Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Elements of Distance Education Diffusion
I agree with the views of George Siemens in the video when he spoke about distance education creating an identity of its own when it comes to collaborative interaction. Mr. Siemens talked about the meaningful relationships that are formed in spite of the distance involved. Further, I agree that participants will develop a certain comfort with online discourse and a general adherence to global diversity will become routine. With the increase of flexibility and with the far-reaching abilities of distance collaboration, Mr. Siemens summed up the interactions as it being a Triple Helix. The universities, government, and businesses form a collaborative interaction that makes for valuable the contributions of experts from all sectors and from all over the world.
Not only do we need to realize the Triple Helix that Mr. Siemens talked about, but we also need to look at another type of collaboration that Dr. Sanjaya Mishra talked about in his blog at http://teachknowlogist.blogspot.com/2008/03/six-gowns-of-distance-educators.html. Dr. Mishra spoke about how the collaborative element has evolved to the point where it is now necessary for a distance educator to wear the six gowns (a teacher, a technologist, a counselor, an evaluator, a researcher, and overall a manager) necessary for an effective online class setting. In order to carry out the requirements of all of these positions, the online educator has to do an extensive amount of collaboration with those gurus in those particular positions. This adds to the connections and also adds to the networking and adds to the knowledge base for the educator and is passed on to the online learner.
Additionally, pertaining to the element of collaboration in distance education, Dave Cormier stated that in distance education, the key to creative knowledge comes from recognizing that the key is the ability to facilitate access to collaboration and collaborative skills. With our previous classes, we discovered that collaboration enables us to absorb some of our information from others with whom we collaborate. It involves connections (connectivism) and cognition (cognitivism). ~~C. Penny Penagraph
References:
“The Future of Distance Education” by George Siemens
http://teachknowlogist.blogspot.com/2008/03/six-gowns-of-distance-educators.html.
http://davecormier.com/edblog/
Not only do we need to realize the Triple Helix that Mr. Siemens talked about, but we also need to look at another type of collaboration that Dr. Sanjaya Mishra talked about in his blog at http://teachknowlogist.blogspot.com/2008/03/six-gowns-of-distance-educators.html. Dr. Mishra spoke about how the collaborative element has evolved to the point where it is now necessary for a distance educator to wear the six gowns (a teacher, a technologist, a counselor, an evaluator, a researcher, and overall a manager) necessary for an effective online class setting. In order to carry out the requirements of all of these positions, the online educator has to do an extensive amount of collaboration with those gurus in those particular positions. This adds to the connections and also adds to the networking and adds to the knowledge base for the educator and is passed on to the online learner.
Additionally, pertaining to the element of collaboration in distance education, Dave Cormier stated that in distance education, the key to creative knowledge comes from recognizing that the key is the ability to facilitate access to collaboration and collaborative skills. With our previous classes, we discovered that collaboration enables us to absorb some of our information from others with whom we collaborate. It involves connections (connectivism) and cognition (cognitivism). ~~C. Penny Penagraph
References:
“The Future of Distance Education” by George Siemens
http://teachknowlogist.blogspot.com/2008/03/six-gowns-of-distance-educators.html.
http://davecormier.com/edblog/
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The Next Generation of Distance Education by Penny
The Next Generation of Distance Education
After reading the articles and viewing the video, I do agree that the unlimited potential of instructional design for the Web is increasingly a necessary factor to the next generation. Right now instructional design is at a crossroad and needs to be put into practice (with al its methodologies) in our present school systems. The growth and impact of the introduction of Web-based technology into our K-12 educational years extends this exploration and prepares the next generation of digital natives for the future that is to come. All of the web-based tools that are available need to be integrated into the curriculum and used to enhance the learning situations. It was stated that instructional designs need to be used to promote electronic learning to its utmost degree.
Our articles hit upon the fact that the new generation of learners will need our web-based tools, and therefore, the important thing for those of us on the instructional side is to recognize and demand that these tools be customized and geared toward the process of learning. It is almost archaic to believe that education will stand still as the rest of the world evolves into a more technological based existence. For this and many other reasons, I agree with the positions of Moller, Huett, Foshay, Coleman and Simonson.
After reading the articles and viewing the video, I do agree that the unlimited potential of instructional design for the Web is increasingly a necessary factor to the next generation. Right now instructional design is at a crossroad and needs to be put into practice (with al its methodologies) in our present school systems. The growth and impact of the introduction of Web-based technology into our K-12 educational years extends this exploration and prepares the next generation of digital natives for the future that is to come. All of the web-based tools that are available need to be integrated into the curriculum and used to enhance the learning situations. It was stated that instructional designs need to be used to promote electronic learning to its utmost degree.
Our articles hit upon the fact that the new generation of learners will need our web-based tools, and therefore, the important thing for those of us on the instructional side is to recognize and demand that these tools be customized and geared toward the process of learning. It is almost archaic to believe that education will stand still as the rest of the world evolves into a more technological based existence. For this and many other reasons, I agree with the positions of Moller, Huett, Foshay, Coleman and Simonson.
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