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The Student in Online Courses

The Student in Online Courses. Charles D. Dziuban Patsy D. Moskal University of Central Florida. Resources. Personality Emotional maturity Sophistication level Level of intellect Educational level Character development. Student outcome domains in blended learning. Student outcomes.

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The Student in Online Courses

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  1. The Student in Online Courses Charles D. Dziuban Patsy D. Moskal University of Central Florida

  2. Resources • Personality • Emotional maturity • Sophistication level • Level of intellect • Educational level • Character development

  3. Student outcome domains in blended learning Student outcomes Cognitive Affective Behavioral Reactive behavior patterns

  4. Matures (prior to 1946) Dedicated to a job they take on Respectful of authority Place duty before pleasure Baby boomers (1946-1964) Live to work Generally optimistic Have influenced policy & products Some characteristics of the generations • Generation X (1965-1980) • Work to live • Clear & consistent expectations • Value contributing to the whole • Millennials (1981-1994) • Live in the moment • Expect immediacy of technology • Question everything

  5. Technology is anything inventedafter you were born* Boomers Gen - Xers Millennials • TV • Mainframes • PLATO • Telephones • Party lines • LPs • Video games • PCs • Commands • E-mail • Mailing lists • Cassettes • The Web • Mobile devices • KWM • interface • IM, blogs • Virtual • communities • CDs, MP3s * Alan Kay

  6. Rising expectations • The rising expectations of technology-literate students are difficult to meet • Service expectations • Amazon.com and Google are their models • They expect self-service,immediacy, and the abilityto customize • Engaging learning experiences • Satisfaction levels decreasingwith each successive generation

  7. Goal oriented Positive attitudes Collaborative style Multitasking Technologically savvy Learn by tinkering Millennials: the up side ―Raines, 2002

  8. Weak critical thinking skills Naïve beliefs regarding intellectual property and the authenticity of information found on the Internet Question everything High expectation levels / low satisfaction levels Technology preferences have no institutional context (IM, wikis, blogs, social networking sites) Millennials: the down side – Prensky, 2003

  9. The generations in blended courses (N=18,732)

  10. Online student academic course level by generation Lower Undergrad Upper Undergrad Graduate Percent N=99 N=206 N=182

  11. Changed approach to learning by generation (N=491)

  12. Web definitely made interaction easier (N=491)

  13. College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) English scores 953 782 548 n= 1,268 n= 8,861 n= 6,164

  14. College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) Math scores 928 721 505 n= 1,266 n= 8,860 n= 6,163

  15. Upper undergraduate success rate n=447 n=4,330 n=2,172

  16. Students very satisfied with blended learning by generation (N=491)

  17. Students’ positive perceptions about blended learning • Convenience • Reduced logistic demands • Increased learning flexibility • Technology-enhanced learning Reduced Opportunity Costs for Education

  18. Students’ less positive perceptions about blended learning • Reduced face-to-face time • Technology problems • Reduced instructor assistance • Increased workload Increased Opportunity Costs for Education

  19. Faculty assessment at UCF • Paul Goldwater, Accounting • Aaron Liberman, Health Professions • Steve Lytle, Health Professions • Ran Pyle, Legal Studies

  20. Assessment resources available • http://www.aahe.org/assessment/principl.htm 9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning – AAHE • http://www.educause.edu/books/educatingthenetgen/5989 Educating the Net Generation, by Oblinger & Oblinger • http://www.gentrends.com Center for Generational Studies • http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/tresources/assessment.htm UCF’s Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning site on assessment • http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/Assessment.htm TLT Group resources on assessment

  21. Why do research on assessment? • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning • Publications • Presentation • Awards http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/sotl/

  22. UCF’s Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness For more information contact: Dr. Chuck Dziuban (407) 823-5478 dziuban@mail.ucf.edu Dr. Patsy Moskal (407) 823-0283 pdmoskal@mail.ucf.edu http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~rite

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