Static versus dynamic technologies

Static versus dynamic technologies

Collaboration Technology
Discussion Board
Text message
Instance message
Skype
Both static & Dynamic
Blogs
Wikis
Youtube
Collaboration Technology
Group discussion boards
Web CT
Chat rooms

Communication
Emails, blog, wiki
Discussion boards,
Posts
Text
Facilitative technology
WWW (Yahoo, Gmail, Aol)
Static and Dynamic

Wifi
Internet
Communication
Telopnone, chat
Instance messaging, video conferences

Facilitative Technology;
Chat room, teacher lead discussion,
Web CT
Static
Dynamic





Content Generation Media:
Textbooks, CD, articles, journals

Facilitative Technology
e-Library, the web,

Content Generation Media;
Files, documents,
Facilitative Technology:
Wiki’s, blogs, discussion baords

Walden University is my second occurrence in obtaining a post-graduate degree via Distance Education. My first was a masters degree in Information Technology from Colorado Technical University in Boulder Colorado. I though I had a good understanding of the synchronous, asynchronous interactions and independent study. I was wrong. Being here at Walden has introduced me to the realm of blogs, wikis and developing video and posting. That is proof that you can never stop learning. And there is always something to learn. Online learning can feel lonely which in and of itself, supports the need to incorporate social presence and a sense of community in the learning process. To accommodate student learning preferences and needs, optional synchronous interactions via chat rooms, WebTV, or Eluminate can be successfully built into a single course (Anderson, 2008, p. 349). Because the demographics of Distance Education learners is often mixed, synchronous methods has its advantages by being a somewhat familiar teaching model (Anderson, p. 348). Naturally constraints do occur because of differences in time-zones.

Anderson, T. (2008). Teaching in an online learning context. In T. Anderson (Ed.) The Theory and Practice of Online Learning (2nd ed) (pp. 343-365). AU Press: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.