Distance Learning: Step by Step

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On the other hand, some apparent changes to an online methodology allow instructor and students to:

• Use technology for more convenience (more flexible time schedule),

• Emphasize content and not be distracted by personal issues,

• Communicate more frequently through email and chat rooms,

• Receive team and individual progress reports via email and chats,

• Be free from a classroom-intensive schedule,

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• Use the lost classroom time to conduct more research and project work,

• Place more of a burden on the student to comprehend the material, and,

• Place a burden on the instructor to prepare a more structured course.

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For instance, there may be limited face-to-face contact. The learner can feel

more isolated. This step can succeed if a true learning community is built (Paloff & Pratt, 1999). To cre-

ate the learning community requires work on the part of the instructor and the students. Easy and fre-

quent communication must be an integral part of the system (Dringus, 2000; Hara & Kling, 1999; Leo-

nard & Guha, 2001).

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