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Best Practices for Distance Education Fortune Telling : The Future of Distance Education The next “killer app” or “flash in the pan?” Michael Simonson, Ph.D. Program Professor Instructional Technology and Distance Education Fischler School of Education Nova Southeastern University - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Best Practicesfor
Distance Education
Fortune Telling: The Future of Distance Education
The next “killer app” or “flash in the pan?”
Michael Simonson, Ph.D.Program Professor
Instructional Technology and Distance EducationFischler School of EducationNova Southeastern University
North Miami Beach, FL
The Future of Distance Education
Distance Education---the past?Maybe the present?
Remember Him?
www.nova.edu/~simsmich
Our Agenda
• Status of Distance Education today– Who is getting into DE
• Myths and misconceptions• Distance Education – What do we really mean?• Transforming your organization
Remember Him?
MISSION STATEMENTS: Quality, Flexible, Up-to-date
Definition of Distance Education
Institution-based formal education where the learning group is separated, and where interactive telecommunications systems/media are used to connect learners, resources and instructors (Simonson, 2009)Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Definition
Categories – Sloan-C
The Status of Distance Education
orWho is Getting Into Distance Education?
Worldwide Reach of Moodle Open Source Course Management System
Critical MassWhen an innovation “takes off on its own.”
Critical Mass
Myths and Distance Education
The term "myth" is often used colloquially to refer to a false story!
Teacher (Instructor) as Skeuomorph
Make Distance Classes as Close to Traditional Classes
as Possible
Nope!
Equivalency Theory of Distance Education
"The more equivalent the learning experiences of the distant learner are to the learning experiences of the traditional learner, the more equivalent are the learning outcomes."
Distance Education is Different
Nope
Distance Education will replace Traditional Education
Nope
Face to FaceInstruction
Distance DeliveredInstruction
Teaching
Categories
Distance Education has Little or No Research
Nope
Best Practices
• U-M-T Design Approach• Logical and Intuitive Organization• Multimedia Use to Present Content• High Quality Production Standards• Content-Rich DesignMultiple Options• Meaningful, Quick and Meaningful Interaction• Self Pacing Apparent• Continuous Evaluation and Revision
Indicators of Concern
• Dual tracks – distance learners and traditional• Dual populations• Dual evaluation systems• Standardized courses• Duplication of traditional courses
–Failure to apply Equivalency Theory• Poor Institutionalization• Many drop-outs• Many complaints
Indicators of Quality
• A clear mission statement• Faculty oversight and input• Support ~24/7• Clear plans for the future• Rigorous Evaluation
3. Create a Vision
4. Communicate the Vision
5. Give Power to those who Act on
the Vision
6. Plan for and Create Short-Term Wins
7. Collect Successes
8. Incorporate Distance
Education Successes
1. Establish a Sense of Urgency
2. Form a Powerful
Planning Group
Transform Your Organization:
8 Steps
(Kotter, 1999)