Historical development of
distance education, definition and function of
distance education, technologies used within
distance education: TV, VCR, radio, printed
materials, computers, and the Internet. Typology
of distance education teaching systems.
Techniques and methods used in planning,
development, and implementation of distance
education teaching systems.
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Course Objectives
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The
objectives of this course are to enable the students to
understand the basic problems of Distance
Education/Learning. In this course the student will
examine the theoretical framework, historical
development and practical applications of the distance
education movement.
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Learning Outcomes
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At the end of the course
unit, the learner is expected to be able to:
- describe current leading-edge work in distance
education in K-12, higher education, business,
government, and military settings
- depict the ways in which learning and teaching across
barriers of distance and time are similar to -- and
different from -- face-to-face instruction
- gain fluency in using various interactive media
(asynchronous threaded discussion sites, synchronous
multi-user virtual environments, groupware, interactive
presentational media, videoconferencing), instructional
frameworks (e.g., Blackboard) and e-learning
applications (e.g., telementoring)
- apply effective instructional design for various
interactive media, instructional frameworks, and
applications.
- experience how each medium for interacting across
distance shapes the cognitive, affective, and social
dimensions of learning and indicate the range of
individual responses to these media
- describe methods for evaluating the effectiveness of
distance education and distributed learning approaches
- discuss how innovations such as the World Wide Web,
multi-user virtual environments, computer-supported
collaborative learning, telementoring, and online
communities are shaping the evolution of distance
education and distributed learning
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Main Teaching Methods
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Lectures, Assignments,
Weekly Discussions in Forum, Lab Works, Projects
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Course Assessment
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Midterm
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20 % |
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Assignment
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10 % |
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Forum
Discussion |
20 % |
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Project
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30 % |
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Final
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20 % |
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Course
Textbook(s)
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- Simonson, M., Smaldino,
S., Albright, M., and Zvacek. (2000). Teaching and
learning at a distance: Foundation of distance
education. Upper Saddle River , NJ : Prentice Hall.
- Moore, M.G., Kearsley, G., Distance education : a
systems view
(Wadsworth Pub Co; ISBN: 0534264964, 1996)
- Picciano, A.G. (2001). Distance Learning: Making
Connection Across Virtual Space and Time. Prentice Hall,
Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ.
- Porter, L.R. (1997). Creating the Virtual Classroom:
Distance Learning with the Internet. Wiley Computer
Publishing, New York.
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Course Reference Materials
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- Brooks, D.W. (1997).
Web-Teaching: A Guide to Designing Interactive Teaching
for the World Wide Web. Plenum Press, New York
- Khan, B.H. (1997). Web-Based Instruction. Educational
Technology Publications, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New
Jersey.
- Willis, B. (1994). Distance Education Strategies and
Tools. Educational Technology Publications, Inc.,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
- McIsaac, M.S. & Gunawardena, C.N. (1996). Distance
Education. In Jonassen, D.H. Handbook of Research for
Educational Communication and technology. Pp 403-437.
(Chapter 13) Simon & Schuster Macmiian: NY. Available at
http://www.aect.org/Intranet/Publications/edtech/13/index.html
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Instructor/More Information
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E-Mail:
hasank@metu.edu.tr
Office: EFC-210
Tel:+90+312+210 4064
Course Home Page(s):
http://els.ceit.metu.edu.tr or
http://online.metu.edu.tr
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