This course presents fundamental concepts, basic principles, background information, and models for the successful use of technology in distance education and training programs intended for various learners.
- Identify principles and issues fundamental to supporting learning at a distance, and relate these to the concept of online teaching.
- Analyse technologies available in distance education and training contexts, and identify important features and capabilities of these, supportive of learning at a distance.
- Focusing on online tools (defined as those that support ready interaction), identify the capabilities, demands, and limitations of tools for distance applications.
- Review models of cost-benefit and return on investment (ROI) analysis; develop a model for each that applies to implementation of distance education/training technology.
- Consider fundamental professional development (PD) issues for online teachers, trainers and managers.
- Summarize characteristics of successful implementations of online teaching and learner support.
- Distinguish the instruction and support needs of learners of various backgrounds, and in various learning/training situations, and relate these to the planning process.
- Develop, identify or adapt a model for formative and summative evaluation of online learning.
- Apply some of the online learning models identified with real or hypothetical situations, and report and analyze the results in a manner that would guide decision-making
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