The last section of your textbook discusses the concepts of distributed learning, reusability, rich media and the future of instructional design. Focus on the following for your post:
From Chapter 28 locate 5 examples of distributed learning. You may pick and choose from the following list.
Virtual classes
The administration is constantly bringing new educational opportunities to Silver Lake High School. This year, Larry Winter, SLHS principal, said they decided to offer virtual online classes to students through Greenbush. He said the main reason these classes are being offered this year is because the school received a grant enabling classes to be free of cost to all students. If the online classes were not free this year, he said the school would have to pay $250-350 per class. Winter is unsure if the classes will remain free to the students and the school or if there will be a cost in the future. He predicts that if the classes are successful, they will still be offered without cost. Hybrid Courses:
In order to meet the demand of various customers, Hybrid Flying School offers the following courses to Student Pilots:
- Private Pilot Course (Integrated and Modular)
- Business Pilot Course (IR (A) S.E. and Passenger Rating)
- Commercial Pilot Course (Integrated and Modular)
- Multi-Engine Conversion Courses (Including IR (A) M.E.)
- Instrument Rating (Airplane) Course (Integrated and Modular)
- ATPL Conversion
Hybrid will soon start its Flying Instructor Course which will create a permanent platform for training instructors to promote aviation industry and supply pilots to airlines of Pakistan.
Academic distributed learning
Northern Arizona University provides
- academic units with assistance in developing and implementing plans for the assessment of student learning in online programs
-instructors with assistance in assessing learning in courses offered in multiple formats
-assessment procedures for investigating the effectiveness of electronic instruction
Free distributed learning
This site provides access to over eighteen million free articles and books.
Skills-based training
Wendy Bristow only uses theory and exercises that are of practical use. My average score on evaluations is 9 out of 10 and people keep coming back for more – current corporate clients have been hiring me for an average of 9 years.
Chapter 29 discusses the concept of reusability. Think back over the courses you've had over your educational career and identify one with poor reusability characteristics. Explain how the course could be redesigned to improve reusability without changing the underlying content.
Through an online workshop with PD360 in Garland ISD, I was expected to search and define the topic of concept maps/graphic organizers. In the efforts to accomplish this task, I located a module online and used exercises and strategies from the module to facilitate and expound my knowledge. This carried-over into a workshop I presented to the staff at my school per administrator request.
Chapter 30 takes a look at using rich media. Find or create a visual for instruction describing its surface and functional features.
I find Discovery Education http://www.discoveryeducation.com/ to be a stellar example of rich media that expands beyond basic topics to a immense variety of topics. Discovery Education integrates seamlessly into any curriculum with 9,000 full-length videos segmented into 71,000 content-specific clips tied directly to state and national standards. Elements such as skill builders capture students’ attention and develop their problem solving skills. There are over 100 skill builders spanning core subject areas. This site also provides educational games to reinforce essential language arts and mathematics concepts through over 100 educational games. Math overviews and explanations is an area of Discovery Education that provides self-paced tutorials that explain difficult to understand mathematic concepts.
The following is video that explains the concept of "Rich media".
Loved the link about the High school offering online classes. You don't see High schools offeing online classes much, but it is a great avenue to be explored.
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