details
Title |
Learning and communicating in virtual seminars and lectures |
---|---|
Author | Paechter, Manuela |
Source | Tertium comparationis 6 (2000) 1, S. 63-76 |
Document | full text (392 KB) |
License of the document | In copyright |
Keywords (German) | Empirische Untersuchung; Methode; Kommunikation; Selbstständiges Lernen; Lehre; Hochschulunterricht; Lehrveranstaltung; Seminar; Hochschule; Fernstudium; Internet; Tutor; Deutschland |
sub-discipline | General Educational Science Media Education |
Document type | Article (journal) |
ISSN | 0947-9732; 1434-1697; 09479732; 14341697 |
Language | English |
Year of creation | 2000 |
review status | Peer-Reviewed |
Abstract (English): | The main concepts of instruction in the virtual university, virtual seminars and virtual lectures, are explained and illustrated by examples. Then, based on a model of instruction two important aspects and often obstacles to successful learning on the net are investigated more closely: communication and self-regulation of learning. The former aspect mainly refers to the concept of social presence, i.e. the extent to which a personal interaction with the communication partners is possible. Text- based communication which is predominant in internet instruction allows only a low degree of social presence, a rather anonymous interaction in which visual or auditory information as gesture or speech cannot be transmitted. Such a kind of communication poses severe obstacles to the learners' satisfaction with the whole learning setting as a survey in a virtual seminar could show. Another important aspect in virtual instruction are the high demands on learners' abilities to self-regulate their learning processes. They do not only have to determine when and where to learn but also how to process the learning material. Yet a survey in a virtual seminar showed that the possibility to decide on one's own learning processes is highly valued by students. (DIPF/orig.) |
other articles of this journal | Tertium comparationis Jahr: 2000 |
Statistics | Number of document requests |
Checksums | checksum comparison as proof of integrity |
Date of publication | 16.12.2011 |
Citation | Paechter, Manuela: Learning and communicating in virtual seminars and lectures - In: Tertium comparationis 6 (2000) 1, S. 63-76 - URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-opus-28969 - DOI: 10.25656/01:2896 |