Student Coaching for Retention in a Distance Learning Environment
(0) The Open University of Israel (OUI) is an institution of higher learning with an open admission policy which is based solely on distance learning and self-study. The teaching methods practiced at the OUI combine traditional and web-based distance education. One of the issues of great concem in all institutions of higher learning and even to a greater extent in open and distance learning institutions is student retention. In an attempt to deal with this problem, the OUI decided to embark on a Retention Project whose aim is to help new students overcome the hardships of the first course. The new students were offered to be paired up with senior students who would accompany and coach them throughout their first semester. This paper describes the Retention Project, and it presents results concerning the performance of the coached students, their retention at the OUI and the means of communication used by the coached students and their coaches in a distance learning environment.
Distance learning Open University Higher Education Students Retention Means of Commu-nication
Tamar Benaya Ela Zur
The Open University of Israel 108 Ravutski St., Raanana, Israel, 43107
国际会议
亚洲开放大学协会第22届年会(The 22nd AAOU Annual Conference)
天津
英文
376-389
2008-10-14（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）