Characteristics of Successful Online Learners
CHARACTRISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL ONLINE LEARNERS
Characteristics of Successful Online Learners Liberty University Online INFT 101
There are many characteristics for online learners. My characteristics are scared, overwhelmed, and excited all in the same breath. However there are three main characteristics found in every person, entry characteristics, participation behaviors, and course outcomes. Such characteristics can be broken down into age, race, gender, and employment status. Although these are the main characteristics found in this article, I think there are much more to the characteristics to online learners then meet the eye. (British Journal of Education Vol 44 No 5 2013) In the article Exploring the link among entry characteristics, participation behaviors, and course outcomes of online learners by Erman Yukselturk and Ercan Top, talks about how the entry characteristics of early online learners were older, male, employed students, (THOMPSON 1998) but as online learning progressed all ages, sexes and employment status used online learning as the way they furthered education. (Dabbagh 2007) Participation behaviors of online learners were described in the article as people who possessed more knowledge of online communication tools like blogs and interactive tools had increased knowledge of how online learning worked. The articled also stated that learners that had knowledge of CMC tools tend to interact more than other online learners. (Goodwin et al 2008) Course Outcomes have a large effect on online learners. An online leaner tends to return to learning and tell about the experience if they are satisfied with the outcome of their achievements during their online experience. While I read this article I thought about my own experience of wanting to learn online. I found I too possessed several of the characteristics described in the article. Although I found the article a bit
Characteristics of Successful Online Learners Liberty University Online INFT 101
There are many characteristics for online learners. My characteristics are scared, overwhelmed, and excited all in the same breath. However there are three main characteristics found in every person, entry characteristics, participation behaviors, and course outcomes. Such characteristics can be broken down into age, race, gender, and employment status. Although these are the main characteristics found in this article, I think there are much more to the characteristics to online learners then meet the eye. (British Journal of Education Vol 44 No 5 2013) In the article Exploring the link among entry characteristics, participation behaviors, and course outcomes of online learners by Erman Yukselturk and Ercan Top, talks about how the entry characteristics of early online learners were older, male, employed students, (THOMPSON 1998) but as online learning progressed all ages, sexes and employment status used online learning as the way they furthered education. (Dabbagh 2007) Participation behaviors of online learners were described in the article as people who possessed more knowledge of online communication tools like blogs and interactive tools had increased knowledge of how online learning worked. The articled also stated that learners that had knowledge of CMC tools tend to interact more than other online learners. (Goodwin et al 2008) Course Outcomes have a large effect on online learners. An online leaner tends to return to learning and tell about the experience if they are satisfied with the outcome of their achievements during their online experience. While I read this article I thought about my own experience of wanting to learn online. I found I too possessed several of the characteristics described in the article. Although I found the article a bit
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