To “distance” or not! That is the question!!!!! Let’s go back in time

TO “DISTANCE” OR NOT!

THAT IS THE QUESTION!!!!!

Let’s go back in time . . .

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuyrP_HhWEg&feature=related

WELCOME!

Carolyn Rose Cutshaw

Spencerian College

Sullivan University System

Louisville, Kentucky

WILLIAM CRONON

“A liberal education is about . . . The wisdom to connect.”

To “Distance” or Not!

Let’s look at the history of Distance Learning!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZk-WdYHkoc

WHAT’S WITH THE TERMINOLOGY?

• Distance Education
• Distance Learning
• Web-Assisted
• Hybrid
• Online Learning

To “Distance” or Not!

OBJECTIVES

• Communication Tools
• Communication Models
• Pedagogical Elements
• Instructor Concerns
• Student Concerns
• So the question is, “To Distance or Not!”

HOW DO WE “FOSTER” ONLINE LEARNING?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvJfWZCO8PU&feature=related

Communication Tools

ASYNCHRONOUS

• Telephone – individual
• E-Mail – individual or group
• Print – group
• Web Page – group
• Discussion Board – group
• PANOPTO
• SKYPE

SYNCHRONOUS

• Chat Rooms – all participants log on at once

Communication Models

• Carnegie Model
• Computer-Mediated Model
• Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)
• Laurillard’s Conversational Model

COMMUNICATION MODELS

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss2hULhXf04&feature=related

COMMUNICATION MODELS

Carnegie Model

• Higher Education must move beyond “critical thinking” to the idea of “practical reasoning” as a focal point for curriculum and teaching.
• It is important for students to learn to think, to reason, to interrogate text, AND understand it.