Going the distance on engagement.TRADITIONAL-AGE STUDENTS TAKING CLASSES ON campus are hardly the only ones interacting with faculty, having enriching educational experiences, and engaging in reflective Refers to light hitting an opaque surface such as a printed page or mirror and bouncing back. See reflective media and reflective LCD. learning. In fact, these are three activities in which distance ed students have reported significantly higher participation compared with traditional campus-based learners. This was one finding of the 2006 National Survey of Student Engagement The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) (pronounced: nessie) is a survey instrument used to gauge the level of student participation at universities and colleges in Canada and the United States as it relates to learning. , which included nearly 260,000 first-year adj. 1. Being in the first year of an experience especially in a U. S. high school or college; - of a person. Adj. 1. first-year - used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); "a and senior students attending 523 U.S. four-year colleges and universities; about 4,000 respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. from 367 different institutions were taking all of their courses online when they were surveyed in spring 2006. These distance learners tended to be older, first-generation first-gen·er·a·tion adj. 1. Of or relating to a person who has left one country and settled in another. 2. Of or relating to a person or persons whose parents are immigrants. 3. college students, and enrolled part time. They also spent more time working and caring for dependents. As might be expected, they were much less likely to participate in active and collaborative learning Collaborative learning is an umbrella term for a variety of approaches in education that involve joint intellectual effort by students or students and teachers. Collaborative learning refers to methodologies and environments in which learners engage in a common task in which each activities. Still, distance education students reported higher levels of academic challenge and were more satisfied overall with their educational experience. More than half of first-year and 70 percent of seniors who were taking their classes online were adult learners Adult learner is a term used to describe any person socially accepted as an adult who is in a learning process, whether it is formal education, informal learning, or corporate-sponsored learning. . Among all adult learner respondents, they have higher participation, compared to traditional-age seniors, in classroom activities such as asking questions, contributing to discussions, and preparing two or more paper drafts before submitting. They have much less participation, however, in activities such as foreign language study, study abroad, faculty-assisted research, and co-curricular activity. The takeaway? Don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. forget that the educational and personal needs of distance learning students may differ from those of other students. They may need encouragement to explore co-curricular opportunities. The report, "Engaged Learning: Fostering Success of All Students," is available for $20 at www.nsse.iub.edu See .edu. (networking) edu - ("education") The top-level domain for educational establishments in the USA (and some other countries). E.g. "mit.edu". The UK equivalent is "ac.uk". .--M.E.
HIGHER EDUCATION LEVELS OF DISTANCE ED STUDENTS
Compared with campus-based learners, those who enrolled exclusively
in online courses reported higher participation in many educational
activities and greater educational gains, as well as being more
satisfied overall with their college experience.
KEY: +--Significantly higher participation reported;
=--No statistical difference reported
First-Years Seniors
Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice
Level of academic challenge + +
Student-faculty interaction + =
Enriching educational experiences + =
Supportive campus environment = +
Deep Learning
Higher-order learning = +
Integrative learning = =
Reflective learning + +
Gains
Gains in practical competence + +
Gains in personal and social development + +
Gains in general education = +
Overall Satisfaction = +
SOURCE: National Survey of Student Engagement
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