国际学生对在线课堂学习支持的需求.pdfVIP

第16卷 第2期 开放教育研究 Vol郾16,No郾2 2010年4 月 OpenEducationResearch Apr郾2010 UnderstandingtheSupportNeedsofInternational StudentsinOnlineLearning MinjuanWang,MartinJimenez,AmyRauen RichardDysinger (DepartmentofEducationalTechnology,SanDiegoStateUniversity,U郾S郾A郾 ) Abstract:This study addresses learning support needs of non鄄native English speakers in online classes offeredatalargepublicuniversityintheU郾S郾 Buildingonpreviousstudiesonculturaldifferences,this studyaimstogetabetterunderstandingofthechallenges (linguistic,cultural,andsocial) theselearners mightfacewhenstudyinginonlinedegreeprograms郾 Thisstudyrevealsthepresenceofcertainchallengesin the onlinemaster爷sprogram,andsuggestswaysforimprovement郾 For instance,instructorsshouldpursue alternativemeansforpresenting,understanding,andassessingstudentacquisitionofknowledgeandskills郾 Keywords:non鄄nativeEnglishstudents;culturedifference;onlinelearning 揖CLCnumbers铱 G434 揖Documentcode铱 A 揖ArticleID铱 1007鄄2179(2010)02鄄0060鄄11 A handful of researchers (e. g. Shaffer, 2004; The factthatlecturesareoftenrecordedandthatthe Tylee, n郾d郾; Wang, 2007; Woodrow, 2006) have majorityofdiscussioninonlineenvironmentsisasyn鄄 studiedtheeffectofculturaldimensions(Hofstede爷s chronous(Browne, 2003; Morse, 2003) suggeststhat powerdistance,individualism/collectivism,uncertain鄄 thelinguisticdemandsofonlinelearningmaybequite ty avoidance)onlearnerperceptionsandmotivationsin differentfromthoseinaface鄄to鄄faceenvironment郾 Cul鄄 onlineclasses郾 Someofthesestudiesprimarilyexam鄄 turally too, though students are still dealing with a ined the relationship between a student爷s cultural strongphilosophicaltraditionofed