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Scott's G2 Treatise Evaluation - 10 views

started by scott pfister on 13 Apr 09 no follow-up yet
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Wordle Art - ETC677 Group 4 Spring 2009 - 0 views

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    • Renee Marshall
      Renee Marshall on 17 Apr 09
       
      I referred to distributed learning as distance learning simply because I live in small town hours from Flagstaff & NAU. I feel because I am here and not there, it is "distant" to me. Also, because I am probably older than a lot of others in this program...when I started out here in Havasu taking my first non f2f classes, they were considered "distance learning" classes. I guess the name just kind of stick in my head!!! It is on-line learning, I do need to change some of the old terms I still carry around with me!!!!
    • Chih-Hsiung Tu
      Chih-Hsiung Tu on 17 Apr 09
       
      Renee, Thanks for the response and explinations! You are correct that frequenly people refer distributed learning as distance learning. IN fact, it is not necessary. Ditributed leanring can be delivered in FTF instructions as well. I think it is more important that we need to understand distance learning embrace distributed learning becaused of effective technology has capacity to facilitate distributed leanring instructions. With effective distributed learning instructions and technology, students are physicially separated by distance may feel closer to the course, the instructor, and the classmates.
  • Renee Marshall on 18 Apr 09
     
    Yes, I agree that using all the distributed learning tools that we may "feel" closer. I feel closer more than ever this semester because of Facebook. I can now put a "face" to all my classmates!!! that is really nice to do. In some of my previous classes, when we worked in groups, sometimes each group memeber would attach a picture of themselves through the course e-mail...this was kind of the same, but having a casual place outside of the CMS is very, very nice!!! Renee
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Group ETC677 Spring 2009's best bookmarks - 0 views

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    • Mary Jones
      Mary Jones on 17 Apr 09
       
      Wetpaint Wiki was most effective when used with other synchronous communcation tools such as Elluminate. Although it did help us organize meeting notes, meeting times,etc, if the individuals in the group didnt check it often, it wasnt very useful. I think Wetpaint is more effective when you have consistent communication utilizing tool with active users. On the other hand, as far as keeping individuals abreast of the group activities and comments on specific topics and assignments, it did great.
    • Chih-Hsiung Tu
      Chih-Hsiung Tu on 17 Apr 09
       
      Mary, Great thoughts! It sounds like to use wiki tools effectively, ones must develop the communication styles that connect them to the communication channels. Correct!
    • Mary Jones
      Mary Jones on 18 Apr 09
       
      Hi Professor, Yes Wiki tools are quite useful and I do plan to incorporate them into the Unit Plan, and I think one of the many ways to make sure students are utilizing the tools are to grade them on their contributions. In order for this to happen though, an assignment that would be further enhanced through wiki would have to be created that would require extensive usage of the wiki ( similar to the treatise paper) and as the discussant was being graded, it would be used in a similar manner. * this sounds neat as I write, but I wonder how difficult it would be to implement?* ..lol! Thanks Professor! :)
    • Mary Jones
      Mary Jones on 17 Apr 09
       
      I think the five most critical elements of distributed learning are the following: Effective Collaboration Integration of Creativity with guided expectations Effective Communication Tools Incorporation of Web 2.0 tools for indepth learning Involved Moderators/Instructors to Guide Learning
    • Max Atwell
      Max Atwell on 20 Apr 09
       
      It is in here Tonya:)
  • scott pfister on 17 Apr 09
     
    I think the 5 best tools/elements of distributed learning are 1) tools that promote collaboration among peers, 2) those that allow a greater degree of communication and interaction among instructors and students, 3) elements which provide access to course reserves and content, 4) tools which compliment each other as opposed to mimic each other. What I mean by this is there should not be sites which create duplicated functions such a multipoe sites for bookmarking and tagging sources, and, 5) a single home page for students to go to retrieve and submit information. It is OK to have multiple sites - that is various tools - for retrieving and submitting course content, but I think there also needs to be an "official" site that is not an open source serving as the mother ship of the course. I say this because students can access many computers from many locations throughout the live of a course and some locations may block sites and others may not.

Group 6 Treatise Paper - 37 views

started by Mary Jones on 06 Apr 09 no follow-up yet

Group 1 Treatise - 27 views

started by Suzanne Sallee on 08 Apr 09 no follow-up yet

Group 5 Treatise Paper - 12 views

started by Tim McCann on 12 Apr 09 no follow-up yet
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