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Introduction to

Emerging Trends and

Technologies…

Introduction to Distance Learning

Series

© Chuck Kilfoye 2010

Lesson 1 – Getting

Started…

+What is Distance Learning?

Integration of technology into the

process of teaching and learning…


+A Brief History of Distance Learning

When did distance learning begin?


+A Brief History of Distance Learning

It’s been around in one form another for over

2000 years!


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Correspondence

Courses

1800

TV & Radio Courses Satellite Online Courses

1900

1970

2000

The Modern Era…

Film


Invention of Film will

Change our SchoolThomas Edison

Thomas Edison

The Modern Era…


"Our school system will

be completely changed in

the next ten years…”

+The Modern Era…

1990s World Wide Web Arrives….


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2001 3.2 million students

20084.6 million students

201318.3 million students

Growing Market


+The New World of Education…

New pedagogy

Ubiquitous technology

Innovation


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+The Internet Factor…


+Today’s Classroom…

Student-centered

Social collaboration

Ever-changing technology

Readily-available knowledge

360 Classroom© Chuck Kilfoye 2010

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Change…


+ Sage or Guide?


+ Today’s Students…


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Higher Expectations


+Constant Change…

“Life is like riding a

bicycle. To keep

balance, you must

keep moving…”

Albert Einstein


+Millennial Learners

Millennial learners refers to anyone born in 1984 or later…

Readily embraces new technologies…

Prefer to do things electronically…

Enjoy active learning, social collaboration, and educational networking


+What Do We Need?

Millennial instructors!


+ Emerging Models for Teaching

and Learning

How Can You Use Technology to

Deliver Education in Today’s

Classroom?


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Late Dan Coldeway

Coldeway’s Quadrant: Applying Time and Space to Learning


+Coldeway’s Quadrant

Same-Time, Same-

Place (ST/SP)

Different-Time, Same-Place

(DT/SP)

Same-Time, Different-

Place (ST/DP)

Different-Time, Different-Place

(DT/DP)


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+ More Terminology…

Digital Natives

• Anyone who grew up with technology

Digital Immigrants

• Anyone who didn’t…


+ Which One Are You?

Native - Anyone who grew up with digital

cameras, iPods, computers, Internet

access, and Facebook

Immigrant - Anyone who grew up

with telephones with chords and

typewriters.


+Rupert Murdoch and Technology


+ What’s Wrong Today?

Everyone has an opinion…

“American high schools are obsolete. By obsolete, I mean

that our high schools, even when they are working exactly

as designed, cannot teach our kids what they need to know

today. Training the workforce of tomorrow with high schools

of today is like trying to teach kids about today’s computers

on a 50-year-old mainframe. It’s the wrong tool for the

times.”

For Bill Gate’s latest involvement, see this update:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38282806/

Bill Gates, 2005


+Can online help with this problem?

“Students who took all or part of their

class online performed better, on

average, than those taking the same

course through traditional face-to-face

instruction.”

A 2009 meta study from the Department of Education:


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What is your role?


+ Responsibilities…

Discovery

Identification

Execution


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