Group+G+Characteristics


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Tracy Guild Howard Huth Paul Murphy**

online learners top 5
 * 1) **Too busy to spend time going to and from class sites** (PSOL, demographics) [] Online courses have been my choice for 6 years now, and not having to drive to and from campuses such as going from my home in San Clemente to CSU Fullerton saves a lot of time.
 * 2) **Schedule is intense and requires flexibility of online content - usually employed **(PSOL, demographics) [] From personal experience, there have been many times that I wasn't able to enroll in a desired course, because it met in person at the same I was working or had other commitments.
 * 3) **Ability to learn without F2F social interaction** Many college and university Web sites have questionnaires that look at this and other factors that determine whether a student is a candidate for online learning.
 * 4) **Ability to take the needed time to review material without the usual hurried up pace of classroom lectures/ o **pportunity to review materials more than once ** Not that I've never nodded off in class, especially in the afternoon. I've watched online videos multiple times, picking up more information each time. **
 * 5) **Comfortable with technology (internet, im, text, email, online game platforms) (I think less connectivity may be something that discourages students from taking online classes)** I saw both the success and difficulties of technology usage in the approximately 20 online courses I've taken. The MLIS program I was in has added a 1-unit required technology course to address technology skills now that the program is 100% online.

online instructors top 5
 * 1) **Ability to update course materials more quickly --** Smith, p. 15. Once a course is up and running only updates need to be made. Convenient for instructor to expand into new courses or own projects**.**
 * 2) **Online classes minimize discrimination & prejudice** -- I've seen in-person sessions where some students try to use their ethnicity or race to claim they are being treated unfairly **http://www.cdlponline.org/indexncfm?fuseaction=whatis&pg=8**
 * 3) **Ability to teach at geographically separated institutions/** opportunity for larger enrollment/**Global and statewide enrollment is a potential result of effective online courses - **-- I've seen it with community college instructors; and in my MLIS I had professors from Florida, Virginia, and New Jersey, as well as San Jose, and some that taught at community colleges at the same time as SJSU **  -- students can attend from anywhere in the world -- there have been times when I've attended Saddleback, Irvine Valley, and Coastline the same semester . **
 * 4) **Lack training for teaching online, __[]__  **
 * 5) **Improves with online experience (seeking solutions to adapting material to online format) (Smith, chapter 1)**


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The 5 Key Characteristics of Students Who Take and Instructors Who Teach Online Courses

Step One: Begin by listing those characteristics you each individually find to be key. Step Two: Come to agreement on which 5 you feel as a group are most important to understand as yu consider developing an online curriculum. Step Three: Annotate the list with references, additional informational sites, education statitics, etc.


 * This assignment due by 11:55 on Sunday.**