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Insung Jung - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Distance Learner competencies: a three-phased empirical approach
    Educational Technology Research and Development, 2011
    Co-Authors: Seongyoun Hong, Insung Jung
    Abstract:

    This study identifies a set of competencies displayed in the successful Distance Learner. It employed a three-phased approach. Phase I, conducted to develop an initial list of competencies, comprised Behavioral Event Interviews with nine successful Distance Learners. In Phase II, these competencies were reviewed, elaborated and categorized by seven Distance education experts by means of semi-structured interviews. A list of 15 competencies in 5 clusters was then developed and in Phase III, these competencies and clusters were verified quantitatively by surveying 197 successful Distance Learners. The results reveal that all of these 15 competencies are critically important to, and commonly displayed by, successful Distance Learners and that of these, management skills is the most important. The findings and their implications are examined and the paper concludes with suggestions for further research into Learner competencies.

Anthony E Mellinger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • factors underlying Distance Learner satisfaction with televised college level courses
    American Journal of Distance Education, 1994
    Co-Authors: Paul M Biner, Raymond S Dean, Anthony E Mellinger
    Abstract:

    Abstract Two investigations were conducted to identify the major dimensions of Distance Learner satisfaction with live‐broadcast, interactive (one‐way video, two‐way audio) televised college‐level courses. In the first study, factor analyses were used to explore the responses of 201 currently enrolled students to the Telecourse Evaluation Questionnaire. The analyses identified seven distinct dimensions of course satisfaction. A comparable study was conducted one year later using a different sample of 177 Distance Learners who were also enrolled in the televised courses. A factor analysis of these data validated the original results in that, as predicted, seven comparable dimensions were identified. Overall results are discussed in terms of the practical benefits the research offers to both program personnel and evaluation researchers.