STATIC-DYNAMIC TECHNOLOGIES CONCEPT MAP

Dynamic tools are requiring that we take risks for the sake of creativity (Moller, 2008). At this point, I am participating in a lot of risk taking activities with the many different technologies that I must learn to use without the benefit of training. I am not at the Dynamic level yet, but I am moving in that direction. I have definitely moved to the middle of the scale with my use of such things as wikis, blogs, and chats. Based on my intended involvement in distance education, I am moving toward the discovery of more and more technological apparatus.

By the time of graduation for me, I will have mastered enough of the dynamic technologies to be effective in an online classroom. The teaching experience and the ability to create and design dynamic learning situations will provide the students with chances to build their own knowledge. With what I have learned so far in this class, I can apply the multimedia principles to a student-centered learning environment that is dynamic, that enhances technology, and that allows the students to each construct his/her own knowledge. C. Penny Penagraph

Moller, L. (2008). Static and dynamic technological tools.

McGreal, R. & Elliott, M. (2008). The Theory and Practice of Online Learning. Edmonton, AB: AU Press.

Fahy, P. (2008). The Theory and Practice of Online Learning. Edmonton, AB: AU Press.

Storyboard Introducing Keynote Speaker

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/