Defining a Distant Environment for Teacher Education.

Autor/inn/en	Abramson, Gertrude; Ellis, Timothy
Titel	Defining a Distant Environment for Teacher Education.
Quelle	(2000), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Students; Distance Education; Educational Environment; Graduate Study; Higher Education; Inservice Teacher Education; Instructional Development; Internet; Professional Development; Student Needs; Virtual Universities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrerfortbildung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung
Abstract	This paper describes some of the issues involved in refining Internet-based, asynchronous conference forums to meet the learning needs of adult students in distant inservice and graduate courses. The paper focuses on an analysis of existing instruction delivery systems and explores identification of optimal environments for inservice professional development courses. Topics addressed include: (1) the traditional campus; (2) virtual campuses; (3) the adult as a student; (4) needs of adults as online learners, including flexibility of schedule, direct and immediate applicability of material, positive connection to previous experiences, problem-solving orientation, and self-direction; (5) dangers inherent in an online environment; (6) the graduate education programs at Nova Southeastern University (Florida) School of Computer and Information Sciences (SCIS); (7) the Learning Place at SCIS; (8) distant instruction at SCIS; and (9) moving toward optimization. (Contains 20 references.) (MES)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC