Goal 2.2 : Promoting autonomous learning

Virtual education has to be student friendly to promote autonomous learning.  The content that will be seen during the course must be structured and easy to follow as well as contain clear instructions. The whole environment of an online class is conformed by the teacher, the activities, the deadlines and the learners. Here, the teacher is a facilitator that must show constant a meaningful support to the student. In the same way, this facilitator should not expect the learners to work with little or no support at all. Such behavior will result in stressed people who feel forced to work simply to obtain a grade regardless of their learning.

However, the teacher is not responsible for everything. The student must also possess some abilities for this system to work as a whole. He must know he is expected to be autonomous and keep track of his own learning.  He should be able to find resources to complement his knowledge throughout the course and have contact with the rest of the class in case something is not clear.

With each part working, almost like a big clockwork, it will be easier for the learner to organize.