Timeline and Poster
In selecting what to include on the 5 Generations of Distance Education timeline, the biggest challenge was that there is overlap between the generations as each technology evolves as time goes by. I chose to start the timeline with Anna Eliot Ticknor's contribution as I find it exciting that a woman was the catalyst that began the distance education movement.
Proceeding up the timeline, I included events that were game changers and/or firsts. The photos that I selected for each were meant to represent each generation as a whole. The video that was selected is also a timeline, albeit brief, that was created by Drexel University.
The research for this project was interesting and informative. Overall, I am pleased that the timeline represents the evolution of distance education as it began in the 1800s up to modern day.
The poster was designed to be a quick and easy way to visually see the growing impact of distance education. It is divided into three major sections. The first represents the number of distance education learners. The second represents the types of distance education institutions. The third shares statistics on revenue garnered in distance education, with the top five countries and the dollar amounts indicated.
The poster itself was easy to create and I am pleased with the design and data represented. Sources for the poster were taken from the course text book as well as additional web sources. All sources are credited throughout the poster and listed at the bottom.