ERIC Number: EJ1023958
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
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Tentatively Exploring the Learning Potentialities of Postgraduate Distance Learners' Interactions with Other People in Their Life Contexts
Watson, Sharon
Distance Education, v34 n2 p175-188 2013
Despite much discussion about the various modes of interaction that are possible within distance education, little attention has been paid to the interactions that occur between distance learners and other people in their life contexts about the academic content of their studies. This paper presents some preliminary findings from a study exploring this topic through the eyes of distance learners enrolled in Australian postgraduate coursework programs. It includes a categorisation of these interactions and the forms of learning they produce as well as a discussion of the potential implications for distance education theory and design.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Graduate Students, Interpersonal Relationship, Adult Students, Phenomenology, Semi Structured Interviews, Context Effect, Interpersonal Communication, Feedback (Response), Hermeneutics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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