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This site exists as a repository for my evolving thoughts and quotations about transactional distance in online learning.
Friday, December 10, 2004
Possible categories/factors
Fear
Motivation
Mentorship
Convenience
Interactivity
Natural rhythms of semester
Feedback
Social Presence
Curiosity with technology
Cultural background
Hope
Demanding amount of course work
Busy work
Disappointment/frustration with workload
Desire to get good grades
Interest in course topic
Class size, group size
Combo of online and face to face
View as break
Compressed course (4 credits into 2)
Curricular choices of teacher
Negotiation by students
Flexibility of Rules of engagement
Ambivalence towards rules/conventions/expectations
Level of expectations
Projected expectations
Vision for future
Sacrifice/sympathy
Going extra mile
Peer feedback
Teacher feedback – immediate, timely, expectations
Significance of dialogue – content related, social related
Assigned tasks
Questions
Motivation
Mentorship
Convenience
Interactivity
Natural rhythms of semester
Feedback
Social Presence
Curiosity with technology
Cultural background
Hope
Demanding amount of course work
Busy work
Disappointment/frustration with workload
Desire to get good grades
Interest in course topic
Class size, group size
Combo of online and face to face
View as break
Compressed course (4 credits into 2)
Curricular choices of teacher
Negotiation by students
Flexibility of Rules of engagement
Ambivalence towards rules/conventions/expectations
Level of expectations
Projected expectations
Vision for future
Sacrifice/sympathy
Going extra mile
Peer feedback
Teacher feedback – immediate, timely, expectations
Significance of dialogue – content related, social related
Assigned tasks
Questions
