Online learning is a unique chance to continue your education with classroom flexibility. Once a individual enrolls in a program, they are willing and have accepted the requirements for the program. If a program requires the student to participate in a learning community. It is the students responsibility to join in because it does affect the grade.
The university has established several assessment tools for their program. One way a students. The university and the instructor review each students profile, discussions, project evaluations and end of course survey responses. These areas were and are analyzed for evidence of the formation of learning communities, particularly for evidence of three markers: participation, shared identity and the establishment of a social network. This action research also generates pedagogical implications for promoting adult learners' active participation in online learning and instructional strategies to facilitate the community-building process. Collaborative learning activities put more emphasis on experiential learning theory, systemic improvement, and constructive discourse than do typical public participation programs.
When ever you have a group of students in one setting, there will always be several that do not want to participate. For those students, the instructors has a few choices to promote involvement. One, email and inform the student about the university rules. Two, a persons to persons phone call, three, getting the university academic advisor involved. If condition reach option three, the student will be dropped from the program. For students who do not participate and follow the rules established by the university and follow the syllabus implemented by the instructor. The student will have no choice but to drop out of the program. This will hurt their assessment, standing in the university, and their educational goal.
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Hi Robert, I liked the very first sentence of the post because it was a great "main idea" statement. You said,"Online learning is a unique chance to continue your education with classroom flexibility." That is what it is all about. Is it not? Deb :)
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ReplyDeleteHow flexible should an educational environment be in order to accommodate all learners? I agree that when a student takes on a program he or she takes on the whole idea. Saying this I also believe that no one program design can pretend to hold the best educational approach to all, and it would hurt the learning community to lose the contributions of one member because they can not make adjustments. I think there is value in collaboration but there are moments and topics where I would rather work alone. As long as the learner can come through with a unique and original contribution, does it matter if they stuck to being in a group?