Teaching at a Distance With Merging Technologies: Managing the Mandate Michael Simonson

" When I was a kid, I had to walk three miles each way to school. The snow drifts were seven feet high, and I had no shoes." "Gee, Granddad, that's nothing. Today I had to go to Paris for my French class, MIT for computer science and the New York Stock Exchange for economics" Welcome to the world of distance learning. - Paul Butera, Ameritech Magazine

“The best current evidence is that media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers our groceries causes changes in our nutrition.” Richard Clark

What is Telemedicine?... the use of electronic information and communications technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants. Institute of Medicine, the use of electronic information and communications technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants. Institute of Medicine, 1996

Redefinition of Distance Education Institution based formal education where the learning group is separated, and where interactive telecommunications systems are used to connect learners, resources and instructors.

ST SP ST SP DT SP DT SP ST DP ST DP DT DP DT DP Coldeway's Quadrants

One-Time Only Events One-Time Only Events Classes/Courses Distance Education

Equivalency Theory of Distance Education "The more equivalent the learning experiences of the distant learner are to the learning experiences of the traditional learner, the more equivalent are the learning outcomes."

Learning Experiences Anything that happens to or with a student that promotes learning, including what is observed, felt, heard, or done.

Categories of Learning Experiences Face to Face Presentations Laboratories Discussions Lectures Media Teamwork Face to Face Presentations Laboratories Discussions Lectures Media Teamwork Distance Education Discussions Messages Presentations Lectures Reading/Viewing Exploration/Research Study/Home Work

What Works – Distance Education Carefully planned instruction Structured note taking - interactive study guides Visualizations of concepts Less than 4 remote sites Almost anything that works in a regular classroom - if it is planned Carefully planned instruction Structured note taking - interactive study guides Visualizations of concepts Less than 4 remote sites Almost anything that works in a regular classroom - if it is planned

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