Topic 1, Assignment 1 - Distance Education
| Traditional Strategies | Digital Strategies & Technologies |
| Rollcall (implied) |
Swiping ID cards RFID in ID cards Pin numbers on key pad Clickers twitter with gps? |
| Lecture (implied) |
Podcasts Vodcasts Interactive online simulations that convey the same information (like interactive exhibits in museums) online lecture delivery systems (tegrity, camtasia, matterhorn, etc) second life |
| Didactic Instruction (Q&A - mentioned) |
Chat (txt, irc, other chatroom) Skype/IM sessions (group or individual) |
| Objective Testing (mentioned) |
Clickers Online testing Applied knowledge testing (online puzzles that test knowledge) |
| Demonstrative Teaching (chalkboard, shown) |
LMS Tools (blackboard's virtual classroom, etc) Skype, desktop-sharing, etc |
| Peer discussion (mentioned) |
chat (via skype, IM, wiki, discussion boards, forums, irc, etc) Collaborative editing (wiki, google wave) |
| Note Taking (shown. mentioned) |
Google wave for notes voice recorders various tools for online lecture delivery systems with note taking capabilities speech to txt tools |
| Handouts (shown) |
distributed pdfs (via email, LMS, wiki, etc) links to original sources (distributed via delicious, LMS, wiki, twitter) |
| Large Classroom Teaching (mentioned) |
LMS tools (wimba classroom, irc, video conferencing) second life |
| Group Problem Solving (mentioned) |
custom online tools (built with flash, google wave, html5, etc) chat (all variations) |
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Metacognitive exercises (implied) Games/simulations (mentioned) |
custom games (via txt, IM, other chat) digital quests (could even be in a "real" game with relevant information or instructor built "levels" games on multiple platforms (pc, mac, smart phones) |
| Overhead projected display (mentioned) | any means to display information, either static or dynamic in nearly any medium, to nearly any device |
Part 2:
Technically, any method can be used in any scenario. I've heard about twitter used in F2F meetings to brain storm effectively, recording for those who have to miss the F2F class, IRC for in-class discussions, etc. Of course, methods in Hybrid and Online will be nearly identical as Hybrid uses the full capabilities of online by definition.
| F2F |
BLENDED |
ONLINE |
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Swiping ID cards RFID in ID cards Pin numbers on key pad Clickers (tegrity, camtasia, matterhorn, etc) Chat (txt, irc, other chatroom) chat (via skype, IM, wiki, discussion boards, forums, irc, etc) Google wave for notes Online testing Applied knowledge testing (online puzzles that test knowledge) speech to txt tools LMS Tools (blackboard's virtual classroom, etc) |
Swiping ID cards RFID in ID cards Pin numbers on key pad Clickers twitter with gps? Podcasts Vodcasts Interactive online simulations that convey the same information (like interactive exhibits in museums) online lecture delivery systems (tegrity, camtasia, matterhorn, etc) second life Chat (txt, irc, other chatroom) Skype/IM/other VoIP sessions (group or individual) chat (via skype, IM, wiki, discussion boards, forums, irc, etc) Collaborative editing (wiki, google wave) Google wave for notes Online testing Applied knowledge testing (online puzzles that test knowledge) speech to txt tools distributed pdfs (via email, LMS, wiki, etc) LMS Tools (blackboard's virtual classroom, etc) |
twitter with gps? Podcasts Vodcasts Interactive online simulations that convey the same information (like interactive exhibits in museums) online lecture delivery systems (tegrity, camtasia, matterhorn, etc) second life Chat (txt, irc, other chatroom) Skype/IM/other VoIP sessions (group or individual) chat (via skype, IM, wiki, discussion boards, forums, irc, etc) Collaborative editing (wiki, google wave) Google wave for notes Online testing Applied knowledge testing (online puzzles that test knowledge) speech to txt tools distributed pdfs (via email, LMS, wiki, etc) LMS Tools (blackboard's virtual classroom, etc) |