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标题：Online Education and the New Community College Student
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作者：Castillo, Marco
期刊名称：The Community College Enterprise
印刷版ISSN：1541-0935
出版年度：2013
卷号：19
期号：2
出版社：Schoolcraft College
摘要：Community colleges are facing a demographic shift in their student bodies with significantconsequences for how they can utilize instructional innovations such as online educa-tion. On the one hand, community colleges are educat-ing an increasing number of adult learners, with a set of psychological, academic, and personal characteristics that make this population likely to benefitfrom the flexibilitiesprovided in the online environment. At the same time, com-munity colleges are also now educating a growing number of younger and academically at-risk students in need of remediation and greater academic structure than today’s online classes may be able to deliver. Community colleges utilizing online education will need to take into account the distinct needs of these two growing populations in order to maximize student learning in the online environment.