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Synchronous Learning in

Education By: Jarrett Landor-Ngemi

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INTRODUCTION

� Prior to the beginning of technology in the classroom, the traditional classroom dynamic comprised a chalkboard, a lecture, a teacher handout, and the occasional group assignments

(Woo & Reeves 2007)

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INTRODUCTION

� Due to the rise of computers, instructional

technology, wireless communities and

electronic email, the classroom dynamic

has become modernized (Dornisch &

Sperling, 2006)

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INTRODUCTION

� According to the NCES

report (2003) there were

an estimated 3,077,000

students registered for

web-based instruction

classes offered by 2 and 4

year higher education

institutions (Moore &

Kearsley, 2005)

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INTRODUCTOIN

� Today almost all institutions of higher

learning offer a form of online based

instruction (Saba, 2005).

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INTRODUCTON

� Today’s teachers demand more classroom

engagement and interaction in their online

classroom environments (Saba, 2003).

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INTRODUCTION

� The integration of Blackboard with Wimba

and

� Moodle with WiZiQ

� will create a highly interactive online

classroom between teacher and students.

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Blackboard Course Management System (CMS)

� The Blackboard Course Management

System is designed to

� add online elements to courses traditionally

delivered face-to-face

� to develop completely online courses with

few or no face-to-face meetings

(Blackboard, 2008).

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WIMBA and Blackboard

� Wimba is a suite of online

communication tools with

an oral assessment

builder where both

instructor and student can

interact one-to-one or one-

to-many using Voice

Email, Voice Discussion

Boards, and Voice-Direct

real-time voice chat room

(Wimba, 2008).

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Integration of Blackboard and Wimba

� The integration of Blackboard and Wimba

provides a collaborative learning

environment between both teacher and

student

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The Integration of WiZiq and Moodle

� Moodle is another free and open source

CMS (Course Management System)

designed to create courses online with

advanced options for student and teacher

collaboration.

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The Integration of WiZiq and Moodle

� WiZiQ is an online teaching and learning

platform, which brings students and

teachers together in real time through its

simple-to-use Virtual Classroom technology

for rich online collaboration and effective

learning (WiziQ, 2008).

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The Integration of WiZiq and Moodle

� The integration WiZiQ and Moodle enables

both teachers and to connect

synchronously through WiZiQ, while they

can use other asynchronous options

available in Moodle.

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REFERENCES

� Blackboard (2008) Retrieved July 12, 2008,

from

http://www.blackboard.com/us/index.bbb

� Dornisch, M. & Sperling, R. (2006).

Facilitating learning from technology

enhanced text: effects of prompted

elaborative interrogation. The Journal of

Educational Research, 99(3), 156-165.

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REFERENCES

� Moore, M.G., & Kearsley, G. (2005). Distance Education: A Systems View (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth.

� National Center for Educational Statistics [NCES]. (2003). Distance Education at Degree-Granting Postsecondary Institutions: 2000-2001 (NCES Publication No. 2003017). Retrieved July 25, 2007, from http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/peqis/publications/2003017

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REFERENCES

� Nielsen, J. (1995). Multimedia and Hypertext: The Internet and beyond. Cambridge MA: Academic Press Professional.

� Saba, F. (2005). Critical issues in distance education: A report from the United States. Distance Education, 26(2), 255-272.

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REFERENCES

� Saba, F. (2003). Distance education theory,

methodology, and epistemology: a pragmatic

paradigm. In M.G. Moore & W.G. Anderson

(Eds.), Handbook of Distance Education.

Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Eribaum Associates

� Saba, F. (2005). Critical issues in distance

education: A report from the United States.

Distance Education, 26(2), 255-272.

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REFERENCES

� Wimba (2008). Retrieved July 12, 2008 from http// www.wimba.com.

� WiZiq (2008). Retrieved July 12, 2008 from http://www.wiziq.com/

� Woo, Y. & Reeves, T. (2007). Meaningful interaction in web-based learning: A social

� constructivist interpretation. The Internet and Higher Education, 10(1) 2007, 15-25.