Some suggestions to adult learners about distance education during Covid-19 period
- The learner populations are more diverse in online education.
- Learners’ familiarities with the use of computers vary significantly in online education.
- The traditional interaction of instructor, learner, and content is more complicated with the introduction of technology, software, and, communication complicated the online education.
- Learning and teaching methods in online education differ from traditional learning and teaching methods.
- The outcomes of quality of online instruction through the use of tools vary depending on content, software, instructor, learner, tools and infrastructure.
- Interacting styles in online education are different from traditional education.
- Online education might become more complex because of technology, software, and interaction.
- Online education includes progress tracking, board, navigation tools, scheduled tasks, and contents searches.
- Online education is more flexible.
- Some of the characteristic features of online education are as follows:
- threaded messages
- Online assignments and online discussions.
- Online community building
- Detailed online syllabus
- Interactive content
- The flexibility in submitting assignments and the ability to learn from office or home promotes adult education.
- Online education provides adult learners with a sense of connection and commitment to the community and society.
- The experience of learner and course level make big difference in online education.
- Learning anxiety and frustration, sometimes, provide unexpected situations for adult learners.
- Feedback is the one of the most important components in online education.
