CET747: Web and ITV-Based Applications of Distance Education

Fall 2010 - Instructor: Mark Hawkes

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Course Reflection:

In this course, we examined web and interactive television-based education. We also critiqued web-based educational sites, evaluating the overview, design, audience, content selection, organization, navigation, graphic interface, interactivity, and usability. We also examined the pros and cons of web-based courses, effective instructional design, the use of hypermedia and how to organize the course contents, instructional activities, assessment, collaborative learning, synchronous vs. asynchronous communication, and the use of additional media, such as video and audio.

Course Overview:

Course Description

Theme Met

Professional Use
of Project

Skill Developed
with Project

How Theme Was Met
A study of the processes and procedures for using Web-based and distance education technologies to support learning. The course includes a survey of instructional strategies on these platforms best addressing unique learning styles. The focus will be on applying the technology in ways that facilitate learner collaboration, distributed learning and an engaging learning environment.  

 Leadership and Management

-    A Taxonomy was created

-    Paper on the Role of an Instructor and Assessments

-    Synthesis Paper

-    Website Evaluation

-    Taxonomy created to show how to better apply teaching standards to theory-based research

-    Papers for Theory-based Reading for K-12 staff

-    Evaluation used to apply technology into role of everyday classroom

Leadership and Management go hand-in-hand when evaluating software or websites for professional development use and for student use.  Here, we analyzed software that could be used in the classroom to see if it proved worthy.

Goals/Objectives:

  • Become knowledgeable of the information attributes of the hypermedia and World Wide Web and their impact on learning

  • Acquire a conceptual framework of Web-based learning environment, including socio-economic, institutional and technical factors

  • Develop essential skills for Web-based course development

  • Develop a systematic approach to evaluating Web-based instruction and be able to use a holistic approach towards teaching, learning, and assessment in Web-based learning to accommodate learners with different backgrounds and needs

  • Become familiar with varied technology and tools of asynchronous and synchronous communication for distance learning

  • Be aware of the pros and cons in using asynchronous and synchronous communication to enhance collaborative and interactive learning in distance education

  • Address the pedagogical and technological issues involved in ITV-based distance learning and be aware of the ethical and legal issues involved in E-learning environment

Specific Course Work: