Share Paper: The Virtual Early College Dilemma: Digital Immigrants versus Digital Natives in the Classroom!

  1. Eric Kisling, East Carolina University, United States
  2. Scott Williams, East Carolina University, United States
Thursday, October 22 10:00-10:20 AM Naupaka I

Abstract: Teaching virtual early college courses appears to be a task similar to teaching regular college students. However, faculty are finding that high school students are more connected to their technology than their peers in college. This has caused strife in the classroom that can be avoided through knowledge and adjusted practices in the virtual space. Faculty cannot assume emotional, intellectual or psychological maturity even at the college level and must adjust their assumptions of what students can do through self-initiative and self-motivation. What compounds this issue is these courses are also taught online which brings new complexities that faculty must ...