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Training for the Virtual World: The Reality of Learning

Training for the Virtual World: The Reality of Learning. Fort McCoy January 5, 2000 Mary F. O’Sullivan, Ph.D. Reality is relative. Alexander Graham Bell: invented the telephone for symphonies Department of Defense: devised internet for cold war information safety

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Training for the Virtual World: The Reality of Learning

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  1. Training for the Virtual World:The Reality of Learning Fort McCoy January 5, 2000 Mary F. O’Sullivan, Ph.D.

  2. Reality is relative • Alexander Graham Bell: invented the telephone for symphonies • Department of Defense: devised internet for cold war information safety • Tim Berners-Lee: created html for scientific document sharing

  3. Thirty years that changed everything: 60s & 70s • 1969 DoD’s Advanced Research Projects Agency -- 4 computers • 1971 Ray Tomlinson invents email -- 2 dozen computers • 1973 first international connections • 1976 Wang Laboratories creates first word processor -- $30,000

  4. Thirty years that changed everything: 80s • 1980--400 university, government, and military host computers • 1984--1000 host computers • 1989--100,000 host computers

  5. Thirty years that changed everything: 90s • 1991 Tim Berners-Lee invents hypertext • 1992 Internet links 17 networks, 33 countries, 1 millions hosts • 1993 Mosaic, 1.5 million host computers linked in 100 countries • 1994 3 million host computers • 1995 Dial-up access with AOL etc. and 20-30 million computers

  6. Speed of Development • Over 20 years from the Internet to the WWW--4 computers to 100,000 • Two years from the invention of html to the first browser-- 15 times to 1.5 million computers • Two years from the first browser to dial-up-- an increase of 20 times to 20-30 million computers

  7. Next on the web: e-Education

  8. Why e-Education? • Gartner Group: Dataquest • 1995 -1998: 27%-50% households had computers • Kenneth Green 1999: • 54% of all college courses use email • 38.9% have syllabus online • 28.1% have a website • PC Week article on DoD: http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,2391276,00.html

  9. Training for the Virtual World: spring 2000 • My background • Course contents

  10. My Background • Humanities to techno-geek • 25 years teaching communication • 1987 1st computer • 1988 began teaching in computer-supported classroom • 1989 went online • 3 years teaching online • http://learn.western.tec.wi.us/mfo

  11. Course Content Highlights • Examples for inspiration • E-mail • Discussion Lists • Asynchronous and Synchronous Conferencing • Designing Learning Modules • Designing Websites

  12. Examples of Online Instruction • Smart Planet: http://www.smartplanet.com/learn.asp • Learnativity: http://www.learnativity.com/ • World Wide School http://www.worldwideschool.org/

  13. Examples of Potentials • VOICe: http://www.western.tec.wi.us/voice/ • Translate Mail http://www.t-mail.com/ translates email • The Nine Planets http://www.anu.edu.au/Physics/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

  14. Discussion lists and Email • Enable student collaboration http://www.western.tec.wi.us/mfo/elecwrit/mail180.htm • Facilitate communication between student and instructor • http://www.western.tec.wi.us/mfo/elecwrit/disc180.htm • Simplify distribution of materials • Provide transcript of all communication

  15. Asynchronous and Synchronous Conferencing • Creates a virtual classroom for discussion • Asynchronous allows for thoughtful conversation • Synchronous allows for immediate feedback • http://www.western.tec.wi.us/webboard/webboard.dll/~commskills

  16. Designing learning modules • Planning before creating • Designing to take advantage of hypertext • http://www.western.tec.wi.us/mfo/elecwrit/ass180.htm

  17. The Point • eEducation is already happening and those who ignore it will not have input into shaping what may well be the most significant development in education this century. • Use of computer-mediated communication is exploding.

  18. What Next? • TCP/IP • 2003-- America's Mars orbiters will serve as relays for SCP • Solarnet with .mars and .earth addresses • Eventually past the solar system and...

  19. picardjl@enterprise.starfleet.ufp

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