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Students' Utilization of Instructional Resources in a Difficult Distance Education Physics Course

Students' Utilization of Instructional Resources in a Difficult Distance Education Physics Course. Paul Gorsky a , Avner Caspi a and Samantha Smidt b a Open University of Israel b Open University, UK. Theory of Instructional Dialogue Research Findings and Conclusions.

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Students' Utilization of Instructional Resources in a Difficult Distance Education Physics Course

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  1. Students' Utilization of Instructional Resources in a Difficult Distance Education Physics Course Paul Gorskya, Avner Caspia and Samantha Smidtb a Open University of Israel bOpen University, UK

  2. Theory of Instructional Dialogue • Research • Findings and Conclusions

  3. Theory of Instructional Dialogue 1. Every element in an instructional system is either a dialogue or a resource which supports dialogue. 2. Certain structural and human resources correlate with the type, amount and duration of interpersonal dialogue that occurs both in-class and out.

  4. INTRAPERSONAL The interaction between student and subject-matter that occurs when (and only when) it is mediated by a given instructional resource. INTERPERSONAL Instructor - Student Student - Student f-2-f or mediated by communications media; if mediated, synchronous or asynchronous. DIALOGUES

  5. HUMAN RESOURCES Faculty Students (Significant others) STRUCTURAL RESOURCES Instructional materials Group size / Instructional design Teacher / Student Accessibility

  6. RESEARCH • Participants: 121 students at Open U, UK in an undergraduate Quantum Mechanics course perceived (by them) as difficult or very difficult. • Tactical Approaches to Study Questionnaire

  7. Structural Resources • Text (intra) • FirstClass conference (intra & inter) • Tutorial sessions (intra & inter) • Face-to-face meetings (inter) • Telephone (inter) • E-mail (inter) • Self-help groups (inter)

  8. FINDINGS Profiles Reading TMAs • Intrapersonal only 43.8 54.2 • Intra to Inter 40.5 33.1 • Intra to Inter to Intra 9.9 6.8 • Other 5.8 5.9 Totals 100 100

  9. FINDINGS Structural resources - intrapersonal dialogue text, alternative texts, FirstClass conf, other Human resources - interpersonal dialogue tutor, outsider, peer 1st structural resource - interpersonal dialogue Telephone

  10. References • Gorsky, P. and Caspi, A. (2005). Dialogue: A theoretical framework for distance education instructional systems. British Journal of Educational Technology, 36(2), 137-144. 2. Gorsky, P., Caspi, A. and Chajut, E. (2007). Instructional dialogue: Toward a unified theory of instructional design in the cognitive domain. In R. Zheng and S. Pixy-Ferris (Eds.). Online Instructional Modeling: Theories and Practice. Hershey, PA: Idea Group, Inc. (in press). 3. Gorsky, P., Caspi, A. and Trumper, R. (2004). Dialogue in a distance education physics course. Open Learning, 19(3), 265-277. 4. Gorsky, P., Caspi, A., and Trumper, R. (2006). Campus-based university students’ use of dialogue. Studies in Higher Education, 31(1), 71-87. 5. Gorsky, P., Caspi, A. and Tuvi-Arad I. (2004). Use of instructional dialogue by university students in a distance education chemistry course. Journal of Distance Education, 19(1), 1-19. • Caspi, A. and Gorsky, P. (2006). Open university students use of dialogue. Studies in Higher Education, 31(6), 735-752. 7. Gorsky, P., Caspi, A. and Smidt, S. (2007). The dialogic behavior of Open University students in a difficult physics course. Journal of Distance Education, 22(1), (in press).

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