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Distance Learning EPSY 410-02 Fall 1998

Distance Learning EPSY 410-02 Fall 1998. Virtual Classroom Syllabus http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~myoung/DistLrn_Syl.html Text- Moore & Kearsley (1996). Distance Education: A Systems View. Readings- online and make copies. Course Requirements. Korean Applied Project - see online attachment

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Distance Learning EPSY 410-02 Fall 1998

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  1. Distance LearningEPSY 410-02Fall 1998 • Virtual Classroom Syllabus http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~myoung/DistLrn_Syl.html • Text- Moore & Kearsley (1996). Distance Education: A Systems View. • Readings- online and make copies.

  2. Course Requirements • Korean Applied Project - see online attachment • Journal report • Library Research N=10 annotated bibliography • Identify the best 4 • present your favorite to the class • Research Proposal - see online • Goals/Diary- contribute to online discussions • Exam

  3. What is Distance Learning?

  4. What is Distance Learning? “ planned learning that normally occurs in a different place from teaching and as a result requires special techniques of course design, special instructional techniques, special methods of communication by electronic and other technology, as well as special organizational and administrative arrangements.” (Moore & Kearsley, 1996)

  5. Images of Distance Learning • What is the “traditional” DL model? 1 teacher + remote classroom(s) of students

  6. Classic Distance Learning One-way Video Two-way Audio (phone) • Fax • E-mail

  7. “Classics” also include... • Radio (ESL to remote areas). • Correspondance texts + mastery test by mail. • Videotapes.

  8. • Electronic Library • Online Tutorials (e.g. Mosaic) • Simulations • ICAI Individual Exploration

  9. • CUSeeMe (Video & Data) • MOO, Chat, etc. (text only) Collaborative Desktop

  10. Collaborative Work (Learning) The alternative model of learning

  11. • PictureTel (POTS) • Satellite • Fiber Optic Network Teleconferencing

  12. Web-based instruction • hypertext syllabi • Web Board/ Web CT (Asynchronous) • Digital Video Streaming • Quicktime achival videos • PDF file references • online surveys and tests

  13. • DynaCom • IBM's ATM • requires fiber connections Voice, Video, & Data

  14. What is Distance Learning? What’s YOUR definition?

  15. A summary of issues from the literature... Administrative Faculty Student

  16. Issues of Virtual Classroom Administration • Must be same for virtual and live students • Registration • Financial Aid • Advising • Access to Bookstore • Access to Library

  17. Issues for Faculty • Faculty Load (see Academe reading) • Courseware development assistance • Promotion and reward • Ownership of materials • “canned” faculty no longer needed • TV “image” of personality on-camera

  18. Issues for Students • prerequisite technology skills • cost of delivery technology • quality of education/ content • acceptance of degree (credentialing)

  19. How do your experiences fit with UConn as a DL facility? Reality Check!

  20. The opening of a discussion of DL Research Advanced Organizer: Quality research despirately needed!

  21. Week 1 working assumptions • DL research is many driven by user satisfaction. Was it worth the $$? • DL’s best hope is to be like live classroom instruction. • DL research should concern the delivery medium. • DL is about tranfering information to students efficiently and cost effectively.

  22. Week 1 proposed assumtions • DL research should be about how student thinking and learning can be enhanced with technology. • DL research should identify strengths that exceed classroom instruction. • DL research should be about learning not technology. • DL research should acknowledge innovative contexts for learning, the inherently interactive nature of learning, support changes in education away from the “delivery model.”

  23. Assignment 1 Read the forum & e-mail me your initial thoughts about the course

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