Save Yourself from Drowning in Online Interaction Rita-Marie Conrad Instructional Designer Florida State University Introduction "My email is killing me! "I can easily get 100 emails a day. "And it's not just email. "Does anyone realize how much effort these online courses take???" Such is a compilation of comments I hear from the faculty I assist in my role as an instructional designer of distance learning courses. As we all know, distance education in one form or another has existed for decades, but the level of interaction possible with distance education delivery modes such as print or one-way audio or video, has been limited in the past. The newest delivery mode of distance education utilizes the Internet and provides increased interaction opportunities through multimedia learning environments in which a learner can utilize on-line conferencing, electronic mail, bulletin board, and "chat room" facilities to interact and collaborate with the instructor as well as other learners. The New Paradigm Management of Online Interaction
e-Learning Centre: Facilitating online learning This page provides links to some resources concerned with facilitating online discussions and online learning in general. Articles in date order, most recent first. Submit a new Library item The use of asynchronous discussion: creating a text of talk "Asynchronous discussion allows students to read and respond "out-of-time." Added: 8 July 2005 Reviewer's Note: This article shares Alison's experiences with asynchronous discussion and embeds them within the context of current teaching and assessment. top Participation in online courses - how essential is it? "Groups of learners on online courses, in common with other online communities, are generally found to comprise both highly participative individuals and those who appear to contribute little to group discussions but who consider that they are actively following the course and learning. Added: 17 January 2004 Discussion schedyke: January 19-28, 2004; Summing-up: January 29-30, 2004 Effective Online Facilitation Added: 7 January 2004 Added: 2000
CITE Journal The CITE Journal is an online, peer-reviewed journal, established and jointly sponsored by five professional associations (AMTE, ASTE, NCSS-CUFA, CEE, and SITE). This is the only joint venture of this kind in the field of teacher education. Each professional association has sole responsibility for editorial review of articles in its discipline: Technology and Science Education (ASTE) Technology and Mathematics Education (AMTE) Technology and Social Studies Education (NCSS-CUFA) Technology and English Education (CEE) Educational Technology: General (SITE) The CITE Journal has a unique Commentary feature, which permits readers to author short responses to articles published in a commentary strand linked to the article. In addition to its discipline-based journals, CITE Journal has a General Educational Technology section and three cross-disciplinary sections: Editorial, Current Practice, and Seminal Articles.
Facilitating Online Discussions, by Donna Raleigh | TTT Vol. 7, No. 3: November 15, 2000 Keys to Facilitating Successful Online Discussions by Donna Raleigh, Coordinator of Technical Training and Instructional Technology, Media Development Center, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire "This is fun!" Last week a student new to online discussions posted these words. What is an online discussion? First, lets establish a common understanding of what is meant by the term "online discussions." Uses for online discussions Online discussions are particularly useful for instructors facilitating online courses and for faculty who teach to remote sites via interactive television. The actual application of online discussions can be divided into two lists. Share knowledge. Planning Considerations Planning and implementing the online discussion is key to avoiding the common problems experienced with online discussions. How will students access the online discussion? Using Guidelines and Procedures to Establish a Safe Learning Environment Successful Implementation
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