Enhancing Instruction Through Distance Technologies

http://locus.dist-ed.uaf.edu/wiki/UAACoe/

UAA College of Education

February 2, 2006

Preliminaries

• Intial Session Purposes
• Some Early Questions
• Initial Participant Questions

Participants

• Introductions
• Morning Session
• Afternoon Session

Session Outline

1. Overview
   • How is Distance Ed not/really different?
   • 5 Generations of Distance Education
   • Connectivist Theory
2. Thoughts to Keep In Mind
3. Features That Improve Learning
4. The Current Landscape
   • Arc of Technologies
   • Our Environment
   • Course Demos
5. Building a Community of Learners
   • What is community?
   • Folksonomy
   • Types of Social Software
   • Managing the Distributed Discussion and Community
6. Break
7. Performance and Assessment
   • Is distance different?
   • How do we know we are getting across?
   • Outcomes, validity, and the course
8. Legal Issues
   • Intellectual Property
   • Copyright and Fair Use
9. How to Get Started
   • UAA Resources
   • Online Resources
   • Activities

Presentations