Effectiveness of Online Courses

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The following article is a study on the effectiveness of online courses and their effectiveness in both teacher-guided assistance and non-guided learning. The author stated the problem of online learning for students, as being the distractions of the internet itself; online shopping, gaming and social networking. While two advantages of online learning includes the convenience of studying at a place of choice and independent work, students are challenged in staying focused or being disciplined enough to continue or even complete their course of studies. The author supposes the design of teaching methods and learning activities would prove vital in online students’ success. The author further states online learning (E-learning) aids in self-regulated learning (SRL), and is thought to be a way to assist learners individually. Self-regulated learning is defined by the author as “the efforts put forth by students to control and monitor their motivation, concentration, and affective aspect to protect their goals.” Studies show that teachers’ feedback plays a critical role in students’ controlling their learning and becoming self-regulated learning.
The object/goal of online courses is for students to learn independently in the virtual environment without the “on-the-spot” help of the teacher. The indications are that involvement is a powerful means in the improvement in most of the aspects of undergraduates’ cognitive and affective development. In theory, the author believes online pedagogy would address the problem of students retreating to self-gratifying internet sites where they spend a great deal of time shopping online, chatting on social networks and playing online games. The author states (paraphrasing) “Until now, little at...

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...m based school with some online classes, I made a decision to continue my studies online. The teachers design and interaction meets my level of understanding and when I’m not sure of an assignment, I simply contact them via e-mail. I feel the author did a great job in addressing his chosen topic-showing both the strengths and the weaknesses of his study. His final suggestion to teachers is to, “fully reconsider their students’ specific needs and redesign their online courses and learning activities to involve their students…help them benefit from the online learning environment.”

Works Cited

Chia-Wen, T. (2013). How to involve students in an online course: a redesigned online pedagogy of collaborative learning and self-regulated learning. International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jdet.2013070104.

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