Binittamol Biju
INRW 0315
Dr. Jones
2.7.2016

Annotated Biblography

Murphy, Elizabeth, and María A. Rodríguez-Manzanares. "Motivating High School Students in Online Courses Is Difficult." High School Alternative Programs. Ed. Noah Berlatsky. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2015. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Teachers' Perspectives on Motivation in High School Distance Education." Journal of Distance Education 23.3 (2009). Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 7 Feb. 2016. This article is about the viewpoints of two professors. They report on a study they did of online learning teachers in Canada. The teachers reported that motivating students in online classrooms is more difficult than motivating students in a face-to-face (F2F) setting. The authors suggest a number of ways to improve student motivation based on their interviews. These strategies include accessible teaching styles, interactive course structures, and the use of lessons that are engaging and use multimedia elements.

“Online Education. ” Issues & Controversies. Infobase Learning, 17 Oct. 2008.Web. 8 Feb. 2016. This argumentative article about “Does online education help students?”. The supporters argued that since students use the Internet in many other ways, it is logical for them to use it to attend school as well. And the opponents argued that taking classes online deprives students of the full educational experience, which involves relating to other people in addition to absorbing information.

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Digital Education." CQ Researcher 2 Dec. 2011: 1001-24. Web. 8 Feb. 2016. This article says that the dominance of standardized testing means digital technologies must raise students' test scores to levels administrators and policymakers deem significant. But computer-based learning may not be well suited for that task, and further efforts to computerize