ELECTRONIFYING ORAL COMMUNICATION: REFINING THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ONLINE INSTRUCTION.
This essay examines three issues that emerge from the literature on computer-mediated instruction and from the experience of teaching online oral communication courses: (1) To what extent can online courses realize economies of scale to reduce cost and increase enrollment? (2) What productive potent...
| Publicado en: | College Student Journal Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 37 - 50 |
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Project Innovation Austin LLC
Mar2007
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| Sumario: | This essay examines three issues that emerge from the literature on computer-mediated instruction and from the experience of teaching online oral communication courses: (1) To what extent can online courses realize economies of scale to reduce cost and increase enrollment? (2) What productive potential does tracking and monitoring online communication hold? (3) How does online instruction affect the relationship between information quantity and educational quality? The author suggests that future discussions depart from treating online environments as ways to increase the quantity of instruction and instead address methods that can improve the quality of communication, information management, and instructional techniques. |
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