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TECHNOLOGIES FOR DISTANCE
EDUCATION
Raheen Brooks
TECHNOLOGIES Technology is most noticeable used to promote communication Communication occurs when two or more individuals wish to
share ideas Communication in distance education occurs when learners
interact with each other and the instructor Language and culture and two thing in common that
communication and communication for distance education have in common
COMMUNICATION MODEL
To communicate accurately instructional ideas are encoded into some transmittable form, such as spoken words, pictures and writing.
Effective communication must require an active audience and media is used to communicate to distant learners and the messages must be decoded
TAXONOMY OF DISTANCE EDUCATION TECHNOLOGIES
In distance education it is vital that educators think about how communication can occur and how to apply experiences so it can promote effective and efficient learning.
Several different methods can be used to show the experiences to students Correspondence study: longest and simplest form of distance education Prerecorded Media: incorporation of media into correspondence study system
TAXONOMY OF DISTANCE EDUCATION TECHNOLOGIES
Two-way audio: first widely used form of distance education
Two-way audio with graphics: an embellishment of the two-way audio form
One-way live video: Referred to as broadcast distance education.
TAXONOMY OF DISTANCE EDUCATION TECHNOLOGIES
Two-way audio, one-way video: telephone system with 800 number
Two-way audio/video: normally called the compressed video often used in conference calls
Desktop two-way audio/video: multimedia computer, camera, microphone, high-speed network connection
CATEGORIES OF DESKTOP AUDIO AND VIDEO
Analog systems are using telephone wiring in buildings that are called twisted-pair wires. High-speed is defined as the video signal that is compressed using a compression protocol.
In today’s current society we use medium speed the most due to the fact that it is compressed over the internet. The speed of it is 128,000 to 256,000 bits per second
CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGIES USED FOR ONLINE INSTRUCTION
An important asset to having a successful online classroom is not technology but how it is utilized.
When choosing appropriate technologies for online instruction students must assess the available instructional technologies. Also they have to determine the learning outcomes, identify learning experiences and match each to the most appropriate and available technology
INTERNET-BASED TECHNOLOGY
There are several different versions of web-based technology. In the early 2000’s a new generation of web applications. Web 2.0 technologies are:
Blogging Wikis Podcasting Social bookmarking Social networking Virtual words
SUMMARY
Technologies used for distance education fall into two categories which are:
1. Telecommunications technologies that connect instructors to distance learners
2. Classroom technologies that record, present, and display instructional information.
Effective utilization of distance education classrooms requires a new set of skills for most educators and learners
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