Learners Profile for DE
Date Submitted: 05/17/2003 20:51:04
Learner Profile
The impact of Distance Education on the process of learning defines not only distinct roles for the instructor, the instruction and the technology involved but also the role of the distance learner who faces a change from the traditional learning environment to a new setting. The learner is face with new challenges of anticipation, distress and the need to balance the responsibilities of the forthcoming tasks with the conditionings of work, family or
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characteristics, learning styles or life factors, combined with their drive for professional development may be determining factors in attaining their educational goals.
REFERENCES
Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S. (2000) Teaching and learning at a
distance: Foundations of distance education. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
Thompson, Melody M. 1998. "Distance Learners in Higher Education." In Chere Campbell
Gibson, ed., Distance Learners in Higher Education: Institutional Responses for Quality
Outcomes. Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing, pp. 10-18.
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