Raising Motivation to Achieve Collaboration in Online Courses

Abstract

This session will discuss issues raised during author’s involvement in building Croatian e-learning community. Proposed chapter will focus on how online tutor must act to make good collaboration with its students. What kind of barriers are going to be on the way, what is the connection between motivation and learning in e-learning. Conversation in which people do not see each other is rarely long-lasting conversation. Usually they loose interest to subject very quickly. The same principle is applied to on-line course. The teacher (tutor in e-learning) needs to take all the responsibility and all the time should try to motivate the students. The experience gave us the result. It is collective education.

Key Terms in this Chapter

Education: Education is a social science that encompasses teaching and learning-specific knowledge, beliefs, and skills.

Online Course: An online course is a course that is focused on use of information and communications technology for learning.

Motivation: Motivation is the push of the mental forces to accomplish an action.

Tutor: A tutor is a private instructor who teaches a specific educational subject or skill to an individual student.

Forum: A forum is an online discussion group where participants with common interests can exchange open messages.