| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Degefa, Demoze | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-02T11:41:57Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-02T11:41:57Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-09 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2642 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Online education has become the order of the day for delivering higher education by transcending
temporal and spatial barriers. Despite its appropriateness in reaching distance learners, there are
still issues in relation to the effectiveness of online education in developing the competence of
adult learners. This paper makes a review of the literature in the area with aim of informing
actors the possibilities whereby online education may fail to deliver its promise. Seen from a
pedagogical point of view, the paper concludes that although online education is successful in
addressing the physical distance between learners and instructors and among learners themselves,
there is evidence that it has not been successful in breaking the psychological and social distance
among participants. It is suggested that initial and intermittent f2f contact is arranged for; cyber
literacy and related experiences of learners considered, and candid assessment of the leaning
needs of online learners be made before implementing online education. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY | en_US |
| dc.subject | Online education, E-Learning, distance education, open learning, Competence development, Virtual learning | en_US |
| dc.title | Online Education and Competence development: Why Online Education May not Provide for the Competence Development of Adult Learners? | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | The 1st Annual Open and Distance Education Seminar
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