Barriers and Challenges to Serving to Serving Non-Traditional Students in E-Learning Environments

Authors

Michael T. Miller, San Jose State UniversityFollow
Mei-Yan Lu, San Jose State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2002

First Page

2

Last Page

17

Keywords

Distance education, Online courses, Student evaluation

Abstract

Online teaching in higher education has become increasingly common, particularly as colleges and universities attempt to serve surging enrollments in some areas and as they look to expand their offerings in other markets. A primary consumer of these courses is the nontraditional student. Because these nontraditional students have unique learning needs that must be addressed in the online classroom, this study sought to identify the barriers to success nontraditional students face in the online learning environment and the strategies teachers can use to assist these students. Assessment strategies for nontraditional students are also studied.

Comments

Published as ERIC Document ED468117. http://eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED468117.pdf

Recommended Citation

Michael T. Miller and Mei-Yan Lu. "Barriers and Challenges to Serving to Serving Non-Traditional Students in E-Learning Environments" Faculty Publications (2002): 2-17.