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Keys to Effective Online Learning |
Presented by:
Norm Coombs |
Focus on the communication and not the technology |
Friday 9a-10:30a
Levis Faculty Center |
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| Technology is the means we use in online learning to facilitate learning that spans time and distance, but, if we focus on the technology itself, the means then will become the end. The online learning will get submerged in the technology. When a classroom teacher, in an attempt to make the content more interesting, highlights his or her dramatic and unique personality, students may enjoy the entertainment and remember the jokes but not the course content. The same can be true for the inappropriate use of online technologies. Even more, such distractions create an extra barrier for those learners with special learning needs. |
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The Perfect e-Storm |
Presented by:
Curtis J. Bonk |
Emerging Technology, Enormous Learner Demand, Enhanced Pedagogy, and Erased Budgets |
Tuesday 10:30a-12p
Levis Faculty Center |
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Many
demands are currently placed on online learning in higher education.
While we may not realise it, we have entered the perfect electric
storm, where technology, the art of teaching, and the needs
of learners are converging. As such, this paper explores dozens
of emerging learning technologies that are generating waves
of new opportunities in online learning environments. In addition,
this manuscript reviews trends in online enrolments, programs,
and degrees in colleges and universities in the United States
and around the world. To help create engaging content, pedagogical
activities are outlined for synchronous and asynchronous learning
with estimates of the degree of instructor risk and time as
well as technological cost. Such activities focus on experiences
that are rich in collaboration, interaction, and motivation.
Finally, in the fourth storm, budgetary cutbacks are discussed
which are restricting how colleges and universities can respond
to these emerging technologies, enormous learner demands, and
enhancements in pedagogy. These lean fiscal times are forcing
institutions of higher learning to explore innovative projects
and partnerships, including open source software solutions.
Throughout the document, recent survey data projecting the
future of online learning in higher education is presented.
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