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Learning from the online learners
Author(s) -
Mishra Sanjaya
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00489.x
Subject(s) - distance education , library science , open university , citation , new delhi , online learning , sociology , media studies , world wide web , computer science , history , pedagogy , metropolitan area , archaeology
Mishra (2001) describes online learning as the new generation in the evolutionary growth of open, flexible, and distance learning. Bates (1991) remarked that it is a challenge for educators to harness the Internet effectively and provide a fulfilling educational experience to the learners. The key to promote improved learning with the web is to consider its effective exploitation in the teaching and learning situations. Mishra (2002) suggested an eclectic design framework for online learning environment to exploit the best of the three schools of thoughts in instructional design (eg, behaviourism, cognitive psychology, and constructivism) to match the technological capabilities of the web. The design framework has been used in developing the online learning environment for a six-month postgraduate certificate programme in Management of Displacement, Resettlement, and Rehabilitation (PGCMRR) offered at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), India. This paper reports on the feedback study undertaken to learn from the experiences of the users of the online learning environment.