Setting the Stage for Success in an Online Learning Environment

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Author(s): Maria Orlando (Lindenwood University, USA)and Linda Howard (Nerinx Hall High School, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 9
Source title: Emerging Self-Directed Learning Strategies in the Digital Age
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Frank G. Giuseffi (Lindenwood University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3465-5.ch001

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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Online learning in higher education has become increasingly popular because of the convenience and flexibility that it provides. Self-regulated learning, which requires students to plan, monitor, and assess their own learning, has been recognized as a key predictor of academic achievement and motivation in student learning. Few students, however, naturally do this. In order to guide students to become self-regulated learners and for these experiences to be successful for both the students and the instructor, instructors should use pedagogical strategies that differ slightly from those they have used in traditional classrooms. The purpose of this chapter is two-fold: to identify some of the challenges presented to students in an online learning environment and to give an overview of some possible solutions that an instructor can implement in order to address those challenges and give students tools to help them to become self-regulated learners.

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