Delaney, j. g., Johnson, A. N., Johnson T. D., & Tresland, D. L. (2010)
Distance Education and Learning Technologies
At: http://www.mun.ca/educ/faculty/mwatch/laura_treslan_SPETHE_Paper.pdf
This article was brought to my attention by reading another blog online. The idea of actually engaging students in the online development conversation is quite important and crucial to the learning and discoveries of models and ideas that have potential for success.
The study deals with characteristics which also include values that students expect and appreciate in instructors both in F2F and online situations. Ultimately the study indicates that the values are the same, with a slight sequence difference on two: responsiveness and engaging. These two values seem to be reversibly important to the two different settings. Online students consider responsiveness, the ability to provide feedback to students the second most important value in online learning and the 7th most important value in F2F interactions.
The idea of instructors needing to be engaging, is seventh in online and fourth in F2F.
The other qualities are listed below. The article proves an important basis for perceptions and experiences of learners and the comparing nature of the study allows for considerations on how to ensure these qualities can be enhanced in online learning environments.
Online
- respectful
- responsive
- knowledgeable
- approachable
- communicative
- organized
- engaging
- professional
- humorous
Face to Face
- respectful
- knowledgeable
- approachable
- engaging
- communicative
- organized
- responsive
- professional
- humorous
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