True Learning

One thing I forgot to ask about in the UHI How You Learn survey was about tutor feedback to discussion posts, assignments and email queries.
If I was to do the survey again, the question would be something like this:
What kind of feedback would learners like from their tutors and how quickly would they like to [...]

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About 20% of the survey respondents who agreed to a follow up interview have completed the email interview I sent out. A few more have said that they will complete it when the exams and final assessments are over at the end of May.
To state the obvious: I have found email interviewing to be different [...]

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The criteria I could use to identify excellent online learners could be based on the findings in the literature. For example, Porter (1997) states that one of the 4 elements for Internet-based course success is dedicated, highly motivated learners who have the following qualities:
• Persistence
• Responsibility for own learning
• Autonomous
• Ability to pace self
Porter suggests [...]

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What I would really like to do is interview those people who are excellent at learning online and identify the essential patterns (beliefs, values, behaviours) they show that make them excellent at what they do.
From this I could put together a model that could be used to help all online learners to learn more effectively [...]

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