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Alicia Fernandez

Early Attrition among First Time eLearners: A Review of Factors that Contribute to Drop-out, Withdrawal and Non-completion Rates of Adult Learners undertaking eLearning Programmes - 1 views

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attrition cognitive load first time online learners

shared by Alicia Fernandez on 03 Jun 12 - Cached
  • Some have reported attrition from eLearning as high as 70 - 80% (Flood 2002, Forrester 2000, in Dagger & Wade, 2004). Parker (1999) argues that “With the growth of distance education has come the problem of exceedingly high attrition rates”. Citing Carter (1996), she suggests that eLearning student attrition in some institutions is exceeds 40%, while others (Frankola, 2001). Diaz (2002), put it at between 20 - 50%,  and Carr (2000), estimate it to be 10% - 20% higher than for traditional on-campus education.
  • learners in employment bring a different set of needs, strategies and motivations to the learning process.
  • frequently geographically removed from the learning resources, information sources, learner peers and Tutors compared to their on-campus peers
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  • Employed adults tend to complete eLearning in their personal time due to workload pressures in the workplace and/or Internet access issues at work
  • Cognitive Load Theory
  • states that learning is initially processed in working memory
  • Learning complex or technically demanding material requires building mental models or cognitive schemas about the subject being studied or the skill being developed over time
  • Learning new material or a skill, for which a schema in long term memory is undeveloped or non-existent, can cause working memory to quickly overload its limited capacity. This overloading can result in a learner becoming highly anxious and losing confidence, which in turn can lead to the learning process, in effect, freezing and the learner being unable to continue.  
  •  “Digital literacy involves more than the ability to use software or operate a digital device; it includes a large variety of complex cognitive, motor, sociological and emotional skills, which users need in order to function effectively in digital environments.”
  • It is this author’s experience in designing, developing and delivering several eLearning programmes to public sector employees in New Zealand, that a face to face workshop prior the start of the online distance course can make a significant difference to a first time eLearner’s perception and experience of eLearning. 
  • This type of pre-course face-to-face induction workshop can also be used to foster the group’s sense of itself, and to identify the individual participants and their backgrounds, along with their expectations and concerns. It is also helpful to have the course design, structure and philosophy explained and to discuss anxieties associated with beginning an online course.
  • The multi
  • al learning tasks of the first time eLearner
  • dimension
  • (1) negotiating the technology; (2) negotiating the course website; (3) negotiating the course content (4) becoming an eLearner (5) negotiating CMC interaction.
  • come to terms with the computing technologies involved.
  • develop a mental model of the content structure and navigation system in order to find his/her way around
  • engage with the learning materials, readings, activities and assessments that make up a programme of study
  • Confronting the actual content and of becoming a learner again.
  • anxiety
  • abandon his/her existing mental model of what it is to be a learner in a formal learning situation
  • embrace a model based on a self-directed and motivated learner
  • undertake the learning tasks involved in interacting with peers via synchronous and asynchronous Computer Mediated Communication
  • Successfully negotiating this early experience depends very much on the relevant skills, circumstances, motivations and personal attributes of the learner. It follows then, that paying particular attention to how an eLearning course is structured and introduced and the manner in which the learner is inducted can make a very important difference in a learner deciding whether or not to engage and persist or to drop out. 
  • actually apprising learners of the issues of cognitive overload and how it is commonly experienced would go some way towards inoculating learners against its more pernicious effects.
  • Supporting learners till they are over the initial “eLearning learning-curve hump”, may involve a seemingly high level of resource and effort on the part of the course facilitator and associated programme administration staff, but the payoff is that fewer learners will drop out at the early stage.
  • Actively supporting, encouraging, gently cajoling and following up on learners who seem to be struggling will help to keep wavering learners in the course.
  • In terms of the actual course design and the structure of the materials and learning activities, then it is a useful practice to aim to start slowly and build the course tempo over time.
  • The one area where something may be done to reduce attrition is in the early stages of an online course.
  • Cognitive overload is a likely contributor to high drop out rates, particularly where those withdrawing do so within the first few weeks of the start of a course.  Greater levels of persistence and completions may be achieved if learners are supported to anticipate, prepare for, recognise and recover from the cognitive burden they may experience as first time eLearners.   
  • b malczyk on 22 Jun 12
     
    Looks at why some students don't make it through online courses- many first time online students are unsure what to expect and are just overwhelmed by the whole experience.
  • Irene Watts-Politza on 07 Jul 12
     
    The experience of the first-time online learner is qualified. Suggestions for decreasing early attrition are suggested.
  • Alicia Fernandez on 12 Aug 14
     
    Attrition among mature adult online learners is affected by sociological, psychological, technical and cognitive factors, critical features of which are the notions of cognitive load and locus of control.
katespina

Electronic Collaborators: Learner-centered Technologies for Literacy ... - Google Books - 1 views

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module 4 assignment online education teaching

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  • katespina on 23 Jul 14
     
    this talks about learner centered technologies as the "tools of intellectual identity" that allow the student to reflect on how they can use to create new knowledge or apply it in their lives.
Elena Buttgereit

http://www.neisd.net/roan/docs/literacy%20circle%20roles.pdf - 0 views

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ETAP640 online education group work roles

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  • Elena Buttgereit on 19 Jul 14
     
    Group Work Roles
  • Elena Buttgereit on 19 Jul 14
     
    Group Work Roles
lkryder

Will Gaming Save Education, or Just Waste Time? -- THE Journal - 0 views

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gaming Education

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  • lkryder on 28 Jun 14
     
    gaming literacy, meeting students where they are, the debate, the research
lkryder

Empowering Students in the Age of Big Data | EDUCAUSE.edu - 0 views

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students data educause analytics privacy literacy

shared by lkryder on 12 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Leaders in higher education explored the promise and peril of "big data" in learning, student support, and college completion.
  • lkryder on 12 Jun 14
     
    resources for and and as a result of EDUCAUSE summit
Jessica M

Critical Literacy, Digital Literacies, and Common Core State Standards: A Workable Union? - 0 views

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CCS Literacy Technology Online

shared by Jessica M on 12 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Citation of evidence” and“analysis” are malleable activities, and this mal-leability provides opportunities for educators tocurve them to include a stronger critical literacycomponent.
  • Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequenceof events and explain how specific individuals,ideas, or events interact and develop over thecourse of the text
  • (d)emonstrate command of technology, includ-ing the Internet, to produce, publish, and updatework in response to ongoing feedback, includingfresh arguments or new information
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  • Cite strong and thorough textual evidenceto support analysis of what the text saysexplicitly as well as inferences drawn fromthe text, including determining where the textleaves matters uncertain
  • Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness ofthe structure an author uses in his or herexposition or argument, including whether thestructure makes points clear, convincing, andengaging
  • Determine an author’s point of view or pur-pose in a text in which the rhetoric is partic-ularly effective, analyzing how style and con-tent contribute to the power, persuasiveness,or beauty of the text.
sherrilattimer

2001 Beder - 0 views

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shared by sherrilattimer on 09 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Their most commonly expressed intention was to meet learners' needs.
    • sherrilattimer
      sherrilattimer on 09 Jun 14
       
      Meeting learner's needs rather than challenging them to rise to find out more.
  • In contrast, the data from our 40 observations portrayed a type of instruction that was the near antithesis of learner-centered instruction. In each and every case the organizing unit of instruction was a teacher-prepared and teacher-delivered lesson. There was virtually no evidence of substantive learner input into decisions about instruction. Communication was overwhelmingly teacher-to-learner, learner-to-teacher. Learner-to-learner communication rarely occurred unless the teacher directed it to occur through such things as peer coaching exercises.
  • They enabled the teacher to determine if learners had "learned" the lesson and they supplemented the content of the lesson by reinforcing learners' correct responses and demonstrating the correct answer to learners whose responses were incorrect.
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  • Although adult literacy teachers intend to be learner-centered they, teach in teacher-directed ways. Why? Although it could be that teachers were induced to teach in teacher-directed ways by supervisors or other forces, we found no evidence of this. Rather, we conclude that there two reasons. The first pertains to the socialization process that all teachers and learners are products of. The roles of teacher and student are two of the most intensely socialized roles in our society. The great majority of the teachers we observed were certified in K-12 education. For them, socialization into the teacher role began in grade school and continued through their teacher training. For learners, socialization into the student role also began in grade school and continued until they dropped out of school.
    • sherrilattimer
      sherrilattimer on 09 Jun 14
       
      This is so true! If you ask a random person to teach a lesson, they think it's about standing in front of the room and talking to the group. They will ask questions, and ask for "students" to raise their hand to answer.
  • We infer that teachers taught in teacher-directed ways because that that way of teaching was a deeply ingrained product of their socialization.
  • teachers believed that their learners were primarily motivated toward obtaining their GEDs, and the perceived benefits of doing so, in the shortest possible time
  • the amount of time available for instruction was relatively short in comparison to elementary, secondary or higher education. Thus teachers wanted to maximize efficiency and believed that teacher-directed, basic skills-oriented instruction was the best way of doing so.
  • the amount of time available for instruction was relatively short in comparison to elementary, secondary or higher education. Thus teachers wanted to maximize efficiency and believed that teacher-directed, basic skills-oriented instruction was the best way of doing so.
  • the amount of time available for instruction was relatively short in comparison to elementary, secondary or higher education. Thus teachers wanted to maximize efficiency and believed that teacher-directed, basic skills-oriented instruction was the best way of doing so.
  • the amount of time available for instruction was relatively short in comparison to elementary, secondary or higher education. Thus teachers wanted to maximize efficiency and believed that teacher-directed, basic skills-oriented instruction was the best way of doing so.
  • the amount of time available for instruction was relatively short in comparison to elementary, secondary or higher education. Thus teachers wanted to maximize efficiency and believed that teacher-directed, basic skills-oriented instruction was the best way of doing so.
  • the amount of time available for instruction was relatively short in comparison to elementary, secondary or higher education. Thus teachers wanted to maximize efficiency and believed that teacher-directed, basic skills-oriented instruction was the best way of doing so.
  • the amount of time available for instruction was relatively short in comparison to elementary, secondary or higher education. Thus teachers wanted to maximize efficiency and believed that teacher-directed, basic skills-oriented instruction was the best way of doing so.
  • the amount of time available for instruction was relatively short in comparison to elementary, secondary or higher education. Thus teachers wanted to maximize efficiency and believed that teacher-directed, basic skills-oriented instruction was the best way of doing so.
  • the amount of time available for instruction was relatively short in comparison to elementary, secondary or higher education. Thus teachers wanted to maximize efficiency and believed that teacher-directed, basic skills-oriented instruction was the best way of doing so.
  • the amount of time available for instruction was relatively short in comparison to elementary, secondary or higher education. Thus teachers wanted to maximize efficiency and believed that teacher-directed, basic skills-oriented instruction was the best way of doing so.
  • the amount of time available for instruction was relatively short in comparison to elementary, secondary or higher education. Thus teachers wanted to maximize efficiency and believed that teacher-directed, basic skills-oriented instruction was the best way of doing so.
  • the amount of time available for instruction was relatively short in comparison to elementary, secondary or higher education. Thus teachers wanted to maximize efficiency and believed that teacher-directed, basic skills-oriented instruction was the best way of doing so.
  • Most teachers maintained a helping posture in class. Thus, there appears to be a duality to the meaning teachers of adult literacy education ascribe to their teaching. While their instruction is teacher directed, their learner-centered values and beliefs are manifest in their affective relations with learners. In this sense, for adult literacy teachers being learner-centered is not a teaching technology or methodology. Rather, it is a set of values that guide teacher-learner interactions.
    • sherrilattimer
      sherrilattimer on 09 Jun 14
       
      This is the key to all of it for me, personally. I think all of this is true for my co-workers and me.
  • Teachers liberally praised learners for correct answers and rarely sanctioned learners negatively for such things as being tardy or tuning out.
    • sherrilattimer
      sherrilattimer on 09 Jun 14
       
      I JUST finished writing this exact thing about myself!!! Who would have thought that I fit into the research-based mold of an adult literacy instructor.
  • If teacher-directed instruction is indeed a product of intense and protracted socialization and commonly held beliefs about learners' motivations, then changing teacher-directed behavior will be a very difficult task, perhaps requiring re-socialization. Such an effort may be beyond the means of the current professional development system in adult literacy education.
    • sherrilattimer
      sherrilattimer on 09 Jun 14
       
      I think it is beyond the means of the current professional development system in adult literacy education because there is a high rate of turnover. I think once someone has a certain degree of skill or education, they are seeking out another position. I think this report should have been followed up/accompanied by a survey of the teachers.
  • Equipped for the Future (Stein 1999) advocates a form of adult literacy based on what learners need to do in their roles of worker, parent and citizen.
  • Gillespie (1989) advocates an instructional model for adult literacy that emphasizes critical thinking.
  • the amount of time available for instruction was relatively short in comparison to elementary, secondary or higher education
sherrilattimer

What does it mean to be a digital native? - CNN.com - 0 views

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digital native digital immigrant

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  • As technology filters into every corner of the globe and tech cities spring up in some unlikely places from Bangalore to Tel Aviv, a new gulf is emerging to separate the digitally savvy from the disconnected: Poverty.
  • In India, over two-thirds of the population live on less than $2 a day, according to the World Bank. But a United Nations report still says that mobile phones are more common than toilets, with nearly half of India's 1.2 billion population armed with a handset.
  • hierarchies created by digital literacy and the class systems that will be shaped by access to digital technologies.
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  • digital outcasts -- people whose supposed problem of access to the world has been resolved."
  • By 2020, Prensky predicts people across the globe will be plugged into the "AORTA," -- Always On RealTime Access -
  • "The presents that we live in, are the futures that our pasts have imagined."
Jessica M

Multimodal Composition and the Common Core State Standards - 0 views

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CCS Multimodal Education

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  • The standards assume that being literate means being digitally literate.
  • My goal for this column is to highlight strong examples of digital literacies instruction and technology integration that teachers can remix and customize for their students and teaching contexts
  • “One of the biggest communication changes happening today is the shift from the printed word on a page to multiple modes of image, sound, movement, and text on a screen.”
    • Jessica M
      Jessica M on 03 Jun 14
       
      even some school assessments are starting to shift to computer based
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  • proposition that effective technology integration occurs at the intersections of teachers’ knowledge about technology, pedagogy, and content, or TPAC (see Figure 1).
  • Jessica M on 03 Jun 14
     
    the world is changing to more technology, and multimodal - education is changing with it
Jessica M

Open Up the Ceiling on the Common Core State Standards: Preparing Students ...: EBSCOhost - 0 views

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CCS Literacy 21Century

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  • Jessica M on 03 Jun 14
     
    Online reading defined: locate information, critically evaluate, synthesize information, communicate
J Robin Ward

Daily Report: 'Digital Inequality' Holds Back Millions in U.S. - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Persistent digital inequality — caused by the inability to afford Internet service, lack of interest or a lack of computer literacy — is also deepening racial and economic disparities in the United States, experts say.
    • J Robin Ward
      J Robin Ward on 01 Jun 14
       
      While the digital revolution definitely benefits those privileged enough to have access, it may increasingly marginalize those who don't.
Joy Quah Yien-ling

Is Content Curation in Your Skill Set? It Should Be. - 2 views

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curation digital literacy web2.0 content_curation

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  • Joy Quah Yien-ling on 26 Sep 13
     
    by David Kelly: Learning Solutions Magazine
Joy Quah Yien-ling

Curation as a core competency in digital and media literacy education | Mihailidis | Journal of Interactive Media in Education - 1 views

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curation digital literacy web2.0

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  • Joy Quah Yien-ling on 26 Sep 13
     
    Why is the Diigo activity important? Ah, now I see it!
Maree Michaud-Sacks

What is the NFIL? | National Forum on Information Literacy - 0 views

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Information literacy

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  • Information Literacy is defined as the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand.
Anne Deutsch

Watch LION: Library Information literacy Online Network Episodes | How To Videos | Blip - 0 views

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module 4 assignment information literacy videos tools libraries

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  • Participants in this project agree to make these episodes openly available for others to link to, embed, share, download, or edit, provided the appropriate credit is assigned to the author (further information about all rights can be found by looking at the Creative Commons License associated with each epidsode
    • Anne Deutsch
      Anne Deutsch on 20 Jul 13
       
      Open Access - Librarians like to share!
    • Anne Deutsch
      Anne Deutsch on 20 Jul 13
       
      Yet another great source of unbranded, generic, and high quality "how to" videos that I can mine for my course.
    • Diana Cary
      Diana Cary on 22 Jul 13
       
      This is great Anne. Where did you find these resources Merlot or one of the others? How will you incorporate this video into your online course?
    • Anne Deutsch
      Anne Deutsch on 25 Jul 13
       
      Hi Diana - LION is a bit like Merlot for librarians but more limited in scope as it's only videos. The quality is high and videos don't have any branding so that they can be utilized by any library.
Kelly Gorcica

Literacy Corner | OER Commons - 0 views

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Module 4 Assignment education

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    • Kelly Gorcica
      Kelly Gorcica on 14 Jul 13
       
      This resource is great to help broaden a teachers scope of literacy.  There are many parts to explore.
    • Kelly Gorcica
      Kelly Gorcica on 23 Jul 13
       
      In each activity you can click to find out more information about how it is helping the student. They address how students are hitting the Language Strand, Skills, Theme and Type. It is easy to understand for both a teacher and a parent.
    • Kelly Gorcica
      Kelly Gorcica on 14 Jul 13
       
      It is easy to find different activities to try just by looking through the different stands.
    • Kelly Gorcica
      Kelly Gorcica on 23 Jul 13
       
      I like the section that discusses home to school connections. Many times it is hard for teachers to continue their students learning at home. This site gives great tips and tricks for teachers to give to parents to help them help their students.
    • Kelly Gorcica
      Kelly Gorcica on 23 Jul 13
       
      I plan on using this resource in my course as a tool for my students to explore some activities they can implement in their classroom involving literacy. The choice will be theirs on what they choose to use if they choose to use any. I plan on adding this to my module that ties in technology. I think it would be a good fit there.
Anne Deutsch

Cooperative Library Instruction Project - 0 views

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module 4 assignment videos tutorials libraries information literacy

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  • The collection might look something like an interactive, online information literacy "text book" from which librarians or instructors anywhere can select and use pieces as they choose
    • Anne Deutsch
      Anne Deutsch on 20 Jul 13
       
      "how to" video tutorials are an important element in most information literacy sessions and classes. The beauty of CLIP is that the videos are un-branded and are genericl enough that they can be used by any library or institution. The video library gives me a lot of options for my class.
Heather Kurto

http://www.msera.org/Rits_191/Rits_191_Barone_1.pdf - 0 views

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    • Heather Kurto
      Heather Kurto on 07 Jun 13
       
      Although most adults are aware of their own  increasing use of computers, mobile technology, and  the Internet as more than 70% of adults in general  and 80% of Generation X adults use the Internet each  day (eMarketer, 2004, 2011), many are surprised at  the use of the Internet and social media sites by  young children. Time spent on the Internet among 2- to 11-year-olds increased 63% from 2004 to 2009  (Nielsen, 2009).
    • Heather Kurto
      Heather Kurto on 07 Jun 13
       
      They worry about the lack of resources including  technology, time, and technology support; school  leadership and professional development; their own  knowledge and skills; and their own fear of  technology. However, even with these concerns,  digital and media technologies are evolving and  necessary to prepare students to understand and  adjust to the new literacy demands of the present and  future (Barone & Wright, 2008)
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