Are the Concepts “Onsite Study” and “Distance Study” Outdated?
Today’s students demand another approach to learning than the approach taken for students entering the school system 20 to 30 years ago. Modern students’ expectations and demands with regard to how and when they want to study are not the same as they used to be. Students now want more independence i...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a8d22a3f832c4c8d8587b924fb708c48 2023-05-15T16:50:42+02:00 Are the Concepts “Onsite Study” and “Distance Study” Outdated? Ingibjörg B. Frímannsdóttir 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/a8d22a3f832c4c8d8587b924fb708c48 EN eng Mustafa Özmusul http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/66685 https://doaj.org/toc/2602-3997 2602-3997 https://doaj.org/article/a8d22a3f832c4c8d8587b924fb708c48 Education Reform Journal, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2015) : Onsite and distance learning onsite and distance education changes in teaching Special aspects of education LC8-6691 article 2015 ftdoajarticles 2023-02-19T01:39:49Z Today’s students demand another approach to learning than the approach taken for students entering the school system 20 to 30 years ago. Modern students’ expectations and demands with regard to how and when they want to study are not the same as they used to be. Students now want more independence in how they plan their study, including having the ability to take distance courses, receive material and information posted online and take advantage of the potential of today’s technology. A growing interest in distance learning is one part of this development. Concepts like “onsite” and “distance” study and students have been used, but with a large – and growing – part of the course material being available online for both onsite and distance students, the barriers between these two groups have been minimized. The question is: are these concepts outdated, and is it necessary to make a distinction between onsite and distance study and students? Research was done within the course Spoken and written language at the University of Iceland in the year 2012 to discover whether it is possible to combine onsite and distance courses into one, throw away the old concepts and use only “study” and “students”. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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Today’s students demand another approach to learning than the approach taken for students entering the school system 20 to 30 years ago. Modern students’ expectations and demands with regard to how and when they want to study are not the same as they used to be. Students now want more independence in how they plan their study, including having the ability to take distance courses, receive material and information posted online and take advantage of the potential of today’s technology. A growing interest in distance learning is one part of this development. Concepts like “onsite” and “distance” study and students have been used, but with a large – and growing – part of the course material being available online for both onsite and distance students, the barriers between these two groups have been minimized. The question is: are these concepts outdated, and is it necessary to make a distinction between onsite and distance study and students? Research was done within the course Spoken and written language at the University of Iceland in the year 2012 to discover whether it is possible to combine onsite and distance courses into one, throw away the old concepts and use only “study” and “students”. |
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Are the Concepts “Onsite Study” and “Distance Study” Outdated? |
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Are the Concepts “Onsite Study” and “Distance Study” Outdated? |
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Are the Concepts “Onsite Study” and “Distance Study” Outdated? |
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Mustafa Özmusul |
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