Adults Contemplating University Study at a Distance: Issues, themes and concerns

This study identifies and explores a range of themes, issues and questions that commonly confront adults contemplating enrolment in university, and why they persist. The study focuses particularly on issues facing prospective adult distance education learners. From a range of interviews, six themes...

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Autores principales:	Jenny Bird, Chris Morgan
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2003
Materias:	students support adult learners fear motivation support from home academic preparedness Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:809bd1a4848d49cb867c74c7b88597312021-12-02T19:20:31ZAdults Contemplating University Study at a Distance: Issues, themes and concerns10.19173/irrodl.v4i1.1301492-3831https://doaj.org/article/809bd1a4848d49cb867c74c7b88597312003-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/130https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This study identifies and explores a range of themes, issues and questions that commonly confront adults contemplating enrolment in university, and why they persist. The study focuses particularly on issues facing prospective adult distance education learners. From a range of interviews, six themes were identified including fears, motivation, support from home, academic preparedness, suitability of programs, and identity change. It is argued that the more effective we become at information provision, guidance and preparation of adult pre-entry open and distance learners, the more likely students will experience a smooth transition to study, thus improving both student satisfaction and retention rates. Successful intervention with prospective distance education learners at this early point should aim to assist the process of informed decision making, which could result equally in an individual deciding not to pursue university study. The findings in this study should be particularly useful for those academics, course advisors, student counsellors, teachers in preparatory programs, and university information and support officers, and others who provide adult distance students, with pre-enrolment information and advice.Jenny BirdChris MorganAthabasca University Pressarticlestudents supportadult learnersfearmotivationsupport from homeacademic preparednessSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2003)
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description	This study identifies and explores a range of themes, issues and questions that commonly confront adults contemplating enrolment in university, and why they persist. The study focuses particularly on issues facing prospective adult distance education learners. From a range of interviews, six themes were identified including fears, motivation, support from home, academic preparedness, suitability of programs, and identity change. It is argued that the more effective we become at information provision, guidance and preparation of adult pre-entry open and distance learners, the more likely students will experience a smooth transition to study, thus improving both student satisfaction and retention rates. Successful intervention with prospective distance education learners at this early point should aim to assist the process of informed decision making, which could result equally in an individual deciding not to pursue university study. The findings in this study should be particularly useful for those academics, course advisors, student counsellors, teachers in preparatory programs, and university information and support officers, and others who provide adult distance students, with pre-enrolment information and advice.
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Adults Contemplating University Study at a Distance: Issues, themes and concerns

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