Head of Gold, Feet of Clay: The Online Learning Paradox

dc.creator	Michael Power
dc.creator	Anthony Gould-Morven
dc.date	2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:12:45Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:12:45Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d95a6b489b9d48eea4a7b408b8a65e5a
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15491
dc.description	Although online learning (OL) is becoming widely accessible and is often viewed as cutting-edge, the actual number of regular faculty participating in this form of teaching remains small. Moreover, OL, despite its growing recognition, is often associated with high rates of student dissatisfaction and isolation, withdrawal, and attrition. Furthermore, although administrators typically champion support of OL, they often seem unable or unwilling to marshal the necessary financial, human, and technological resources to produce high-quality course materials and to effect efficient course delivery. In short, online learning seems paradoxically to be both booming and busting simultaneously. It is expanding supply yet hitting similar obstacles that distance education encountered generations earlier. Under these circumstances, OL is unlikely to become mainstream without a major redirection. This article applies economic principles and concepts to OL. The revised conceptualization posits that an understanding of stakeholder priorities is the key to improved online course design and delivery.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/916/1739
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 12, Iss 2 (2011)
dc.subject	Online learning
dc.subject	core faculty
dc.subject	obstacles
dc.subject	push and pull
dc.subject	blended online learning design
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Head of Gold, Feet of Clay: The Online Learning Paradox
dc.type	article