Teaching at a DistanceWith Merging Technologies:

Managing the Mandate

Michael Simonson

http://www.nova.edu/~simsmich/

http://experts.msn.com/

"When I was a kid, I had to walk three miles each way to school. The snow drifts were seven feet high, and I had no shoes."

"Gee, Granddad, that's nothing. Today I had to go to Paris for my French class, MIT for computer science and the New York Stock Exchange for economics"

Welcome to the world of distance learning.- Paul Butera, Ameritech Magazine

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“The best current evidence is thatmedia are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers our groceries causes changes in our nutrition.”

Richard Clark

What is Telemedicine?What is Telemedicine?

. . . the use of electronic information and communications technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants.

Institute of Medicine, 1996

. . . the use of electronic information and communications technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants.

Institute of Medicine, 1996

Redefinition of Distance Education

Redefinition of Distance Education

Institution based formal education where the learning group is separated, and where interactive telecommunications systems are used to connect learners, resources and instructors.

Institution based formal education where the learning group is separated, and where interactive telecommunications systems are used to connect learners, resources and instructors.

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One-TimeOnly EventsOne-Time

Only EventsClasses/CoursesClasses/Courses

Distance EducationDistance Education

Equivalency Theory of Distance Education

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."

"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."

Learning Experiences

Anything that happens to or with a student that promotes learning, including what is observed, felt, heard, or done.

Categories of Learning Experiences

Categories of Learning Experiences

Face to Face

• Presentations

• Laboratories

• Discussions

• Lectures

• Media

• Teamwork

Face to Face

• Presentations

• Laboratories

• Discussions

• Lectures

• Media

• Teamwork

Distance Education

• Discussions

• Messages

• Presentations

• Lectures

• Reading/Viewing

• Exploration/Research

Distance Education

• Discussions

• Messages

• Presentations

• Lectures

• Reading/Viewing

• Exploration/Research

Study/Home Work

What Works – Distance Education

What Works – Distance Education

• Carefully planned instruction • Structured note taking - interactive study

guides• Visualizations of concepts• Less than 4 remote sites• Almost anything that works in a regular

classroom - if it is planned

• Carefully planned instruction • Structured note taking - interactive study

guides• Visualizations of concepts• Less than 4 remote sites• Almost anything that works in a regular

classroom - if it is planned

NSU Classroom @ NBHD