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Interaction Online: A Reevaluation
Quarterly Review of Distance Education (2007)
  • John T. Battalio, Boise State University
Abstract

Instructors commonly assume that the successful online course must replicate its live counterpart by including a variety of interactions among student, instructor, and computer. Given the changing lifestyles prompted by an evolving Internet, an increasing student need for autonomy, and student learning styles, highly interactive courses may not necessarily be the best online approach. In this article, I review research dealing with interactive environments, present the results of my own interaction study, and propose an integrative approach for the use of interaction that sees it in light of the increasing integration of the Internet into students' daily lives.

Keywords
  • distance learning,
  • studies,
  • students,
  • social interaction,
  • RSS technology,
  • research and development--R&D,
  • education,
  • intelligent systems
Publication Date
January 1, 2007
Citation Information
John T. Battalio. "Interaction Online: A Reevaluation" Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 8 Iss. 4 (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_battalio/8/