Assessing Student Needs in Web-Based Distance Education

@article{citeulike:143174, abstract = {Over the past decade, distance education programs have developed at an extraordinary rate. Web-based distance education has emerged in higher education as a means for providing a variety of educational opportunities to a diverse community of individuals. As the number of participants continues to increase, so to does the importance of providing effective instruction that focuses on the needs of learners. Successful distance education is believed to revolve around a learner-centered system of instruction designed to meet the needs of individual learners. The first step in developing a learner-centered system of web-based instruction is to determine the needs of students. Assessing student needs provides instructors with information necessary to select appropriate technology and instructional strategies to develop an online learning environment that is appropriate, responsive, and beneficial for both the learners and the instructor. The goal of this paper is to provide direction for evaluating student needs in web-based distance education courses by identifying necessary assessment areas and outlining a process for assessing student needs.}, author = {Dupin-Bryant, Pamela A. and Ducharme-Hansen, Barbara A. }, citeulike-article-id = {143174}, journal = {International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning}, keywords = {assessment, computer, distance, education, e-learning, electronic, learner-centered, needs, online, outcomes, process, resources, skills, student, styles, web-based}, month = {January}, number = {1}, posted-at = {2005-03-30 23:11:44}, priority = {3}, title = {Assessing Student Needs in Web-Based Distance Education}, url = {http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jan\_05/article04.htm}, volume = {2}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:143174 L3 - citeulike-article-id:143174 TI - Assessing Student Needs in Web-Based Distance Education JF - International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning VL - 2 IS - 1 N2 - Over the past decade, distance education programs have developed at an extraordinary rate. Web-based distance education has emerged in higher education as a means for providing a variety of educational opportunities to a diverse community of individuals. As the number of participants continues to increase, so to does the importance of providing effective instruction that focuses on the needs of learners. Successful distance education is believed to revolve around a learner-centered system of instruction designed to meet the needs of individual learners. The first step in developing a learner-centered system of web-based instruction is to determine the needs of students. Assessing student needs provides instructors with information necessary to select appropriate technology and instructional strategies to develop an online learning environment that is appropriate, responsive, and beneficial for both the learners and the instructor. The goal of this paper is to provide direction for evaluating student needs in web-based distance education courses by identifying necessary assessment areas and outlining a process for assessing student needs. KW - assessment KW - computer KW - distance KW - education KW - e-learning KW - electronic KW - learner-centered KW - needs KW - online KW - outcomes KW - process KW - resources KW - skills KW - student KW - styles KW - web-based AU - Dupin-Bryant, Pamela AU - Ducharme-Hansen, Barbara PY - 2005/01// UR - http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jan_05/article04.htm ER -