Online Learning

(a)   are ‘live’ sessions usually consisting of a lecture delivered over the Internet, supported by PowerPoint slides with opportunities for live online chat for the participants

Students do preparation online before a classroom session (for instance watching a pre-recorded video lecture, and/or online reading)

• blended learning

• online learning

• flipped classroom

• massive open online course

A combination of face-to-face teaching and a significant use of online learning, especially outside the classroom.

• blended learning

• online learning

• flipped classroom

• massive open online course

Courses that use video recordings of lectures from top professors from elite universities and computer-marked assessments, sometimes combined with unmonitored online student discussions and peer review

• blended learning

• online learning

• flipped classroom

• massive open online course

________ ______, or a mix of classroom and fully online courses, best suits full-time undergraduate students who are also working part-time to keep their debt down, and need the flexibility to do part of their studies online;

(a)  

‘Dependent’ learners who lack self-discipline or who don’t know how to manage their own learning probably do better with ______ ____________

(a)  

The most successful fully (a)   courses for credit have a strong instructor online presence

Students access PowerPoint slides and PDFs from a class website which may be a part of an institution’s learning management system (see below) or it may be just a website created by the instructor or made available by the institution.

• designs based on open education and emerging technologies

• recorded lectures

• Instructionally-designed online courses based on LMS

• online class notes

An instructor defines desired learning objectives, or learning outcomes, the content is chosen to support the development of such objectives, and organized into ‘blocks’ of study (weekly or more) so the whole curriculum can be covered over the semester.

• designs based on open education and emerging technologies

• recorded lectures

• instructionally-designed online courses based on LMS

• online class notes

The main problem is such an approach is not adapted to the needs of online learners, who usually need more support than this model provides. T

• designs based on open education and emerging technologies

• recorded lectures

• instructionally-designed online courses based on LMS

• online class notes