Rough Story Board

The Adult Learner in the Virtual University

QuestionsWhat is a virtual university?

Who is going back to school?

Why are they going back to school?

What makes them stay?

What makes them leave?

What is a virtual university?

A virtual university is a place that is accessible via the internet into an online environment.

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Who is going back to school?

Who are the adult learners?The adult learner is someone who has different priorities than a student who has just graduated from high school

The adult learner usually attends a virtual university because they do not have travel time or their schedule does not permit them to attend a class in a physical environment.

Traditional classroom

Why are they going back to school?• Promotion

• Learning new skills

What makes them stay?

What makes them leave?

The Future is Here

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• McGlone, J.R., (n.d.), Adult learning styles and online educational preferences. Research in Higher Education Journal p 1-9.

• Bressler, L.A., Bressler, M.S., & Bressler, M.E. (n.d.) Demographic and psychographic variables and the effect on online student success. Journal of Technology Research p 1-16.

Due Dates

• Module 1, Week 1: Select and post your topic in the Class Café by Day 7.• Module 1, Week 2: Post your topic paper in the Dropbox by Day 7.• Module 2: Compile literature, research, and additional references and graphics for

your video. Begin to create an outline or storyboard for your video.• Module 3, Week 5: Post an outline or storyboard of your video in your blog by Day

7. Share your work with your learning community for feedback and assistance. Post your storyboard for your Video Presentation on your blog by Day 7 of Week 5. Provide feedback to the members of your learning community by Day 7 of Week 6.

• Module 4: Complete video shooting and begin the editing process.• Module 5: Continue the editing process for your video.• Module 6, Week 11: Post a link to your video in your blog on Day 1. Share your

video synchronously with your learning community.• Module 6, Week 12: Review and critique the videos of at least five additional class

members, leaving comments in their blogs. Review the responses of your classmates to your video and respond to them as appropriate