Reflection Of The Course
14 years ago
Happy Nation
Monday, June 1, 2009
Reflection Unit 4
I enjoyed this class a lot, what I liked best was working in pairs, because I feel I need someone to argue with. I learned a lot about assessing, I liked all the acitivies we did. Everything we saw was somenthing that I could learn from, I would like to continue learning more about this because I feel that I need more practice.
Reflection Unit 3
This unit is the one I enjoyed the most, not only because of the activities but also because it help me get a better idea of what to expect and how to deal with different situations that may come up, from how to identify students characteristics to knowing what to say.
Personal Development Plan
Development needs:to achieve teamwork participation from e learners in online working.Development objective: by Increasing teamwork activities from 1 activity, working in pairs, to 3, and from 2 comments to 4 comments.
Strategy: Encourage students to participate by making questions, sharing doubts, comments, opinion and positive feedback to others in a respectful and friendly manner.
Actions: Provide appropriate feedback to postings, if participants have not made a contribution contact them by sending emails and encouraging them to participate in friendly way.
- make them notice the importance of internet as a support tool (Julio)
- reference students to books and internet
- use of printed sources
- let students investigate
- ask students opinion/ commentaries
- follow up questions for reflection
- let them use their previous knowledge and other tools
- let them do research on the topic
- give activities in which they have to interact and participate, team work
- use rethorical questions and encourage students
Prompting students
Encouraging Learner Contributions First ask student opinion, ask in a friendly way… what is his point of view?...how would he have answered the question? (Depending on the topic).
If we want to have student grow independet thinking, then it would probably be best to have them work in pairs and compare each other's answer and come up with just one, let them explain why did they come up with that answer. Have them post it, and answer to at least two other contributions (for peers feedback). that way they will work in teams and interchange information and at the same time grow confidence to ask and compare and aswer one anothers doubts.
I think that something that has a lot to do with this, is letting them know that they can make mistakes and make the corrections when they feel they have the right answer. Sometimes students are afraid to make mistakes and feel they will get a bad grade if they make a mistake.
Grouping techniques
I think the technique that had made me feel better in this class has been the one that we post our answer but we also have to read and reply to other comments posted. For me It provides feedback and helps me correct some doubts that I had or reasure that the answer I posted was correct.
I also like working in teams (I think is some sort of brainstorm and pyramid mixing), but the only thing is that I prefer working in teams of two, I'm not comfortable with the idea of having bigger teams because I feel some student's would not focus enough on the activities.
I also like working in teams (I think is some sort of brainstorm and pyramid mixing), but the only thing is that I prefer working in teams of two, I'm not comfortable with the idea of having bigger teams because I feel some student's would not focus enough on the activities.
Objective setting
Exchanging information allows students to build knowledge and makes the on-line class. This is the way people in an e-learning community share what they understand, their doubts, their activities. It is also the way people discuss opinions and results. It is also the way people discuss opinions and results.
I think that from what I read a teacher must use a friendly style, make student feel comfortable and not presured to join in, motivate student to provide ideas and input, tasks to interact with others.
I think that from what I read a teacher must use a friendly style, make student feel comfortable and not presured to join in, motivate student to provide ideas and input, tasks to interact with others.
What would you say?
Provide feedback, encourage to visit again, and keep track of them via e-mail, perhaps it would probably be best to do some tasks In teams so they can exchange opinions and reasure what they think, the squirrel and the magpie give me the idea that they may be a little lost or need reasurance, they need feedback from teacher of course, but the other way they can get reasurance is also by working with peers, working in teams and comparing answers with others, also I feel is important an activity that we did most of last semester which was reading and making comments on peers answers.Provide support and encourage student to provide personal contribution. It may be necessary to ask directly what category of learner type he is? Or what is his prefered style?
The moderator should always be polite, respectful , provide advice
and sending concrete questions can solve some doubts.
and sending concrete questions can solve some doubts.
“The changing model of teaching and learning”.
I believe that if we let go a little bit, and provide our students with enough tools to develop their task they will grow enough confidence to independent thought. I feel in the beginning we might think we are loosing control, if we have never done this before, but if we prepare with sufficient time for these changes, prepare our material, tasks, students may not feel the change, we as teachers will need constant studying and preparing and investigating strategies and the use of resource-based learning approaches to help students develop independence and at the same time provide them with a wide range of easy step by step activities. It all depends on the way we prepare our tasks and the way we stay focused in our goals.
Reflection Unit 2
Its important to take on account every small detail to ensure our students learning, we need to be well prepare and know the tools we will be using to be able to design an online course. It seems easy but its really not that simple, as one of our e mates was saying; if the teacher does not have enough experience the online course will get out of hand, the teacher will lose control and it will be a mess. I believe is very importante to take advantage of all the tools and materials we can find that can help us design the best online course.
Reflection to spark
Taking time to read other's ideas can help us improve student’s way of thinking, others point of view can help look at things in life in a much different way, it can help us correct some mistakes and grow intellectually, develop ideas and human qualities when our mind opens to someone else's way of thinking.
To what extent could the same principles apply to online learning
1- Should help student learn more than just grammar, student should be able to practice on daily interaction with others. should be social or educational value.2- Engage students in the task, should be interesting activities enough to get students involved.
3- Student's personal contribution. Make sure to have a space where students can interact and contribute.
4-Content must be interesting, worthwhile, topics must be presented in different forms, make it a fun way to learn, activities or lessons, they may variate from exercises to songs, kitchen recipes, etc.
5- Students engaged intellectually.The activities and lessons such get student engaged, they should be challenging. Is important to make student think, otherwise he will be bored.
6- Make sure all the information needed is there and don't forget any details, to ensure students interest and personal investment.
7-Lessons and activities, quizzes, etc. should be tightly nit together for effectivenes to build and reinforce new concepts.
8- Foster autonomy, provide all the tools and information to create enough confidence in student to manage own learning.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Principles for a Communicative Language Task
1. Does the task have a value beyond language learning?
Yes it has an educational value, it provides the correct grammar information, examples, but somenthing very interesting also, is that he provides the lesson in writing english and conversational english, for some people this is very important, because of necesary day to day speach .
2. Are the students personally involved?
I see that the tasks and activities are design for diferent kind of interests
and yes from my point of view it was interesting to learn new things.
3. Is the student’s personal contribution significant?
Yes, is important for student learning development to provide personal contribution.
4. Is the content worth learning about?
Yes and student can pick the way he wants to learn, can start with the grammar lesson and then reinforce with practice, he can also use the students forum, quizzes, etc.
In my case I prefered the pronounciation power.
5. Are the students engaged intellectually?
A- Yes, these are very simple rules and there are various ways to practice what I liked most was that it tell us how to do the change from written english to conversational english.
6. Will the task produce a unique classroom?
the result depends on how much the person wants to learn and practice, the site provides the tools to practice and learn more, but it all depends on the students interest to learn.
7. Does the task contribute to a coherent lesson?
The information provided in the lesson provides grammar rules, but also some special notes about daily conversation to help student relate information learned.
8. Does it foster autonomy?
It provides many tools to learn and practice, so once you get to the website you can take your pick, reading, forum, exercises, pronounciation power, etc.
Yes it has an educational value, it provides the correct grammar information, examples, but somenthing very interesting also, is that he provides the lesson in writing english and conversational english, for some people this is very important, because of necesary day to day speach .
2. Are the students personally involved?
I see that the tasks and activities are design for diferent kind of interests
and yes from my point of view it was interesting to learn new things.
3. Is the student’s personal contribution significant?
Yes, is important for student learning development to provide personal contribution.
4. Is the content worth learning about?
Yes and student can pick the way he wants to learn, can start with the grammar lesson and then reinforce with practice, he can also use the students forum, quizzes, etc.
In my case I prefered the pronounciation power.
5. Are the students engaged intellectually?
A- Yes, these are very simple rules and there are various ways to practice what I liked most was that it tell us how to do the change from written english to conversational english.
6. Will the task produce a unique classroom?
the result depends on how much the person wants to learn and practice, the site provides the tools to practice and learn more, but it all depends on the students interest to learn.
7. Does the task contribute to a coherent lesson?
The information provided in the lesson provides grammar rules, but also some special notes about daily conversation to help student relate information learned.
8. Does it foster autonomy?
It provides many tools to learn and practice, so once you get to the website you can take your pick, reading, forum, exercises, pronounciation power, etc.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Terms of Distance Education or of On-line Education
Isaac Ramos Serna
Distance education
Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the pedagogy and andragogy, technology, and instructional systems design that aim to deliver education to students who are not physically "on site". Rather than attending courses in person, teachers and students may communicate at times of their own choosing by exchanging printed or electronic media, or through technology that allows them to communicate in real time and through other online ways [2]. Distance education courses that require a physical on-site presence for any reason including the taking of examinations is considered to be a hybrid or blended course of study.
Online education
As per definition on the web, it is basically credit-granting courses or education training delivered primarily via the Internet to students at remote locations, including their homes. The Online courses may or may not be delivered synchronously. An online course may need that students and teachers meet once or periodically in a physical setting for lectures, labs, or exams, so long as the time spent in the physical setting does not exceed 25 percent of the total course time. Online education encompasses various degrees and courses. Through online education, one can opt for many
Distance learning
Distance learning makes it possible to earn degrees without quitting your day job. Your schedule is more hectic than ever with work, family, and errands. When it comes to continuing your education, you need a school that works with your busy schedule. That’s where distance learning comes. It’s and plenty of bangs for your buck.
References
1.www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_learning/
2.www.indiaedu.com/online-education/
3. www.classesandcareers.net/
Yolanda Gallegos Castellanos
e-Learning - Any learning that utilizes a network (LAN, WAN or Internet) for delivery, interaction, or facilitation. This would include distributed learning , distance learning (other than pure correspondence ), CBT delivered over a network, and WBT . Can be synchronous , asynchronous , instructor-led or computer-based or a combination.
Course Management System - Also shortened to "CMS." The software, usually web-based, used by colleges and universities, as well as corporations and government, that facilitates distance learning by centralizing the development, management, and distribution of instructional-related information and materials. A CMS provides faculty with a set of tools that allows the easy creation of course content - syllabi, course modules, lecture notes, assignments, tests and quizzes, etc. - and is the framework in which they teach and manage the class. To an online student, a CMS is simply the vehicle by which you, the instructor, and your fellow learners interact using asynchronous discussion boards and live chat tools; access course information and materials, submit assignments, check your grades, etc.
Asynchronous Communication - Non-synchronous, two-way communication in which there is a delay between when a message is sent and when it is actually received. In distance learning, asynchronous communication most often take the form of email (e.g. your professor emails you with feedback on an assignment), voicemail (e.g. you leave a message for your professor on his/her office phone), and discussion boards (e.g. you post a reply to a classmate's question in a threaded class discussion.)
Computer Based Training (CBT): A computer that provides instructional material in lieu of classroom, practical or human taught experience. The material is usually presented in the form of a CD-Rom, LAN or on the internet.
Copyright eLearners.com 1999 – 2009
http://www.elearners.com/resources/glossary.asp
Online Degree Zone.com
http://www.onlinedegreezone.com/About-Online-Degree-Zone.php
Mirna Maria Bernal Escoto
Effectiveness
Measure of achieving a specific goal: Typical effectiveness measures in distance education include cost, course design, instruction, media, teaching strategies, technology. Relates to quality assurance.
Moore & Kearsley (1996) Implications for distance education.
https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/public/faculty/DEGlossary.shtml
Feedback
Key element in any form of communication: the response of the receiver to the sender.
Moore & Kearsley (1996) Implications for distance education.
https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/public/faculty/DEGlossary.shtml
Learner Autonomy
"Concept that learners have different capacities for making decisions regarding their own learning." Relates to the structure and interactive expectations of a distance education course. A key element in adult learning.
Moore & Kearsley (1996) Implications for distance education. https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/public/faculty/DEGlossary.shtml
Oyuki Guadalupe Ramos Suarez
Blended Learning
an increasing popular combination of online and in-person learning activities.
Blog (Weblog)
a public web site where users post informal journals of their thoughts, comments, and philosophies, updated frequently and normally reflecting the views of the blog's creator.
Discussion Forums
a place where people can exchange messages of common interest.
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/elearning-essentials/elearning-glossary.htm
Julio Vangel Peréz Nuño
E- learning
Education via the internet,network , or standalone computer. e-learning is essentially the network-enabled transfer of skills and knownetwkorledge. e-learning refers to using electronic applications and processes to learn. e-learning applications and processes include Web-based learning, computer-based learning, virtual classrooms and digital collaboration. Content is delivered via the Internet, intranet/extranet, audio or video tape, satellite TV, and CD-Rom.
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/E/e_learning.html
Synchronous Learning
Synchronous Learning is often referred to as 'live' learning and is used in conjunction with online learning. It means that the communications occur at the same time between individuals and information is accessed instantly. People can communicate in 'real time' using their computers to both talk to each other as well as text chat. Presentations can be made using electronic whiteboards and electronic slides. This type of interaction is referred to as a 'virtual classroom'. Presentations, conversations and text can be stored (archived) and made available online as a resource.
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/online/current/synchronous/
Threaded Discussion
In a threaded discussion users have the option of responding to one another directly. Although there may be a general topic, as in the discussion example above, subtopics emerge as students respond to specific postings. These secondary postings are the "threads" that spin off from the main discussion: a student responds directly to a comment made about the main topic, and another student responds to the response, and so a thread is formed. A threaded discussion is a group conversation with simultaneous side conversations. There is little sense of sequence in a threaded discussion; you can easily chime in at any point in the conversation
.http://www.dartmouth.edu/~webteach/articles/discussion.html
Natalia Evelyn Andrade Navarro
Facilitator
The online course instructor is often referred to as the course facilitator. Online instructors do not retain their traditional "teacher-centered" roles from the brick-and-mortar, face-to-face paradigm. Instead, they become the medium through which discovery learning is facilitated in a student-centered environment. The facilitator is often referred to as the "course moderator." In Interactive Videoconferencing (IVC) the far-end helping staff person, whether teacher or para-educator, is called the "facilitator."
http://www.netc.org/digitalbridges/online/glossary/
Course Management System (CMS)
CMS is a software system that facilitates e-learning or supplements classroom learning and administration. These systems are usually run on servers and accessed by students as web pages. These may include stored student work, e-learning resources, discussion forums, peer communication tools, tracking of student progress, exercises and quizzes. CMS is sometimes referred to as a learning management system (LMS) or a virtual learning environment (VLE).
http://www.allonlineschools.com/online-education-resource-center/online-degrees-101-glossary/
BBS (bulletin board system)
a system maintained by a host computer for posting information, carrying on discussions, uploading and downloading files, chatting, and other online services. BBSs are generally created for a specific group of users and are usually topic-specific.
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/elearning-essentials/elearning-glossary.htm
Yaham Kampokalas Oñate
A learning management system (LMS) is software for delivering, tracking and managing training. LMSs range from systems for managing training records to software for distributing courses over the Internet and offering features for online collaboration.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_management_system
In blended/hybrid e-learning instruction, delivery combines presence and no presence and the type of presence can be physical or virtual.
Collaborative learning, in which the communication between the tutor and the students is asynchronous: the students study individually following an arranged schedule of assignments.
Negash, S., Whitman, E., Woszczynski, A., Hoganson, K., & Mattord, H.(2008)
Handbook of Distance Learning for Real-Time and Asynchronous Information Technology Education. New York.
Ana Isabel Sosa Marquez
Asynchronous Communication - Non-synchronous, two-way communication in which there is a delay between when a message is sent and when it is actually received. In distance learning, asynchronous communication most often take the form of email (e.g. your professor emails you with feedback on an assignment), voicemail (e.g. you leave a message for your professor on his/her office phone), and discussion boards (e.g. you post a reply to a classmate's question in a threaded class discussion.)
Threaded Discussion - A common feature of distance learning that allows students to interact with their classmates and instructor. A threaded discussion is a series of messages on a particular topic posted in a discussion forum. A threaded discussion is asynchronous, not fixed in time or space, so students can log on at any time from any Internet-enabled computer to seek clarification for issues they encounter in their coursework, to discuss topics raised in class, or to initiate new discussions on related topics. A good online discussion has the same effect of group or in-class discussion, in which students build on one another's perspectives to gain a deeper understanding of the materials.
Course Management System - Also shortened to "CMS." The software, usually web-based, used by colleges and universities, as well as corporations and government, that facilitates distance learning by centralizing the development, management, and distribution of instructional-related information and materials. A CMS provides faculty with a set of tools that allows the easy creation of course content - syllabi, course modules, lecture notes, assignments, tests and quizzes, etc. - and is the framework in which they teach and manage the class. To an online student, a CMS is simply the vehicle by which you, the instructor, and your fellow learners interact using asynchronous discussion boards and live chat tools; access course information and materials, submit assignments, check your grades, etc
Authors Unknown/Unspecified. 1999-2009.Distance Learning Glossary. Available in:http://www.elearners.com/resources/glossary.asp?tsource=it&tid=77039
Maria Del Rosario Alberici Vargas
Live Web conferencing:
Participants will experience a live online web session with students in California using NetTutor. Attendees will leave with strategies and tools to create links in Blackboard to improve student retention. Make your class as personal as possible.
Virtual Learning Community:
By taking advantage of virtual spaces like Facebook, Twitter, and Second Life, we give our students space to learn outside the classroom.
Web Administration:
The Road to Xavier portal for admitted students was named Best University Web Site 2006 by the Web Marketing Association. Beyond enabling the recruitment of a banner class, this Web 2.0 project laid the foundation for the Virtual Learning Commons, Xavier's comprehensive fully integrated Web presence to support 21st-century learners.
From: http://connect.educause.edu
Aseret Regalado Moreno
Cyberspace:
The nebulous place where humans interact over computer networks.
Barry Willis. University of Idaho Engineering Outreach staff highlighting. http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/eo/dist13.html
Electronic Mail (E-mail):
Sending messages from one computer user to another.
Barry Willis. University of Idaho Engineering Outreach staff highlighting. http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/eo/dist13.html
Assessment:
Evaluation of project or course based on measuring pre- against post- awareness, knowledge, or skills.
Inglis, Ling, & Joosten (1999) p. 98, for implications to distance education. https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/public/faculty/DEGlossary.shtml
Noemi Rubio Garibay
Blackboard
A blackboard is a collaborative, virtual space where multiple parties contribute ideas towards the solution of a problem by posting information, solution ideas and suggestions. Each addition to the blackboard brainstorm is intended to increase collective understanding until a problem has beensolved.
Interactive Course
An interactive course is a distance learning course that incorporates at least some interactive components, such as student interaction with technology, active instructor feedback, communication between peers, communication between students and an instructor and possible peer collaboration.
Distributed Learning
Distributed learning is a type of distance learning that makes use of information technology.Distributed learning includes most types of distance learning but not plain correspondence via the mail.
AllOnlineSchoolsYour Guide to Online Education and Training (2006-2009).online Education Glossary/FInd Helpful Definitions for Over 40 Commonly UsedOnline Educationhttp://www.allonlineschools.com/online-education-resource-center/online-degrees-101-glossary/
© 2006-2009 All Online Schools All rights reserved.
Distance education
Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the pedagogy and andragogy, technology, and instructional systems design that aim to deliver education to students who are not physically "on site". Rather than attending courses in person, teachers and students may communicate at times of their own choosing by exchanging printed or electronic media, or through technology that allows them to communicate in real time and through other online ways [2]. Distance education courses that require a physical on-site presence for any reason including the taking of examinations is considered to be a hybrid or blended course of study.
Online education
As per definition on the web, it is basically credit-granting courses or education training delivered primarily via the Internet to students at remote locations, including their homes. The Online courses may or may not be delivered synchronously. An online course may need that students and teachers meet once or periodically in a physical setting for lectures, labs, or exams, so long as the time spent in the physical setting does not exceed 25 percent of the total course time. Online education encompasses various degrees and courses. Through online education, one can opt for many
Distance learning
Distance learning makes it possible to earn degrees without quitting your day job. Your schedule is more hectic than ever with work, family, and errands. When it comes to continuing your education, you need a school that works with your busy schedule. That’s where distance learning comes. It’s and plenty of bangs for your buck.
References
1.www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_learning/
2.www.indiaedu.com/online-education/
3. www.classesandcareers.net/
Yolanda Gallegos Castellanos
e-Learning - Any learning that utilizes a network (LAN, WAN or Internet) for delivery, interaction, or facilitation. This would include distributed learning , distance learning (other than pure correspondence ), CBT delivered over a network, and WBT . Can be synchronous , asynchronous , instructor-led or computer-based or a combination.
Course Management System - Also shortened to "CMS." The software, usually web-based, used by colleges and universities, as well as corporations and government, that facilitates distance learning by centralizing the development, management, and distribution of instructional-related information and materials. A CMS provides faculty with a set of tools that allows the easy creation of course content - syllabi, course modules, lecture notes, assignments, tests and quizzes, etc. - and is the framework in which they teach and manage the class. To an online student, a CMS is simply the vehicle by which you, the instructor, and your fellow learners interact using asynchronous discussion boards and live chat tools; access course information and materials, submit assignments, check your grades, etc.
Asynchronous Communication - Non-synchronous, two-way communication in which there is a delay between when a message is sent and when it is actually received. In distance learning, asynchronous communication most often take the form of email (e.g. your professor emails you with feedback on an assignment), voicemail (e.g. you leave a message for your professor on his/her office phone), and discussion boards (e.g. you post a reply to a classmate's question in a threaded class discussion.)
Computer Based Training (CBT): A computer that provides instructional material in lieu of classroom, practical or human taught experience. The material is usually presented in the form of a CD-Rom, LAN or on the internet.
Copyright eLearners.com 1999 – 2009
http://www.elearners.com/resources/glossary.asp
Online Degree Zone.com
http://www.onlinedegreezone.com/About-Online-Degree-Zone.php
Mirna Maria Bernal Escoto
Effectiveness
Measure of achieving a specific goal: Typical effectiveness measures in distance education include cost, course design, instruction, media, teaching strategies, technology. Relates to quality assurance.
Moore & Kearsley (1996) Implications for distance education.
https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/public/faculty/DEGlossary.shtml
Feedback
Key element in any form of communication: the response of the receiver to the sender.
Moore & Kearsley (1996) Implications for distance education.
https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/public/faculty/DEGlossary.shtml
Learner Autonomy
"Concept that learners have different capacities for making decisions regarding their own learning." Relates to the structure and interactive expectations of a distance education course. A key element in adult learning.
Moore & Kearsley (1996) Implications for distance education. https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/public/faculty/DEGlossary.shtml
Oyuki Guadalupe Ramos Suarez
Blended Learning
an increasing popular combination of online and in-person learning activities.
Blog (Weblog)
a public web site where users post informal journals of their thoughts, comments, and philosophies, updated frequently and normally reflecting the views of the blog's creator.
Discussion Forums
a place where people can exchange messages of common interest.
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/elearning-essentials/elearning-glossary.htm
Julio Vangel Peréz Nuño
E- learning
Education via the internet,network , or standalone computer. e-learning is essentially the network-enabled transfer of skills and knownetwkorledge. e-learning refers to using electronic applications and processes to learn. e-learning applications and processes include Web-based learning, computer-based learning, virtual classrooms and digital collaboration. Content is delivered via the Internet, intranet/extranet, audio or video tape, satellite TV, and CD-Rom.
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/E/e_learning.html
Synchronous Learning
Synchronous Learning is often referred to as 'live' learning and is used in conjunction with online learning. It means that the communications occur at the same time between individuals and information is accessed instantly. People can communicate in 'real time' using their computers to both talk to each other as well as text chat. Presentations can be made using electronic whiteboards and electronic slides. This type of interaction is referred to as a 'virtual classroom'. Presentations, conversations and text can be stored (archived) and made available online as a resource.
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/online/current/synchronous/
Threaded Discussion
In a threaded discussion users have the option of responding to one another directly. Although there may be a general topic, as in the discussion example above, subtopics emerge as students respond to specific postings. These secondary postings are the "threads" that spin off from the main discussion: a student responds directly to a comment made about the main topic, and another student responds to the response, and so a thread is formed. A threaded discussion is a group conversation with simultaneous side conversations. There is little sense of sequence in a threaded discussion; you can easily chime in at any point in the conversation
.http://www.dartmouth.edu/~webteach/articles/discussion.html
Natalia Evelyn Andrade Navarro
Facilitator
The online course instructor is often referred to as the course facilitator. Online instructors do not retain their traditional "teacher-centered" roles from the brick-and-mortar, face-to-face paradigm. Instead, they become the medium through which discovery learning is facilitated in a student-centered environment. The facilitator is often referred to as the "course moderator." In Interactive Videoconferencing (IVC) the far-end helping staff person, whether teacher or para-educator, is called the "facilitator."
http://www.netc.org/digitalbridges/online/glossary/
Course Management System (CMS)
CMS is a software system that facilitates e-learning or supplements classroom learning and administration. These systems are usually run on servers and accessed by students as web pages. These may include stored student work, e-learning resources, discussion forums, peer communication tools, tracking of student progress, exercises and quizzes. CMS is sometimes referred to as a learning management system (LMS) or a virtual learning environment (VLE).
http://www.allonlineschools.com/online-education-resource-center/online-degrees-101-glossary/
BBS (bulletin board system)
a system maintained by a host computer for posting information, carrying on discussions, uploading and downloading files, chatting, and other online services. BBSs are generally created for a specific group of users and are usually topic-specific.
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/elearning-essentials/elearning-glossary.htm
Yaham Kampokalas Oñate
A learning management system (LMS) is software for delivering, tracking and managing training. LMSs range from systems for managing training records to software for distributing courses over the Internet and offering features for online collaboration.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_management_system
In blended/hybrid e-learning instruction, delivery combines presence and no presence and the type of presence can be physical or virtual.
Collaborative learning, in which the communication between the tutor and the students is asynchronous: the students study individually following an arranged schedule of assignments.
Negash, S., Whitman, E., Woszczynski, A., Hoganson, K., & Mattord, H.(2008)
Handbook of Distance Learning for Real-Time and Asynchronous Information Technology Education. New York.
Ana Isabel Sosa Marquez
Asynchronous Communication - Non-synchronous, two-way communication in which there is a delay between when a message is sent and when it is actually received. In distance learning, asynchronous communication most often take the form of email (e.g. your professor emails you with feedback on an assignment), voicemail (e.g. you leave a message for your professor on his/her office phone), and discussion boards (e.g. you post a reply to a classmate's question in a threaded class discussion.)
Threaded Discussion - A common feature of distance learning that allows students to interact with their classmates and instructor. A threaded discussion is a series of messages on a particular topic posted in a discussion forum. A threaded discussion is asynchronous, not fixed in time or space, so students can log on at any time from any Internet-enabled computer to seek clarification for issues they encounter in their coursework, to discuss topics raised in class, or to initiate new discussions on related topics. A good online discussion has the same effect of group or in-class discussion, in which students build on one another's perspectives to gain a deeper understanding of the materials.
Course Management System - Also shortened to "CMS." The software, usually web-based, used by colleges and universities, as well as corporations and government, that facilitates distance learning by centralizing the development, management, and distribution of instructional-related information and materials. A CMS provides faculty with a set of tools that allows the easy creation of course content - syllabi, course modules, lecture notes, assignments, tests and quizzes, etc. - and is the framework in which they teach and manage the class. To an online student, a CMS is simply the vehicle by which you, the instructor, and your fellow learners interact using asynchronous discussion boards and live chat tools; access course information and materials, submit assignments, check your grades, etc
Authors Unknown/Unspecified. 1999-2009.Distance Learning Glossary. Available in:http://www.elearners.com/resources/glossary.asp?tsource=it&tid=77039
Maria Del Rosario Alberici Vargas
Live Web conferencing:
Participants will experience a live online web session with students in California using NetTutor. Attendees will leave with strategies and tools to create links in Blackboard to improve student retention. Make your class as personal as possible.
Virtual Learning Community:
By taking advantage of virtual spaces like Facebook, Twitter, and Second Life, we give our students space to learn outside the classroom.
Web Administration:
The Road to Xavier portal for admitted students was named Best University Web Site 2006 by the Web Marketing Association. Beyond enabling the recruitment of a banner class, this Web 2.0 project laid the foundation for the Virtual Learning Commons, Xavier's comprehensive fully integrated Web presence to support 21st-century learners.
From: http://connect.educause.edu
Aseret Regalado Moreno
Cyberspace:
The nebulous place where humans interact over computer networks.
Barry Willis. University of Idaho Engineering Outreach staff highlighting. http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/eo/dist13.html
Electronic Mail (E-mail):
Sending messages from one computer user to another.
Barry Willis. University of Idaho Engineering Outreach staff highlighting. http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/eo/dist13.html
Assessment:
Evaluation of project or course based on measuring pre- against post- awareness, knowledge, or skills.
Inglis, Ling, & Joosten (1999) p. 98, for implications to distance education. https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/public/faculty/DEGlossary.shtml
Noemi Rubio Garibay
Blackboard
A blackboard is a collaborative, virtual space where multiple parties contribute ideas towards the solution of a problem by posting information, solution ideas and suggestions. Each addition to the blackboard brainstorm is intended to increase collective understanding until a problem has beensolved.
Interactive Course
An interactive course is a distance learning course that incorporates at least some interactive components, such as student interaction with technology, active instructor feedback, communication between peers, communication between students and an instructor and possible peer collaboration.
Distributed Learning
Distributed learning is a type of distance learning that makes use of information technology.Distributed learning includes most types of distance learning but not plain correspondence via the mail.
AllOnlineSchoolsYour Guide to Online Education and Training (2006-2009).online Education Glossary/FInd Helpful Definitions for Over 40 Commonly UsedOnline Educationhttp://www.allonlineschools.com/online-education-resource-center/online-degrees-101-glossary/
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Reflection of Unit 1
We learned about DE, OE and TE, that some of their characteristics are: the non physical presence of teacher-student, the technical tools,the tutoring, independent and flexible learning. but who finally makes the decision on the kind of education is the student because it all depends on the student's needs.
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