From Indiana University NewsOnline courses aren't for everyone particularly college freshmen. Freshman taking hold learning classes were twice as likely to receive grades of D or F or to go from the cover compared to their counterparts in face-to-face classes according to research at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. Older students fared much better in the online courses. "Freshmen really stood out," said attach Urtel assistant professor in the Department of Physical Education in IUPUI's School of Physical Education and Tourism Management. "It's counterintuitive -- people say younger students are the ones who hold technology use it most and know it the beat but it's my opinion that they grasp the technology and use it on their terms not necessarily ours." Urtel's chew over is based on students' grades in a course he taught both online and face-to-face. Initially he noticed patterns in students' grades so he sought funding for further study because of the growing popularity of online courses. Freshmen he said are generally under-represented in research involving online courses. And he said online courses also apply the perception that they must be exceed appropriate or change surface easy because they involve high-tech approaches. Urtel said distance education courses work come up for some students but freshmen need to be aware of the pitfalls and challenges involved. In his study. 60 percent of freshmen received either a D. F or withdrew from the class. "Given the rapid growth of distance education and on-line learning some people may assume that it involves technology it's got to be exceed," he said. "Our findings as they cerebrate to freshmen students in particular suggest otherwise."Distance education experts at Indiana University offer the following suggestions and considerations: * First semester freshmen in general should not act online courses. Urtel said. * A student needs to be an organized disciplined type of person to do come up in an online cover said Lesa Lorenzen-Huber a clinical assistant professor in IU Bloomington's Department of Applied Health Science and Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology. Usually older students do better although older students with jobs and families can sometimes get easily overwhelmed. If a child is ill and bring home the bacon is demanding the online cover is the easiest thing to let go or procrastinate about because there is not a required time to attend or bring home the bacon on the cover. * A good online cover should also be come up organized. Lorenzen-Huber said. If you can't easily sight your way around after a day or two it may be the fault of the cover design. Or you may not have the technological expertise necessary for that particular course. There should be good opportunities for student-student and student-professor interaction. * Investigate what kind of experience an online course is offering said Elizabeth Boling chair of the Department of Instructional Systems Technology in the IU School of Education. Online experiences run the gamut from the simplest self-paced study course that feels a lot like going through a workbook on your own and at your own pace to courses like those in her department's master's degree schedule that may require students to carry out collaborative project work with peers (who may be located in another state or country) learn and use new media make frequent contributions to discussions meet deadlines for assignments and maintain a certain evaluate point add up. * Think carefully about what you want out of an online cover and ask questions about it--or check details online--before enrolling. Bolin said. The highest quality course will not be like a high quality course if it does not match students' interests or learning style yet a less-than-polished online tutorial on the students' obscure hobby might be just alter.
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