Distance Education

What Works Well

Michael Corry

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780789022875
• eBook ISBN:
  9781136418839
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Computer Science General
• Index: Computer Science

Don't start from scratch! Learn what worksand what doesn'tin providing education to off-campus students!

This unique compilation presents practical advice on how to set up distance learning programs that effectively serve the needs of students who don't have access to the campus. The book examines issues surrounding development, implementation, teacher training, time management, and other important aspects of distance education. Distance Education: What Works Well brings you lessons garnered from real-life experiences at several institutions to help you explore the pros and cons of distance educationand what it takes to implement a distance program that really works.

In the first half of Distance Education: What Works Well you'll examine:

• the development of a digital high schoolfrom the early stages through rookie camp experiences
• practical recommendations on how to design successful online high school programs
• what has worked welland what has notin terms of distance education in the rural K-12 environment
• the successful and not-so-successful aspects of an innovative distance education project that encourages collaboration between high schools and middle schools

The second half of this informative book presents practical advice to help you set up distance learning programs that make the most of available technology. You'll learn:

• how to train faculty to effectively use distance education techniques
• the importance of student-teacher and student-student interaction in a distance education settingand how to build active online communities that keep students and faculty in touch
• the roles and functions of moderators in online educationand the skills they need to be effective
• six effective tactics designed to optimize online time
• how to decide whether distance education is the right choice for you

Index

Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 47

Adaptive Enterprises, 105

Advance Business Institute, of IBM, 105

“Ahead of the Curve,” 33

Arizona State University, 42

Assignment(s), in collaborative learning community, 55

Bates, T., 42

BBS. See Bulletin board system (BBS)

Berge, Z.L., 62, 64

Boyle, B., 4

British Open University, 47-48

Broadband Videoconference Consortium, in distance education, 30-31

Bulletin board system (BBS), 91, 92t

CAIT. See Center for the Application of Information Technologies (CAIT)

CAIT’s Research and Evaluation Unit, 19

Carey, J., 6

Carey, L., 6

Case Western Reserve University, 64

Causal analysis, defined, 115

Center for the Application of Information Technologies (CAIT), 15

at Western Illinois University, 16, 17, 18

Centra, 74

Chat protocol, 92-94, 93t

Chrysler, 38

Cifuentes, L., 63

CL. See “Collaborative learning” (CL)

Classroom, distance education in, effective use of, 41-49

CMC. See Computer-mediated communication (CMC)

“Collaborative learning” (CL), described, 52

Collaborative learning community, building active online interaction via, 51-59

assignments in, 55

communication in, 54

failure of, 57

final projects in, 56

interactivity in, 52-53

learners’ readiness in, 57

managing in, 54-56

monitoring in, 57

online discussions in, 54-55

online learning specialists in, 56

organizing in, 54-56

planning in, 54-56

potential negative impacts on, 56-57

social context in, 53

team moderators in, 55

team projects in, 56

technology selection in, 55

theoretical background of, 52-54

time intensiveness in, 57

Collaborative partnership, in distance education, 5-6

Collins, M.P., 62

Collis, B.A., 47

Communication(s), in collaborative learning community, 54

Community(ies), collaborative learning, building active online interaction via, 51-59. See also Collaborative learning community, building active online interaction via

Computer-mediated communication (CMC), 52

Constas, M.A., 123

Constructivism, 122

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Editors
• Introduction
• Distance Education: What Works Well
• Development of the Digital High School Project: A School-University Partnership
• The Design, Development, and Implementation of LUDA Virtual High School
• Distance Education in the Rural K-12 Environment
• Quality Connection: Going the Distance
• Faculty Development: Using Distance Education Effectively in the Classroom
• Appendix
• Building Active Online Interaction via a Collaborative Learning Community
• The Roles, Functions and Skills of Moderators of Online Educational Computer Conferences for Distance Education
• Get a Life: Six Tactics for Optimizing Time Spent Online
• Appendix_01
• Appendix_02
• Determining If Distance Education Is the Right Choice: Applied Strategic Thinking in Education
• Fads, Distance Education, and the Importance of Theory
• Index