I posted to the following bloggers:
http://tabithaedenfield.blogspot.com/2010/03/module-1-blog-discussion-is-evolution.html
http://sraymond-pofde.blogspot.com/2010/03/need-to-for-distance-education-d.html#comments
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Module 1 - Distance Education
It seems that all of the authors, Huett, Moller, Foshay, Coleman, and Simonson agree that evolving distance education and creating an equivalency between face-to-face courses and distance education courses. Simonson (2000) states “equivalency is achieved through a variety of learning experiences that are tailored to the environment and situation in which students find themselves”.
Distance education faculties spend as much time if not more preparing for courses. Having faculty understand that the online instructors are worthy of their professional services as much as the onsite instructors is one area that will still need to grow. The faculty of distance education needs to take time now to express the needs of having online courses that meet standards and accreditation in the higher eructation field the same as the face-to-face model of higher education (Moller, Foshay, & Huett, 2008).
Not having experiences personally with the K-12 model of distance education I am quite interested. This could become a very beneficial model for many families in situations where attending a regular public school is not possible. At the time of the publication from Huett, Moller, Foshay, and Coleman (2008) there was little research pertaining to K-12 schools and online learning. There is concern that younger students do not have the capability to learn as a young adult could in the avenue of online learning. Not having learned the communication skills to be able learn in that avenue could be the biggest problem. Another concern is that the educators are not properly trained in this area to teach online.
Distance Education has made many gains in the last few years. It is becoming greatly accepted by people to obtain their educational degrees or further their studies. In the next decade I feel that we will continue to see growth in this avenue.
Huett, J., Moller, L., Foshay, W. & Coleman, C. (2008, September/October). The evolution of distance education: Implications for instructional design on the potential of the Web (Part 3: K12). TechTrends, 52(5), 63–67.Moller, L., Foshay, W., & Huett, J. (2008, July/August). The evolution of distance education: Implications for instructional design on the potential of the Web (Part 2: Higher Education). TechTrends, 52(4), 66–70.Simonson, M. (2000). Making decisions: The use of electronic technology in online classes. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 84, 29–34.
Distance education faculties spend as much time if not more preparing for courses. Having faculty understand that the online instructors are worthy of their professional services as much as the onsite instructors is one area that will still need to grow. The faculty of distance education needs to take time now to express the needs of having online courses that meet standards and accreditation in the higher eructation field the same as the face-to-face model of higher education (Moller, Foshay, & Huett, 2008).
Not having experiences personally with the K-12 model of distance education I am quite interested. This could become a very beneficial model for many families in situations where attending a regular public school is not possible. At the time of the publication from Huett, Moller, Foshay, and Coleman (2008) there was little research pertaining to K-12 schools and online learning. There is concern that younger students do not have the capability to learn as a young adult could in the avenue of online learning. Not having learned the communication skills to be able learn in that avenue could be the biggest problem. Another concern is that the educators are not properly trained in this area to teach online.
Distance Education has made many gains in the last few years. It is becoming greatly accepted by people to obtain their educational degrees or further their studies. In the next decade I feel that we will continue to see growth in this avenue.
Huett, J., Moller, L., Foshay, W. & Coleman, C. (2008, September/October). The evolution of distance education: Implications for instructional design on the potential of the Web (Part 3: K12). TechTrends, 52(5), 63–67.Moller, L., Foshay, W., & Huett, J. (2008, July/August). The evolution of distance education: Implications for instructional design on the potential of the Web (Part 2: Higher Education). TechTrends, 52(4), 66–70.Simonson, M. (2000). Making decisions: The use of electronic technology in online classes. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 84, 29–34.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
New to Blogging
I'm new to the world of blogging. I will get my post on here for this week tonight. I think I actually have figured out what I'm doing now! Sorry to anyone who has me listed as a follower twice. Somehow I have my school e-mail as one follower and my ymail as another. Couldn't see the posts from the school one.
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