Adult Education
Profile of Successful Student
Successful Online Classes
Capital
So What?
100
18-25 year old
What is considered a traditional student?
100
Strong foundation in information technology literacy, specifically computer-mediated communication
What does a 21st century student need to possess?
100
Refers to forms throughout life that are called for by social and cultural change
What is Life Long Learning?
100
24 years old and older, taking courses at a college or university on a full or part-time basis, and has a competing set of roles
What is considered a non-traditional student?
100
- people are able to acquire skills and knowledge through their social networks - people are more likely to gain "affective capacities that increase the prospect of seeking personal transformation through education -Networks can create pressure from others to continue to learn
Why is social capital important to learning?
200
This population presents with varying age, prior experiences, and disciplines
What is a non-traditional student?
200
Email, discussion boards, blogs, google docs, chat rooms
What are formats for information technology in education?
200
Student involvement and participation in the course, cognitive engagement, and technology self-efficacy, student performance
What are measures of effectiveness?
200
A person whose goals may evolve and who realizes that additional training is required to achieve these goals
What is a life long learner?
200
Includes the kinds of advantages that a person might have, such as education, skills or knowledge, that could give that person a higher status in society
What is included in cultural capital?
300
Includes challenging students to significant kinds of learning, active forms of learning, having teachers that care, having teachers that interact well with students, provide a good system of feedback, assessment and grading
What is Fink's "good course"?
300
Purpose driven, with set goals, and with intrinsic vs extrinsic motivations
What is considered a successful student?
300
Cognitive, Social, and Teacher
What is the presence of the student, faculty, and community?
300
The value associated with a person's social network
What is social capital?
300
The importance of of economic capital and access that hinges on lifelong learning skills
What is important in capitalist and consumer society?
400
Managerial, developmental, tangible, and advocacy
What are the cultures in higher education?
400
The belief that the student is in control of their achievements or failures?
What is the locus of control?
400
Interaction with instructors
What increases perceived learning?
400
A person's collected cultural knowledge that confers that person's value and worth through perceived power or status
What is Cultural Capital?
400
A life event that triggers a disorienting dilemma, but educators believe can take place in an educational setting
What is a transformative learning experience?
500
Evaluation, Synthesis, Analysis, Application, Comprehension, and Knowledge
What is the goal for students and life long learning?
500
Exemplified by good organization with good time management, will ask for assistance, and enjoy being in control of their academic experience
What is deep learning characterized by?
500
-Increasing time for delivery of the course -Creating a sense of online community -Encouraging students to become online learners
What are three major challenges for the designer of an online course?
500
Associated with monetary or exchange value, and often times, can be earned through manipulation of multiple sources
What is Economic Capital?
500
An individual's perception of who they are and this perception can change and evolve through time and with new experiences
What is self-concept?
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