Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i31KkDm04513; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 15:46:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 15:46:23 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <40734B72@webmail.utk.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: jataylor <jataylor@utk.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1308] Online design X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Infinite Mobile Delivery (Hydra) SMTP v3.62.01 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Status: O Content-Length: 1712 Lines: 32 Hi Jerome, Nicki, Jennifer, Ashley, and all, In a previous response to Eileen, Jerome wrote: "The website (http://projectideal.org/researchq_pd.htm) looks different from Blackboard or WebCT which are built on an expert-novice model of instruction. The Project IDEAL PD model is one of community-building. We want teachers to feel they are professionals exploring a new area of skill development and getting assistance from fellow professionals, not guidance from a "sage on the stage." All the exercises ask participants to develop a plan--for recruitment, orientation, teaching and assessment of distance learners. The trainer's role is to get all of the participants in the course to provide constructive criticism of each other's plan. The textbook (Handbook of Distance Education for Adult Learners) is a handbook with the collected wisdom of teachers in many states on these very topics." This leads me to wonder about all of the decisions that go in to selecting the types of technology tools one would use to design an online course. For example, if I wanted to design an online course by having a study circle online (assuming there was a specific need), and the approach of the course would be to encourage critical reflection, social construction of knowledge, lesson plan development, critique, and implementation - how do these factors play in to deciding which technology tools to choose? Would it be necessary to even use a learning management system in this case? Would a simpler technology like a discussion list and a file sharing system do? What factors (in addition to the ones we have discussed) have a role in online course development and design? Thanks! Jackie
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