Online Higher and Adult Education in an Asynchronous Environment

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Ryan, M. (2003). Online Higher and Adult Education in an Asynchronous Environment. In A. Rossett (Ed.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (pp. 128-131). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2003
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2003
ISBN 1-880094-50-9
  Allison Rossett
AACE

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Author

Mark Ryan, School of Education, National University, USA

Abstract

Online higher and adult education values active out-of-class adult learning experience. Concepts of time and space are different for the online learner. In today's rapidly changing technological environment, online education appears to function best in an asynchronous format. A successful online program permits the learner both control and flexibility in pursuit of learning. Technology in and of itself does not produce enhanced academic growth or social development in the learner. Like any new technology, the Internet can either perpetuate poor curricular, methodological or assessment models in adult education or it can transform them. Following andragogical (i.e. learner-centered methods) tenets in implementing online education for the adult student should display a distinct power sharing collaborative course design. Correspondingly, facilitators and learners become participants in an educational process that is both active and reflective.

Keywords

• Adults
• Educational Technology

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