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Donna Montgomery
ETEC 562
Defining Distance Education
Distance education is institution-based, formal education where the learning group is separated geographically, and where interactive telecommunications systems are used to connect learners, resources and instructors.
Purpose of Technology in Distance Education
The purpose of technology is to promote communication.
Effective communication requires an active audience.
Six Types of Technologies
Correspondence Study & Prerecorded Media
First….
Next…
Two-Way Audio:
Better known as the phone
Then…
One-Way Live Video….
Or Commercial Television.
Another type-
Two-Way Audio, One-Way Video
That is…microwave transmission systems, instructional television fixed service (ITFS), or community cable networks.
Let’s take a look at Two-Way Audio/Video
OR
Today’s Videoconferencing Classroom
Ennis Jr. High School Video Conferencing Lab
Built in 2000
Back of the class, presenter’s monitors
Equipment needed in a distance classroom
Presenter’s Station: computer, monitor, ELMO, control panel
Now a newer Distance Now a newer Distance ClassroomClassroom
Ennis High School’s Video Lab…not yet complete
Touch Panel
control system
And a new document camera
And last…
Desktop Two-Way Audio/Video
“The effective utilization of distance education classrooms requires a new set of skills for most educators and learners. Teaching with technology to learners who are not physically located in the same site where instruction is taking place requires a different set of skills and competencies than traditional education. Technologies are tools that most be mastered to be effective.”
Dr. Michael Simonson