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Coral!Mason" November!1,!2009!

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Topic:!Distance"Education! !

Working!Thesis:!Distance"college"education"programs"will"equalize"learning"opportunities"by"allowing"students"increased"

flexibility,"heightened"accessibility"and"variety,"and"decreased"cost.!

" I.!!Citation:""

Cook,"M.,"Dickerson,"D."L.,"Annetta,"L."A.,"&"Minogue,"J."(2011)."InKservice"teachers’"perceptions"of"online"learning"

environments."Quarterly!Review!Of!Distance!Education,"12(2),"73K79."Retrieved"from"http://www.infoagepub.com/"

II.!!Summary:"In!one!sentence,!summarize!the!article!topic!and!findings." Cook,"Dickerson,"Annetta,"and"Minogue"(2011)"research"focused"on"finding"“which"form"of"communication"is"most"effect"

for"use"in"blending"learning"environments…”""(p.74),"and"researchers"found"that"students"in"this"setting"preferred"text"chats"

(Cook,"et."al,"2011"p."78)"K"which"surprised"them,"and"me."""

III.!!Evaluation:!What!interesting!information/data!(2N3)!will!help!you!support!your!argument?!!Follow!with!your!analysis!of!that!

information.!!Parenthetical!citations!required.!

1.""Research"shows"that"“text"chats"were"perceived"to"be"better"than"audio"conferences"and"discussion"boards…”"probably"

due"to"the"“social"interactions,"more"task"support,"increased"convergence"on"meaning,"and"increased"confidence"that"

someone"would"respond"to"ideas”"(Cook,"Dickerson,"Annetta,"and"Minogue,"2011,"p.78)."""

More"online"courses"should"include"text"chats"to"increase"the"learning"opportunities.""The"only"problem"is"that"this"

means"students"would"have"to"meet"online"at"a"particular"time,"which"is"what"many"online"students"are"trying"to"

avoid.""(I"could"even"use"this"information"in"the"counterKargument.)"

2.""Cook,"Dickerson,"Annetta,"and"Minogue"(2011)"asserted"that"discussion"forums"should"not"be"used"in"conjunction"with"

courses"that"also"meet"faceKtoKface"since"students"would"have"other"means"of"interaction"(p."79)."

Discussion"forums"do"have"their"place,"but"are"sometimes"used"too"often.""Hybrid"courses"should"use"the"online"

format"to"only"submit"assignments,"but"the"discussion"forums"would"end"up"being"redundant.""The"authors"seemed"

surprised"about"their"findings"–"that"adult"learners"would"choose"text"chat"as"their"preferred"methods"of"

communication"for"the"online"course;"previous"research"showed"that"audio"and"video"chatting"was"preferred"to"text"

chatting"(Cook,"Dickerson,"Annetta,"and"Minogue,"2011,"p."77)."The"preferred"methods"are"changing,"probably"

because"students"are"adapting."

3.""“Asynchronous"online"discussion"is"one"of"he"most"widely"used"instructional"activities"for"online"and"blended"learning"

environments"(Cook,"Dickerson,"Annetta,"and"Minogue,"2011,"p."74)."

Discussion"forums"are"popular"in"all"online"courses.""There"is"a"good"side"and"a"bad"side"of"discussion"forum.""

Students"get"as"much"out"of"an"activity"as"they"put"into"it.""If"the"student"posts"rubbish"responses,"they"won’t"learn"

much.""If"students"do"not"read"other"responses,"they"will"not"learn"other"viewpoints.""Students"who"choose"to"take"

an"online"class"have"to"put"a"little"more"effort"into"the"learning"process.""They"can’t"just"hear"a"response"from"

another"student,"like"they"would"in"a"regular"class.""They"would"actually"have"to"log"on,"find"the"post,"read"it,"and"

analyze"it,"which"takes"a"lot"more"effort.""The"college"and"teachers"should"not"be"chastised"for"using"the"discussion"

forum"(but"it"should"be"a"part"of"the"whole"educational"experience).""There"has"to"be"some"way"to"replace"the"faceK

toKface"discussion"that"would"take"place"in"the"classroom."""

Notice"the" quote,"then" reflection" about"the" info" page"numbers"to"cite""

Strong"reflection"on"source"information"–"will"be"used"in"the" essay"itself""(the"response"is"lengthy,"but"will"be"useful"in" the"rough"draft"process"–"a"good"portion"of"the"paper"is" already"written)"

Accurate"APA"citation,"including"proper"capitalization"and"publisher" website"(since"DOI"is"not"available)"

Use"an" applicable" quote"or" summary" from"the" article."""

Follow"the" source" information" with"your" detailed" analysis."

Use"proper" APA" parenthetical" citations" throughout"