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Adult Learning and the Emotional Self in Virtual Online Contexts
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Smith, Regina O. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
The online environment represents one of the fastest growing contexts for adult learning. The first online programs resembled electronic versions of old correspondence study programs. As problems of low motivation, alienation, dissatisfaction, and attrition within these programs mounted, practitioners and scholars recommended more emphasis on…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Adult Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning