Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h6VLMC717933; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:22:12 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:22:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <002b01c357a9$a2d7ff60$1a01a8c0@cccchs.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Sylvan Rainwater" <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2997] RE: FW: distance learning assumptions X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1551 Lines: 37 I agree about combining DL and f2f classroom work. That's the model in my DL masters program, and it works well. The teacher is critical to the process. This became dramatically clear when we had a teacher who didn't work very well for our particular class -- made us appreciate the other teachers and the good work they do. We meet once a month for a Friday afternoon/Saturday, and the rest is all online. This is times per term. I've also heard of models where you do an orientation and then maybe a final wrap-up sort of thing. We're also in a cohort program, which means that we are all in all the same classes, and build up ways to know each other over time. We are constantly collaborating in new teams, and by the end of the three years, I expect we will have all worked together at some time or another. Sylvan Rainwater . mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org Family Literacy Coordinator Clackamas County Children's Commission/Head Start Oregon City, Oregon -----Original Message----- From: nifl-technology@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-technology@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Paul Porter Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 10:20 PM <SNIP> > Another assumption that a lot of people seem to make is that distance > learning is an "either or" kind of proposition. In Los Angeles > Unified we > are finding a large majority of students using distance learning are > using > it in conjunction with the ESL classroom education. The learning gains > seemed to be greatly enhanced when they have a chance to supplement > their > class instruction in this way. ><SNIP>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Thu Mar 11 2004 - 12:17:35 EST