TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTING EDUCATION

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

Yorkton Regional HighSchool

Yorkton Public SchoolDivision #93

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DISTANCE EDUCATION --AN OVERVIEW

•Defined

•Who takes Distance Education classes?

•Instructional Formats

•Delivery Modes

•Critical Components of a DE Course

•Benefits

•Student and Teacher Requirements

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Is instructional delivery that does not constrain

a student to be physically present in the same

location as the instructor.

Defined

There are many terms describingdistance education

Distance Learning

 Distributed Learning

 Web-based courses

 Virtual Education

 Cyber Schools

 Education or Knowledge on Demand

 e-Learning

E-learning will be the greatequalizer in the next

century. By eliminating barriers oftime, distance,

and socio-economic status,individuals can now

take charge of their own lifelonglearning.

E-learning is Internet-enabledlearning

Who takes distance educationclasses?

•Students from rural schools -- desired course is notavailable or does not fit into their timetable

•Students from urban schools -- Course may not fit intotheir timetable

•Illness

•Sports

•Religion

•Home Schooling

•Academically advanced student

•Students who are having difficulties in a particular course

•Teachers who would like to supplement their course

•Adults who are upgrading

Instructional Formats

1. CorrespondenceSchool

•Traditional delivery with atextbook/binder mailed out tothe student

•The student worksindependently through thecourse

•Utilizes telephone supportfrom the CorrespondenceSchool

•Submit assignments by snailmail or fax

Saskatchewan

•70 courses - Grades 9 - 12

2. Satellite Instruction

•Partnership withSaskEd and SCN

•Delivery mode isdone in real-time

Saskatchewan offersseveral courses:

•Regina (Calculus 30,Law 30, Psych.30,Physics 20/30)

•Viscount (French)

•Swift Current(Biology 30,Entrepreneurship30)

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3. Web-based CoursesOR ONLINELEARNING

•Is a course that isoffered on line (WorldWide Web).

•Course is set up as aweb page whichstudents access at a timethat fits their schedule

•Courses allowopportunity forinteraction, animation,discussion (I.e. chat)

DISTANCE EDUCATION INCLUDES:

•Print (Textbooks,newspapers, handouts,magazines)

•Radio

•Electronic Whiteboards

•Fax machines

•Video cassettes

•Instructional Television

•Internet/WWW

•E-mail

•Audio teleconferencing

•Audio cassettes

•CD-ROM

•Voice mail

•Video conferencing

•Software

•Electronic bulletinboards

•Electronic chats

Delivery Modes

•SynchronousInstruction

Interaction is done in real

time

Interactive TV

Audioconferencing

Computerconferencing

•Asynchronousinstruction

Students choose their own

instructional time frame

and gather learning materials

according to their own schedules.

Print materials, email, listservs,

audiocassette courses,

videotaped courses, WWW courses,

CD-ROM interactive disks

Critical Components

•Content

•Instructional Design

•Student/Audience/Client

•Technology Support

•General Support

•Evaluation Methods

Benefits

•Flexibility in scheduling for students within thehigh school, the division, the province

•Opportunity for schools that are unable to offerthe course

•Opportunity for students with differentlearning styles

•Opportunity for home-based students to enroll

•Opportunity for educators to develop newlearning environments, strategies andtechnologies.

More Benefits

•Innovative programming

•E-learning empowers us

•Information from a greatervariety of sources

•Increased access for life-longlearners

•Location/Geography is nolonger an issue

Student Requirements for Programs

•Personal motivation

•Academic skills at appropriate grade level

•Keyboarding skills

•Independent learners

•Social skills development

•Other general tips and guidelines for onlinestudents….

•Participation. Contribute your ideas andparticipate in discussions with otherstudents.

•Email, email -- stay in touch with theinstructor

•Be able to spend the same amount of timeper week in an online class as you would atraditional class.

•Work with the technology

•Communicate through writing

•Have fun!

The Challenge to Schools...

“We must transform all formalinstitutions of learning from pre-Kthrough college, to ensure that we arepreparing students for their future, notfor our past. Schools that ignore thetrends shaping tomorrow will cease tobe relevant in the lives of theirstudents will disappear quickly.”

…David Thornbug

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