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Real time, perceived time and time online : a review of student experiences of time over thirty years of distance and online education
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posted on 2005-01-01, 00:00 authored by Marie van der Klooster, Jo Coldwell-NeilsonJo Coldwell-NeilsonThis paper examines how students use and perceive time when studying in distance education modes and what affects this perception of time and the reality of time. We examine 30 years of student involvement on distance and online education, their comments on both their learning experiences, and the technology requirements of distance education/online learning. Our University has been involved in distance education since its formation in 1974. The online technologies offer increasingly sophisticated and immersive experiences for our students, both on campus and off campus, but many of our students continue to complain of time squeeze, and fail to predict the time it will take them to complete our subjects. We research how the technologies we use for online learning are contributing to this time squeeze perception and the student's "real" time to learn.
Research is drawn from both the Australian Bureau of Statistics and surveys of our students' experiences (we have 32,000 students online, with single online classes of over 1300 students), to examine student use and perceptions of their available time to study and how the technologies used in online learning affect this.
Research is drawn from both the Australian Bureau of Statistics and surveys of our students' experiences (we have 32,000 students online, with single online classes of over 1300 students), to examine student use and perceptions of their available time to study and how the technologies used in online learning affect this.
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3rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education Conference ProceedingsEvent
Hawaii International Conference on Education (3rd : 2005 : Honolulu, Hawaii)Pagination
1 - 14Publisher
Hawaii International Conference on EducationLocation
Honolulu, HawaiiPlace of publication
Honolulu, T.H.Start date
2005-01-04End date
2005-01-07ISSN
1541-5880Language
engNotes
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