online readiness

As part of the lesson this week, learner readiness for online learning.

• Penn State University: Online Readiness Assessment
• San Diego Community College: Online Learning Readiness Assessment
• Illinois Online Network: Self Evaluation for Potential Online Students
• University of Houston: Test of Online Learning Success  

Are some of the tools that were investigated to check whether the learner is ready for online learning.
It is interesting to learn about the areas that were investigated. The ability to use computers, ability to use time, organisation skills and ability to make mistakes and learn.

One of the main things with new technology and new methods such as online learning is, that you need to have people who are willing to experiment the idea of trialing and learning from the mistakes that they make,

More than checking whether the learner and teacher are ready, this exercise has generated new interest in checking how innovative can we be with this learning environment.