In fact, the farther away the learner is from the educator, or source of instruction, the more responsibility is conferred upon the learner to take ownership of the educational process . And there are many more as well. This transformation can take place in many ways, depending on the learning objectives and the criteria used to measure performance in any of these objectives. The students become the experts in their field. In the online learning environment, students have a variety of methods to contact each other as well as the instructor, to ask questions or to add to the fund of knowledge.
Performance is accomplished and assessed.
Remediation, if necessary, takes place. All of this forms the basis for a type of apprenticeship in which the instructor becomes, appropriately, a mentor. It's a win-win situation that produces students with powerful metacognitive skills that the professional and business worlds are desperately seeking. And with that, let's move on to our next discussion, next in line on the schedule. Exit to previous page, or to main menu .