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Distance Education Preparing Faculty to
Teach the Distant Learner by Michael Simonson
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Agenda
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Coldeway's Quadrants
ST SP
DT SP
ST DP
DT DP
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Distance Education
One-Time Only Events
Multiple Session Events
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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.

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"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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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."

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Shifting ParadigmsMission and Purposes

• Instruction Paradigm
• Provide instruction
• Transfer knowledge -faculty to students
• Offer courses
• Improve teaching

• Learning Paradigm
• Produce learning
• Elicit discovery and construction of
  knowledge
• Create powerful learning environments
• Improve learning

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Shifting ParadigmsTeaching/Learning Structures

• Instruction Paradigm
• Time held constant, learning varies
  
• 50-minute lecture, 3-credit hr course
• Covering material
• Degree equals accumulated credit hours

• Learning Paradigm
• Learning held constant, time varies
• Learning environments
• Specified outcomes
• Degree equals demonstrated knowledge and skills

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Shifting ParadigmsLearning Theory

• Instruction Paradigm
• Learning teacher-centered, controlled
• Live teacher, live students required
• Classroom/learning competitive and individualistic

• Learning Paradigm
• Learning student-centered, controlled
• Active learner required, but not live
  teacher
• Learning environments cooperative, supportive

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Shifting ParadigmsNature of Roles

• Instruction Paradigm
• Faculty are primarily lecturers
• Faculty and students work independently
  and in isolation

• Learning Paradigm
• Faculty are designers of learning
  methods and environments
• Faculty and students work in teams
  with each other and other staff

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Advantages of Internet-Based Courses

• Courses could be available to any qualified
  individual in world
• Course components available 24 hrs/day
• Students work at own pace
• Distributable across multiple computer platforms
• Technology relatively easy to use
• Learning resources available across entire
  Internet

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Advantages of Internet-Based Courses

• Online course materials easy to update or modify
• Internet promotes active learning and student
  intellectual involvement
• Internet provides variety of learning
  experiences, accommodates differing learning
  styles
• Students learn Internet skills that improve
  employment options after graduation

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Distance Learning Classroom Teaching SiteView
from Front
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Distance Learning ClassroomTeaching SiteView
from Rear
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