Brian, You may find the American Association of University Women's new report (2001) on women learning online useful. Here is the webpage: http://www.aauw.org/2000/3rdshift.html joy roberts ------------------ At 11:13 AM 1/3/2002 -0600, you wrote:

Greetings fellow list members. I'm searching for any studies that describe characteristics of online students. Some questions that I am pondering:

Are students who take online classes self-selecting the online experience because of some characteristic they share? If so, does the success of these students in the current models of online learning lead to a greater replication of the established models of learning online and reduce exploration into new models that would better server students who are currently self-selecting out of online learning?

Are there students who don't like online classes because of a learning style or personality characteristic? If so, are there ways to alter the online class experience to better fit these people's needs/desires?

Do designers of online classes need to alter online classes to better suit an existing or perhaps a target population?

Thanks in advance!

Brian

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