 2000-2001 academic year, and during the time period, about 2.8 million students were enrolled in college-level credit-granting DE courses, the majority of which were Internet-based courses. Internetdelivered instruction has gained credibility during recent years as well. Research has shown that there seems to be no significant difference in terms of the effectiveness of instruction delivered in traditional classroom settings and the effectiveness of instruction delivered via the Internet (van Schaik, Barker & Beckstrand, 2003). Such research findings, coupled with potential benefits such as cost-effectiveness and convenience, have likely contributed to the increasing popularity of Internet-delivered distance learning programs.

Leadership and Distance Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 328-336
Author(s):  
Don S. Stumpf
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Efficient Operation ◽  
Extended Campus ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Educational Leadership Practices

Distance learning programs have influenced nearly all aspects of higher education. Extended campus locations at many colleges and universities have been assigned administrative responsibility for distance learning programs. The merger of these highly visible programs creates an educational leadership paradigm shift that draws attention to itself. This merger requires a re-evaluation of the current educational leadership practices associated with efficient operation of the extended campus location.

Problems and Possibilities of Virtual Schools

2011 ◽  
pp. 1516-1521
Author(s):  
Glen Russell
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Virtual Schools ◽  
School Education ◽  
School Building ◽  
Virtual Instruction ◽  
Isolated Communities ◽  
Physical Presence ◽  
Conventional School

Virtual schools are an alternative to the “bricks-and-mortar” schools that have been synonymous with school education for hundreds of years. Traditionally, students have, for the most part, attended a school building for their education, where they have been in the physical presence of a teacher. There are, of course, exceptions to this understanding of education in which students have been involved in a form of distance education or distance learning by correspondence, or have used technologies such as radio and television. These developments have been particularly useful for students living in isolated communities or those unable to attend a conventional school. Virtual schools are also a form of distance education or virtual instruction. Typically, they use online computers, and students are able to complete their schoolwork when it is convenient for them, without having to meet with their teacher and other students in a school building.

A Work Sample Approach to Hiring Student Personnel Administrators for Distance Education Programs

NASPA Journal ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan M. Schwitzer ◽  
Radha J. Horton-Parker ◽  
Jill C. Jurgens
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Student Adjustment ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Work Sample ◽  
Personnel Administrators ◽  
Student Personnel ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
College Student Personnel ◽  
Student Personnel Administrators

Student personnel professionals are beginning to have key roles and increased involvement in distance learning programs, by administering distance education systems and supporting distance student adjustment, learning, and development. This article presents a work sample exercise for use when interviewing and hiring college student personnel administrators for professional positions in distance learning programs.

scholarly journals Strategy faLearning Strategies at SD Muhammadiyah Wringinanom during the Covid 19 Pandemic or SD Muhammadiyah Wringinanom in Learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 43-45
Author(s):  
Devi Nur Amin Putriningsih ◽  
Muhlasin Amrullah
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Online System ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
The Government

The covid-19 pandemic has affected various fields, one of which is also in the field of education. Education is one of the factors that has been greatly affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. The government and educators are doing their best so that education can run well even with a pandemic like this. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the government established Distance Education. Distance learning is an effort so that learning can be carried out properly even though it uses a different system. With the implementation of distance learning, teachers are required to be more able to master technology and be creative in designing distance learning so that it can always run effectively. However, in this distance learning is also inseparable from the advantages and disadvantages in its implementation. Thus distance learning is applied to break the chain of spreading the Covid-19. SD Muhammadiyah Wringinanom provides programs that can assist students' distance learning by implementing one of the online system learning programs.

scholarly journals Faculty Perceptions Of Distance Education Courses: A Survey

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Totaro ◽  
John R. Tanner ◽  
Thomas Noser ◽  
Jeanne Fuselier Fitzgerald ◽  
Rachelle Birch
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Faculty Perceptions ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Education Courses

This paper discusses the results of a study of the perceptions of a national sample of business faculty members from various business disciplines regarding distance (online) education and teaching distance education courses.  In the past few years, distance learning programs have become very popular, and the number of offerings continues to increase.  However, distance learning courses offer significant differences from the classic classroom environment.  The results of this study suggest that the offering of online courses in business is still in the early or developmental stages, and that only a small percentage of the respondents indicate that they would teach online courses in the future.

scholarly journals An Exploration of Issues and Challenges Faced by Students in Distance Learning Environment

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (IV) ◽  
pp. 77-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asaf Niwaz ◽  
Qazi Waqas Ahmed ◽  
Sohail Kamran
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Distance Learning Environment ◽  
Study Participants

This paper investigates the issues and challenges encountered by students obtaining distance education in Pakistan. We conducted interviews with students obtaining distance education and they were enrolled in different study programs. Qualitative interviews were conducted to understand the perception of the study participants regarding the issues and challenges faced by them in learning. Students from five distance learning programs were selected and five participants from each study program were interviewed in this study. The findings reveal that distance learning students encounter impediment in their learning due to their personal circumstances, teachers’ related issues, and due to assessment and evaluation issues. These factors negatively affect distance learners learning experiences. Based on the study findings, we provide recommendations to universities for enhancing distance learners experience.

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