ONLINE LEARNING: AN OVERVIEW Sukaina Walji with Associate Professor Laura Czerniewicz Centre for Innovation in Learning & Teaching, University of Cape Town Presentation during Orientation Week for students taking the UCT Postgraduate Diploma in Management in Marketing Programme 11 February 2014 @sukainaw [email protected]
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ONLINE LEARNING: AN OVERVIEW
Sukaina Walji with Associate Professor Laura Czerniewicz
Centre for Innovation in Learning & Teaching, University of Cape Town
Presentation during Orientation Week for students taking the UCT
Postgraduate Diploma in Management in Marketing Programme
o Online enrollment growth far exceeded that of overall
higher education
o While the rapid pace of online learning growth has
moderated in the last year, it still accounts for nearly
three-quarters of all US higher education’s
enrollment increases last year
(Source: Grade Level: Tracking Online Education in the United States, Babson Survey Research Group http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/read/survey-reports-2014/)
CHALLENGES FOR ONLINE LEARNERSStudents find it difficult to adapt to online learning requirements
“attrition and lack of academic success was systematically more
pronounced in online courses than in their face-to-face equivalents”
“While all types of students in the study suffered decrements in
performance in online courses, some struggled more than others to
adapt: males, younger students, Black students, and students with lower
grade point averages” (Survey of 40 000 students in nearly 500 000
courses; Xu & Jagger, 2013)
Why?• Digital ‘know-how’ (digital literacies)• Lack of face to face interaction – visual clues• Work-life balance• Tensions between flexibility and course demands (group work)• Loneliness • Connectivity constraints (and power cuts!)
(Source: Xu & Jaggar. 2013. Adaptability to Online Learning: Differences Across Types of Students and Academic Subject Areas)