Delivering Learning on the Net: The Why, What & How of Online Education

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Foreword......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Dedication......Page 12
Who this book is for......Page 13
The approach of the book......Page 15
You, your computer and the Net......Page 17
Educational technology: promise unfulfilled......Page 19
Broadcast media and CD ROM......Page 20
1 Social acceptance......Page 22
2 Educator proximity......Page 23
3 Generic interface......Page 24
4 Interactivity and personalization......Page 25
5 Sustaining and disruptive technology......Page 26
2 Do not adopt it in isolation......Page 28
4 Make the Net central to the course......Page 29
Summary......Page 30
Introduction......Page 31
The Internet will mean the commercialization of education......Page 32
The Internet will mean the globalization of education......Page 35
The Internet will mean the death of the campus university......Page 37
The Internet will mean declining standards in education......Page 40
The Internet is good for training but not for education......Page 42
2 Be adaptable in courses and approach......Page 43
3 Make a virtue of what you can offer......Page 44
Conclusion......Page 45
Summary......Page 47
Deconstruction......Page 48
Affiliation and cooperation......Page 50
Intermediaries......Page 52
Richness and reach......Page 54
Clicks and mortar......Page 56
Boom and bust......Page 57
1 Add both richness and reach......Page 58
4 Use the Net to develop a network of partners and contacts......Page 59
Conclusion......Page 60
Summary......Page 61
Educator enthusiasm......Page 62
The medium is the message......Page 66
Pedagogic suitability......Page 67
Institutional benefit......Page 68
As a delivery mechanism for CAL......Page 70
1 Start with the enthusiasts......Page 72
2 Implement a staff development framework......Page 73
Conclusion......Page 74
Summary......Page 75
Constructivism......Page 76
Resource based learning......Page 79
Collaborative learning......Page 80
Problem based learning......Page 83
Narrative based teaching......Page 85
Situated learning......Page 87
Lessons for implementation......Page 88
3 Be prepared to take a different role......Page 89
Conclusion......Page 90
Summary......Page 91
Differences from face to face communication......Page 92
Synchronous communication......Page 95
Types of computer conference......Page 97
Teaching via CMC......Page 101
1 Devise a structure that meets the needs of the course and students......Page 104
2 Take advantage of the possibilities asynchronous communication offers......Page 105
4 Develop a moderating style and guidelines......Page 106
Summary......Page 107
Team working......Page 109
Using the technology......Page 111
Elsewhere in the organization......Page 114
Using the technology within the organization......Page 116
Workload......Page 119
Information overload......Page 120
Stress......Page 121
Technology churn......Page 122
Intrusion......Page 123
Social life......Page 124
2 Develop coping mechanisms......Page 125
Summary......Page 126
Assessing group work......Page 128
Exams and projects......Page 129
Automatic assessment......Page 130
The Web as resource......Page 132
New student roles......Page 133
Web sites......Page 134
Plagiarism......Page 135
Award board issues......Page 136
Assignment submission routes......Page 137
Graceful degradation......Page 138
1 Rethink assessment methods and procedures......Page 139
2 Strike a balance......Page 140
Summary......Page 141
Introduction......Page 142
Text and images......Page 143
Video and audio......Page 145
Computer assisted learning (CAL)......Page 147
Virtual worlds......Page 148
Intelligent agents......Page 149
Data mining......Page 150
XML......Page 151
Web based course delivery systems......Page 152
2 Make the technology cost-effective......Page 154
Conclusion......Page 155
Summary......Page 156
Introduction......Page 157
A framework for classifying online courses......Page 158
Categorizing online courses......Page 159
Low technology-didactic......Page 160
Technology rich-constructivist......Page 161
High technology-didactic......Page 162
Low technology-didactic......Page 163
High technology-constructivist......Page 164
A case study......Page 165
Technology......Page 166
Pedagogy......Page 167
Issues of scale......Page 168
2 Determine the presentation and production costs and allocate resources accordingly......Page 171
Conclusion......Page 172
Summary......Page 173
Video and cinema......Page 174
Intellectual property......Page 176
Broadband......Page 179
Success of e-commerce......Page 180
Learning technology standards......Page 181
The course of the future......Page 183
Conclusion......Page 184
Summary......Page 185
References......Page 186
Index......Page 191
Open and Distance Learning Series......Page 193