Surviving the shipwreck : what makes online students stay online and learn?

dc.contributor.authorCronje, Johannes Christoffel
dc.contributor.authorAdendorff, Debra Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorMeyer, Salome M.
dc.contributor.authorVan Ryneveld, Linda
dc.contributor.emailjohannes.cronje@up.ac.zaen
dc.date.accessioned2007-04-16T09:45:00Z
dc.date.available2007-04-16T09:45:00Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractAlthough much is written about reasons why students drop out of online courses, little is said about what makes them stay. This article reports on an experiment whereby online students were exposed to a learning experience modelled on the US television series Survivor. Twenty-four students were put into tribes and allowed to vote one another off the island at the end of each week. Students who were voted out of their tribes, were still on the course, but could no longer rely on the support of their peers. The course had a very high dropout rate, and students reported that the experience was extremely stressful. Yet there were fifteen students who completed the whole course. The question is why? This article identifies and discusses three aspects that contributed to the success of those who completed: The game metaphor, the roles and competencies of the facilitator, and the affective dimensions of peer support in a non-contact environment.en
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dc.identifier.citationCronjé, JC, Adendorff, DE, Meyer, SM & Van Ryneveld L 2006, 'Surviving the shipwreck: what makes online students stay online and learn?', Educational Technology & Society, vol. 9, issue 4, pp. 185-193. [http://www.ifets.info/]en
dc.identifier.issn1436-4522
dc.identifier.issn1176-3647
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/2245
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInternational Forum of Educational Technology & Societyen
dc.rightsInternational Forum of Educational Technology & Societyen
dc.subjectOnline learningen
dc.subjectPeer supporten
dc.subjectGamesen
dc.subjectMetaphoren
dc.subjectFacilitatoren
dc.titleSurviving the shipwreck : what makes online students stay online and learn?en
dc.typeArticleen

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