Teaching Courses Online: A Review of the Research Export

@article{citeulike:2333937, abstract = {This literature review summarizes research on online teaching and learning. It is organized into four topics: course environment, learners' outcomes, learners' characteristics, and institutional and administrative factors. The authors found little consistency of terminology, discovered some conclusive guidelines, and identified developing lines of inquiry. The conclusions overall suggest that most of the studies reviewed were descriptive and exploratory, that most online students are nontraditional and Anglo American, and that few universities have written policies, guidelines, or technical support for faculty members or students. Asynchronous communication seemed to facilitate in-depth communication (but not more than in traditional classes), students liked to move at their own pace, learning outcomes appeared to be the same as in traditional courses, and students with prior training in computers were more satisfied with online courses. Continued research is needed to inform learner outcomes, learner characteristics, course environment, and institutional factors related to delivery system variables in order to test learning theories and teaching models inherent in course design. 10.3102/00346543076001093}, author = {Tallent-Runnels, Mary K. and Thomas, Julie A. and Lan, William Y. and Cooper, Sandi and Ahern, Terence C. and Shaw, Shana M. and Liu, Xiaoming}, citeulike-article-id = {2333937}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/00346543076001093}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://rer.sagepub.com/content/76/1/93.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://rer.sagepub.com/content/76/1/93.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://rer.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/76/1/93}, day = {1}, doi = {10.3102/00346543076001093}, journal = {REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH}, keywords = {elearning}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {93--135}, posted-at = {2009-10-22 00:09:48}, priority = {4}, title = {Teaching Courses Online: A Review of the Research}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/00346543076001093}, volume = {76}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2333937 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2333937 N2 - This literature review summarizes research on online teaching and learning. It is organized into four topics: course environment, learners' outcomes, learners' characteristics, and institutional and administrative factors. The authors found little consistency of terminology, discovered some conclusive guidelines, and identified developing lines of inquiry. The conclusions overall suggest that most of the studies reviewed were descriptive and exploratory, that most online students are nontraditional and Anglo American, and that few universities have written policies, guidelines, or technical support for faculty members or students. Asynchronous communication seemed to facilitate in-depth communication (but not more than in traditional classes), students liked to move at their own pace, learning outcomes appeared to be the same as in traditional courses, and students with prior training in computers were more satisfied with online courses. Continued research is needed to inform learner outcomes, learner characteristics, course environment, and institutional factors related to delivery system variables in order to test learning theories and teaching models inherent in course design. 10.3102/00346543076001093 IS - 1 JF - REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH EP - 135 TI - Teaching Courses Online: A Review of the Research VL - 76 SP - 93 KW - elearning AU - Tallent-Runnels, Mary AU - Thomas, Julie AU - Lan, William AU - Cooper, Sandi AU - Ahern, Terence AU - Shaw, Shana AU - Liu, Xiaoming PY - 2006/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/00346543076001093 ER -