Friday, September 19, 2008

DLA Myth #1: Undergrads Can't Succeed Online


As a DL Admin guy or gal helping to strategically plan new DL programs, you may hear the same mantra that I do: "Online courses should really only be for graduate students." Yes, I know there have studies that shine favorably on the performance of online grad students over undergrads. Hey, but isn't the average grad student GPA higher than the average undergrad one? I know that it was for me. Undergrad student success in an online course is not just a function of maturity, but of the level of support available to the student. Spend a lot of time on orientations, easy-to-get support, and redundant emails (you can't tell them just once), and you're on your way to higher undergrad success. I also believe that once they have succeeded at one online course, the rest are far easier. I have an undergraduate daughter as well as several student assistants who take online courses. Their primary problem is usually just forgetfulness - they are taking five courses (not two or three like the grad student), and forget that the online quiz is due Friday at Noon. There are some great ways of addressing this, and I'll get into that on another day.

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