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Lived Experience of Older Learners in an Online University

온라인대학 노인학습자들의 삶의 경험

  • 이은주 (서울사이버대학교 인간복지학부)
  • Received : 2010.05.04
  • Accepted : 2010.08.23
  • Published : 2010.08.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe and understand the lived experiences of older learners in formal education offered in an online university. Applying qualitative research methods, this paper attempts to explore the interpretation and meanings of their college studying. Ten participants in this study were selected from older students aged over 60 who had studied or were studying in a cyber university and lived in Seoul and its metropolitan area for more readily accessible and available for in-depth interviews. After the final analysis of learning experiences of older adults in an online university, six main themes were identified: self in the past, breaking from the convention, struggling with the new challenges, attaining self-actualization, integrating a new identity, future-oriented self. Finally it appears that learning experiences of the learners enabled the participants to replace their past-oriented sense of self with a more positive, future-oriented version.

이 연구의 목적은 정규학위 과정의 온라인대학에 다니는 노인학습자들의 삶의 경험을 묘사하고 이해하는 것으로 질적 연구방법론을 적용하여 노인학습자들이 대학에서의 학업에 대해 해석하고 의미하는 바를 고찰하였다. 자료는 사이버대학에 입학하여 학업을 수행하고 있는 서울과 수도권 지역에 거주하는 10명의 노인들과의 심층면접을 통해 수집되었다. 사이버대학에서의 노인학습자들의 학업경험에 대한 분석 결과 과거의 자아, 관행 깨뜨리기, 새롭게 도전하기, 자기실현을 얻기, 새로운 정체성으로 통합됨, 미래지향적 자아라는 6개의 중심주제가 파악되었다. 결론적으로 참여자들은 온라인대학에서의 학업의 경험을 통해 과거지향적인 자아감에서 더욱 긍정적이고 미래지형적인 자아감으로 변화한 것으로 나타났다.

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