Griselle Arrieta-Rose Standards for Online Courses: Can We Do It? Yes We Can!

A brief summary of what the authors see as the fundamental challenges that exist in online instructionnot present in face-to-face instruction. Estabrook and Arashiro argue that online instruction holds some important challenges which traditional face-to-face instruction does not. hey state that online

instruction may ha!e a high degree of !ariability" for the instructor is completely remo!ed from the learner. hus" the instructor may not be able to pro!ide the le!el of

feedback re#uired for the learner to successfully accomplish the ob$ecti!es. %n a traditional classroom" the instructor is able to pro!ide the necessary feedback on the spot in order to clarify misconceptions and guide the learner towards mastery of the ob$ecti!es. herefore" the authors state that online instruction should be regularly tested

for their effecti!eness and should be as streamlined as possible.