Fall 2005: P600/R685 Topical Seminar (Ed Psych as well as IST)

"Online Learning Pedagogy and Evaluation" (3 Cr), Fridays 2:00‑4:45

Instructor: Curt Bonk, Professor, Instructional Systems Technology

Section 15935 (P600); 15987 (R685); Bloomington Room 1002; Indy ES2101

        

Curtis J. Bonk, Ph.D., CPA

Office: 4022 W. W. Wright Education Bldg.

Phone: 856-8353 (W)

E-mail: CJBonk@indiana.edu

Office Hours: Fridays 4:45-5:30 & as arranged

 

Yun Jeong Park

IST Doctoral Candidate

yjpark@indiana.edu

 

 

Course Description and Rationale:

Emerging technologies – such as electronic portfolios, blogs, wikis, podcasts, ebooks, digital object repositories, computer games and simulations, and wireless and mobile computing – are generating waves of new opportunities in higher education, K-12 schools, corporate training, and other learning environments.  However, the effective use of these educational technologies involves far more than simply shoveling tutorials, readings, and slideshows onto a web site or deciding to use a new technology in one’s teaching.  Instructors must be trained how to motivate online students as well as how to address their individual learning styles and adjust learning methods and assessment to the learner-centered expectations of Generation X and millennial students.  As enrollments in online courses surge, today’s students – immersed in an increasingly digital world – are seeking richer and more engaging learning experiences.  Amid the rising tide of expectations, instructors are exploring innovative ways to use technology to foster interaction, collaboration, and excitement for learning.  While we may not realize it, we have entered the perfect electrical storm, where technology, the art of teaching, and the needs of learners are converging.  Now add to that stagnant or erased budgets—the fourth part of the perfect e-storm--that stand directly in the way of expensive technology purchases and risky program initiatives surrounding the other three storms.  Of course, given these monetary constraints, we need to think carefully about the speed and direction in which we are headed, before venturing farther into these uncharted waters.  This course will enable one to do just that.

 

Clearly, online learning is exploding in corporate, university, K-12, and military settings.  However, few instructors or learners have been adequately trained for these environments.  What can be done?  There is a need for training in online pedagogy.  In this course, we will demonstrate and discuss dozens of strategies for teaching and motivating students on the Web.  There is also need for better understanding of the range of e-learning evaluation and assessment techniques.  Near the end of the course, we will discuss numerous online learning evaluation and assessment methods and link most of them to actual evaluation projects recently conducted here at IU.

 

After the course, students should be able to (1) successfully embed motivating instructional strategies for different types of online courses; (2) design an innovative research or evaluation project related to online learning; (3) consult with organizations to evaluate the effectiveness of e-learning courses, programs, and events; and (4) make recommendations regarding online learning initiatives.

 

Required Texts:

1. Moore, M. G., & Anderson, W. G. (eds.). (2003). Handbook of Distance Education (HODE). Erlbaum.

2. Various online articles (see http://curtbonk.com/p600syl2.html)

3. Note: We may also explore a few electronic chapters from my upcoming Handbook of Blended Learning: Global Perspectives, Local Designs (HOBLe).

 

Optional Texts (just a few that might interest students—no need to buy any):

1.       Anderson, Terry & Fathi Elloumi (Eds). (2004). Theory and practice of online learning  (An edited collection of research and reflection on online learning by AU authors).  Canada: Athabasca University.  (Free Online Book).  http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book/

2.       Bonk, C. J., & King, K. S. (Eds.). (1998). Electronic collaborators: Learner-centered technologies for literacy, apprenticeship, and discourse.  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

3.       Carr-Chellman, A. A. (2005). Global perspectives on e-learning: Rhetoric and reality.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

4.       Collison, G., Elrbaum, B., Haavind, S., & Tinker, R. (2000). Facilitating online learning: Effective strategies for moderators.  Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing.

5.       Conrad, R.-M., & Donaldson, J. A. (2004). Engaging the learner: Activities and resources for creative instruction.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.

6.       Dabbagh, N., & Bannon-Ritland, B. (2005). Online learning: Concepts, strategies, and applications.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.

7.       Duffy, T., M., & Kirkley, J. (2004). Learner-centered theory and practice in distance education: Cases from higher education.  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

8.       Hanna, D. E., Glowacki-Dudka, & Conceicao-Runlee, S. (2000). 147 practical tips for teaching online groups: Essentials of Web-based education.  Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing.

9.       Horton, W. (2001). Evaluating e-learning.  Alexandria, VA: ASTD.  (note that Horton also has books called “Learning e-learning” (2001) and “Using e-learning” (2002))

10.   Jolliffe, A., Ritter, J., & Stevens, D. (2001). The online learning handbook: Developing and using Web-based learning.  London: Kogan Page.

11.   Maddux, C. D., & Johnson, D. L. (2001). The Web in higher education: Assessment the impact and fulfilling the potential.  NY: Hayworth Press.

12.   Mayadas, F., Bourne, J., & Moore, J. C. (2002). Elements of quality online education: Practice and direction, Volume 4 in the Sloan-C series.  The Sloan Consortium.  Olin College of Engineering—SCOLE, Needham, MA. For this and additional books, see  https://secured.sloanconsortium.org/sloanCseries/

13.   Moore, M., & Kearsley, G. (2005). Distance education: A systems view (2nd edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

14.   Palloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2001). Lessons from the cyberspace classroom: The realities of online teaching.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

15.   Palloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2003). The virtual student: A profile and guide to working with online learners.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

16.   Paloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2005). Collaborating online: Learning together in community. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

17.   Phillips, P. P. (2002). The bottomline on ROI.  Atlanta: Center for Effective Performance.

18.   Phillips, J. J., & Pope, C. (2001). Implementing e-learning solutions: Twelve case studies from the real work of training.  Alexandria, VA: ASTD.

19.   Reddy, S. (2004). E-learning and technology: New opportunities in training and development.  Hyderabad, India: ICFAI University Press.

20.   Roberts, T. (Ed.).  (2003). Online collaborative learning: Theory and practice.  Hershey, PA: Idea Pub.

21.   Rudestasm, K. E. & Schoenholtz, J. (Eds.). (2002). Handbook of online learning: Innovations in higher education and corporate training.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

22.   Salmon, G. (2000). E-moderating: The key to teaching and learning online.  Kogan-Page or Stylus Publishing.

23.   Salmon, G. (2002). E-tivities: The key to active online learning.  Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing

24.   Selinger, M. (2004).  Connected schools: Thought leaders (essays from innovators).  London, UK: Premium Publishing and Cisco Systems http://www.cisco.com/application/pdf/en/us/guest/about/about/c644/ccmigration_09186a00802bf23d.pdf

25.   Steeples, C. & Jones, C. (2002). Networked learning: Perspectives and issues.  Springer-Verlag.

26.   Stephenson, J. (Ed.), (2001). Teaching and Learning Online: Pedagogies for new technologies.  Kogan Page and Stylus Publishing.

27.   Vandervert, L. R., Shavinina, L. V., & Cornell, R. A. (eds). (2001). Cybereducation: The future of long-distance learning.  Larchmont, NY: Mary Ann Liebert.

28.   Zucker, A., & Kozma, R. (2003). The virtual high school: Teaching Generation V.  New York: Teachers College Press.

 

 

1. Journals and Magazines (most are online).

  1. AACE Journal (AACEJ); http://www.aace.org/pubs/aacej/
  2. All AACE journals: http://www.aace.org/pubs/default.htm
  3. Advanced Technology for Learning; http://www.actapress.com/journals/onlinejournals.htm
  4. American Journal of Distance Education: http://www.ajde.com/publications.htm
  5. Campus Technology : http://www.campus-technology.com/index.asp)
  6. Collaborate Magazine: http://www.collaborate-mag.com/collaboratemag/
  7. Digital Knowledge: http://www.knowledgedrivers.com/Resources/Res_Newsletter.html
  8. Educause Quarterly: http://www.educause.edu/pub/eq/
  9. ETR&D (Educational Technology Research and Development): https://www.aect.org/Intranet/Publications/edtech/subguides.html  and current edition online: http://www.aect.org/Intranet/Publications/etrd/5201.asp
  10. eLearn Magazine: http://www.elearnmag.org/
  11. Innovate (Journal of Online Education): http://horizon.unc.edu/innovate/guidelines/
  12. Instructional Journal of Instructional Technology & Distance Learning: http://www.itdl.org/index.htm
  13. International Journal on E-Learning (IJEL) (Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education); http://www.aace.org/pubs/ijel/default.htm, http://www.aace.org/pubs/ijel/
  14. The International Review of Open and Distance Learning: http://www.irrodl.org
  15. The Internet and Higher Education : http://www.scis.nova.edu/ihe/default.htm
  16. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks: http://www.aln.org/publications/jaln/index.asp
  17. Journal of Computing in Higher Education; http://www.jchesite.org/  
  18. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/
  19. Journal of Interactive Media in Education: http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/ (UK journal)
  20. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, http://www.aace.org/pubs/jilr/default.htm
  21. Journal of Interactive Online Learning: http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/
  22. Journal of Learning Design: www.jld.qut.edu.au; http://www.jld.qut.edu.au/ (new journal)
  23. Learning and Training Innovations: http://www.ltimagazine.com/ltimagazine/
  24. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration: http://www.westga.edu/%7Edistance/jmain11.html
  25. Performance Xpress: http://www.performancexpress.org/ (Int’l Society of Perf Improvement)
  26. The Technology Source: http://technologysource.org/ (journal on hold)
  27. Training Magazine: http://www.trainingmag.com/training/index.jsp
  28. Stephen’s Web (Stephen Downes’ Blog): http://www.downes.ca/
  29. Tech Trends: http://www.aect.org/Intranet/Publications/index.asp#tt
  30. Training Magazine: http://www.trainingmag.com/training/index.jsp

(Still more links (Bonk, 2004): http://www.trainingshare.com/resources/links.htm)

 

 

Another list of technology journals: http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cvu/links/journals.html

Tentative Tasks and Grading:

10 percent/20 pts           A. Weekly Attendance and Live Participation (WALaP) (Due: Each Week)

30 percent/60 pts           B. Online Learner Discussion, Blogging, or Mentoring (OLD-BlogM) (Dec. 9h)

30 percent/60 pts           C. E-Learning Interview and Visualization Experiment (E-LIVE) (Due: Nov 4h)

30 percent/60 pts           D. E-learning Status Paper and Presentation (ESP-P) (Due: Dec. 9th)

200                                      Total Points

 

We will use a point system for each project, evenly dividing points among aspects of each assignment.  Total points will determine your final grade.  I will use the following grading scale:

A+ = high score                         B-  = 160-166 points

A   = 187-200 points                   C+ = 154-159 points

A-  = 180-186 points                  C   = 147-153 points

B+ = 174-179 points                   C-  = 140-146 points

B   = 167-173 points                   F/FN = no work rec'd or signif. inadequate/impaired

 

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Projected Seminar Weekly Topics:

Week 0 Possible Course Presession (Aug 26th) Introduction to Syllabus and Books

Week 1. (Sept 2nd) Explosion of Programs, Universities, Courses, and Initiatives

Week 2. (Sept. 9th) Frameworks for Online Learning

Week 3 (Sept 16th) The Emergence of Blended Learning

Week 4. (Sept. 23th) Online Teacher Roles, Expectations, Incentives, Issues, and Supports

Week 5. (Sept 30th) New Student Roles: Expectations, Issues, Dilemmas, and Resolutions

Week 6. (Oct. 7th)  Online Interactivity, Ownership, Engagement, and Social Presence

Week 7. (Oct. 14th) Mentoring and Moderating Online Discussion and Blogging

Week 8. (Oct. 21st) E-Learning Environment: Motivation and Communities of Learning

Week 9. (Oct. 28th) E-learning Pedagogical Strategies, Activities, and Web Resources

Week 10. (Nov 4th) Thinking Strategies and Learning Styles of New Generations of Learners

Week 11. (Nov. 11th) Virtual Teams and Online Collaborative Activities

Week 12. (Nov. 18th) Evaluating E-Learning Programs and Courses

Week 13. (Nov. 25th) More E-Learning Evaluation Techniques

Week 14. (Dec 2nd) Online Knowledge Sharing, the Open Source Movement, Learning Objects, and a Look to the Future

Week 15. (Dec. 9th) Global Planning for E-Learning (and Student Presentations)

Week 16. (Dec 16th) Optional Meeting

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Class Tasks:

 

A. Weekly Attendance and Live Participation (WALaP). (10%--20 points = 10 pts for attendance; 10 pts for participation)

Besides reading 3 assigned articles each week, during the semester I want you to read 5 other articles from the Handbook of Distance Education and 5 more articles you find online.  In terms of class attendance, it is your responsibility to come to class and experience the unique activities that will be incorporated into each class.  A combination of readings, verbal and written reactions to ideas, observing demonstration tools or videos, and hands-on activities will be critical to your growth as a class.  Keep in mind that I want to hear from you!  Participation is encouraged at all times.

 

B. Online Blogging or Mentoring  (O-BlogM) (30%--60 pts)

In terms of article reflections, we will have a choice this semester.

 

Option 1: Blogging.  Instead of a large class discussion forum, we could have everyone create a Weblog (i.e., a blog) on his/her personal article reflections and ideas related to class.  You might create a Blog using Pitas.com, Blogger.com, Free-Conversant, or some other blogging tool.  A 2-4 page reflection paper on this activity is due December 9th with your blog postings attached.

 

Option 2: Online Mentoring. There is a second option to this assignment and that is to mentor one or more learners, instructors, designers, or evaluators online and write a reflection paper on it (also due Dec 10th).  See me if you plan to do this option.  A 2-4 page reflection paper on the online mentoring or moderation process is due December 9th with your online mentoring transcripts attached.

                                                               

Sample Electronic Discussion Criteria (30%--60 Points; 10 points a piece):

1. Insightful/Relevancy: offering examples, relationships drawn, interlinkages, connecting weekly ideas.

2. Helpfulness/Responsive: prompt, encouraging, informative, numerous suggestions, advice, quick fdbk.

3. Completeness: thorough comments, detailed reflection, timely and consistent feedback.

4. Pushes Group: moves group to new heights, exploration is fostered, breadth & depth, fosters growth.

5. Diverse Feedback: many forms of learning assistance, response specific to activity and need.

6. Reflective: self-awareness and learning displayed in reflection, coherent and informative reflection.

                   

C. E-Learning Interviews and Visualization Experiment (E-LIVE) (30%--60 points)

I want you to interview at least one instructor who is teaching or has taught online courses, workshops, or events.  In addition, you are to interview one or more learners.  Interviewees might come from corporate, K-12, military, government, or higher education settings.  They must have completed at least one online course.  Interviews can be live (face-to-face), via phone or videoconferencing, or conducted through email.  You might also perform case studies, focus group sessions, or pilot observations of instructors or learners using online learning tools in a school, workplace, or informal learning setting.  You are to document their life as an online learner or instructor (from one course or semester or over a longer period of time).  In effect, I want you to gather their life histories as a learner or teacher and compare these to their online experiences.  Then I want you to create a visual representation that compares or relates your stories from both the online instructors and students.  The visual might be in the form of a timeline, model, figure, diagram, a comparative flowchart, a Venn Diagram, or a comparison and contrast table or matrix.  We will share these with the class when done.  Your written work will be a maximum of 15 double spaced pages.  Please include your interview questions in an appendix.  If possible, try to obtain human subjects approval on these in case you want to publish your results or if we decide to do this as a class.  In your report, I want you to reflect on what you learned about e-learning from this assignment.  How might you put some of their ideas to use in training programs or in your own teaching?  Have these interviews opened your eyes?  What might you have done differently?  How might your initial work here be extended?  Note that this should be done as individuals though you can work in pairs or teams if you scale up the project and get approval from me.  This is due Nov. 4th. (Examples will be available.)

 

D. E-learning Status Paper and Presentation (ESP-P) (30%--60 points)

Here, I want you to find a strategic plan or initiative related to e-learning for a company, university, non-profit or government organization, school, state/province, country, or region.  For instance, you might pick the state or country where you were born or perhaps where you plan to live after graduation.  You might find the strategic plan online or request a hardcopy version.  I want you to not simply read and critique the report but to also interview someone who created or is/was affected by that report.  You might discuss and critique the online learning technologies highlighted, proposed pedagogical plans, intended training methods, targeted skills or competencies, or evaluation methods detailed.  You might visit the institution or organization or write someone an email.  What might this organization do differently in planning for e-learning?  What are its competitors doing, for instance?  In addition, you might include an e-learning report addendum or modification to the plan that you found.  (Note: I may have access to a couple reports from different countries that I can share as examples.)

 

You are encouraged to work in teams on this report.  When done, you will present an overview of the report to the class on Week 15.  Testimonials, graphs and trends indicated growth, comparisons, and other data or handouts are welcome.

 

My preference is for you to focus on how their plan might improve online pedagogy or evaluation or what they might include in follow-up reports.  I am slightly vague here since I have not tried this assignment before.  When done, I want you to present these strategic document and program reviews to the class in a 15-20 minute presentations during the final week of the course.  You are also encouraged to directly contact the organization that developed the report or plan and receive additional product information (e.g., CDs, brochures, white papers, technical reports, product comparison sheets, videotapes, company annual report, customer testimonies, data sheets, Web site information, etc.).  Your final paper will be no longer than 10 single spaced pages (excluding references, appendices, tables of contents, key personnel resumes, pictures of your grandmother, etc.).  This project is to be completed by either December 2nd.

 

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Sample Grading of Paper (40 Total Points or 10 pts each dimension):

1. Review of the Plan or Document (clarity, related to class, organized, facts, data, relevant, style)

2. Relevant Resources and Digging (citations/refs, linkages to class concepts, completeness)

3. Soundness of Critique (clear, complete, practical, detailed, important, implications, coherence)

4. Creativity and Richness of Ideas (richness of information, elaboration, originality, unique)

 

Presentation Points: (20 Points or 5 pts for each dimension)

  1. Organization: good pace, flow, coherent, and transitions
  2. Creative/Interesting: audience engaged, presenters showcase their creative ideas
  3. Completeness: thorough presentation without going beyond time limits
  4. Informative: Handout(s), relevance, practical, helps make connections

 

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E. Options to one of the above assignments:

In place of task C or D, you might volunteer to create a usable class product (e.g., an online glossary, a Web site for the class, a database of articles on different class themes, organize a class mini-conference or real conference symposium, review a key journal in the field for major themes or trends and share that research with the class, etc.) or you might demonstrate an e-learning tool to the class.  Such a tool may have relevance in K-12, military, corporate, or higher education settings or perhaps in more informal settings such as a museum, zoo, or computer club.  See the instructor about the possibilities of demonstrating a particularly interesting e-learning tool you have found.  You might have other task option preferences.

 

F. Option to all Assignments:

You can trade all the above tasks or assignments for a major problem-based learning project related to this class with a company, organization, or institution.  You make the contact and find out what needs to be resolved and then get it approved by the instructor.  It might be an e-learning evaluation project.  It might involve the design of e-learning tools and resources.  It might entail the creation of a strategic plan, white paper, or vision statement.  It might involve the creation of an e-learning conference or journal. Whatever the problem or task, it must be an authentic activity.  You will present the final project at the end of the semester.

 

 

Weekly Reading (we will read 3-4 articles per week—it is your choice.  You can substitute any chapter from Bonk and Graham’s upcoming Handbook of Blended Learning: Global Perspectives, Local Designs for any article below.)

 

Projected Seminar Weekly Topics:

 

Week 0 (August 26th) Introduction to Class Syllabus and Books

1.       HoDE Book (2003). Moore, M. G., & Anderson, W. G. (eds.). (2003). Handbook of Distance Education. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.  Preface Michael Moore

 

2.       HOBLE Book (in press).  Bonk, C. J., & Graham, C. R. (in press).  Handbook of blended learning environments: Global perspectives, local designs.  San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.

 

For your reading pleasures:

3.       HoDE Book (2003). Diane Oblinger & Sean Rush, The Involvement of Corporations in Distance Education.

 

4.       Web-based Education Commission (2000). The power of the Internet for learning: Moving from promise to practice.  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved September 3, 2003, from: http://interact.hpcnet.org/webcommission/index.htm

 

5.       Report of the Commission on Technology and Adult Learning (2001).  A vision of e-learning for America’s workforce.  Washington, DC: American Society for Training and Development and National Governors Association, June 2001. Retrieved September 3, 2003, from: http://www.nga.org/cda/files/ELEARNINGREPORT.pdf

 

6.       George Lorenzo & Janet Moore (2002, November). The Sloan Consortium Report to the Nation – Five Pillars of Quality Online Education, Report sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, http://www.sloan-c.org/effective/pillarreport1.pdf

 

Week 1. (Sept 2nd) Explosion of Programs, Universities, Courses, and Initiatives

 

  1. Bonk, C. J. (2004, June). The perfect e-storm: Emerging technologies, enormous learner demand, enhanced pedagogy, and erased budgets. London: UK: The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education. (see http://curtbonk.com/article.html or http://www.publicationshare.com/).

 

  1. Sloan Reports (2003 and 2004).
    1. Sizing the opportunity: The quality and extent of online education in the United States in 2002 and 2003. Needham and Wellesley, MA: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; see  http://www.sloan-c.org/resources/sizing_opportunity.pdf
    2. Entering the Mainstream: The Quality and extent of online education in the United States, 2003 and 2004.) http://www.sloan-c.org/resources/entering_mainstream.pdf and http://www.sloan-c.org/resources/survey.asp

 

  1. George Lorenzo & Janet Moore (2002, November). The Sloan Consortium Report to the Nation – Five Pillars of Quality Online Education, Report sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, http://www.sloan-c.org/effective/pillarreport1.pdf

 

  1. Scott L. Howell, Peter B. Williams, & Nathan K. Lindsey (2003, Fall). Thirty-two trends affecting distance education: An informed foundation for strategic planning.  Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 6(3). http://www.westga.edu/%7Edistance/ojdla/fall63/howell63.html

 

  1. Peter Smith, (2004, May/June). Of Icebergs, Ships, and Arrogant Captains, EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 39, no. 3 (May/June 2004): 48–58. http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0433.asp

 

  1. Vannevar Bush (1945, July).  As We May Think. The Atlantic Monthly; Volume 176, No. 1; pages 101-108. http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/computer/bushf.htm

 

  1. Consuelo Waight., Pedro Willging, & Tim Wentling  (2002). Recurrent Themes in E-learning: A Meta-Analysis of Themes in Major E-Learning Reports. http://learning.ncsa.uiuc.edu/papers/AHRD2002_waight-willging-wentling.pdf

 

Note: Remember you can substitute an article in the Handbook of Blended Learning Environments (HOBLE) book any week.

 

 

Week 2. (Sept 9th) Frameworks for Online Learning

1. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 5 Donald Hanna, Organizational Models in Higher Education, Past and Future

 

2. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 8 Randy Garrison, Terry Anderson, & Walter Archer, A Theory of Critical Inquiry in Online Distance Education

 

3. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 9 Terry Andersen, Modes of Interaction in Distance Education: Recent Developments and Research Questions

 

4.       Harvard Business School (December 16, 2002).  Moving Beyond the Classroom With Executive Education: Distance Learning: What the Experts Think (view 2-3 of the videos) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/pubitem.jhtml?id=3217&sid=0&pid=0&t=innovation

 

5.       Cindy Xin (2004). Dynamics and Leadership of Online Discussion: A Model of Collaborative Discourse in Computer Conferencing.  Paper presented at the Ed Media Conference, Lugano, Switzerland. (see course Web site in Oncourse for a copy).

 

6.       Heckman, R., & Annabi, H. (2005). A content analysis comparison of learning processes in online and face-to-face case study discussions.  Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 10(2), article 7.  http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol10/issue2/heckman.html

 

With Special guest: Dorit Maor, Senior Lecturer, Murdock University, Western Australia, http://www.education.murdoch.edu.au/staff/dorit_maor.html

http://doritmaor.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.44/prod.141

http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~dmaor/bio.htm

 

 

Week 3. (Sept 16th) The Emergence of Blended Learning

1.       Bonk, C. J. & Graham, C. R. (Eds.). (in press). Introduction to the Handbook of blended learning: Global Perspectives, local designs. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer Publishing. (Note: this is tentative and will change in the final version of the HOBLe book.)

 

2.       Graham, C. R. (in press). Chapter 1: Blended learning systems: Definition, current trends, future directions. In C. J. Bonk & C. R. Graham (Eds.). Handbook of blended learning: Global Perspectives, local designs. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer Publishing.

 

3.       Bonk, C. J., & Kim, K. J. (in press). Chapter 39: Future directions of blended learning in higher education and workplace learning settings. In C. J. Bonk & C. R. Graham (Eds.). Handbook of blended learning: Global Perspectives, local designs. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer Publishing.

 

4.       Clark, D. (2003). Blended learning: Blended it like Beckham! White paper.  Brighton, UK: Epic Group. http://www.epic.co.uk/content/resources/white_papers/blended.htm and http://www.epic.co.uk/content/resources/white_papers/Epic_Whtp_blended.pdf

 

5.       Harrison, M. (2004). Blended learning II: Blended learning in practice. White paper.  Brighton, UK: Epic Group.  http://www.epic.co.uk/content/resources/white_papers/blended_2.htm  and http://www.epic.co.uk/content/resources/white_papers/Epic_Whtp_blended_practice_180703.pdf

 

Blended Learning Resources:

a.       Blended learning in K-12 schools in Australia; http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/yrk12focusareas/learntech/blended/index.php

b.       Blended learning models (corporate); Purnima Valiathan (2002, August): http://www.learningcircuits.org/2002/aug2002/valiathan.html

c.       Blended learning library of articles and materials (corporate): http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/blended.htm

d.       Blended learning: What words (Josh Bersin, 2003): http://www.e-learningguru.com/wpapers/blended_bersin.doc (similar article at Chief Learning Officer Magazine http://www.clomedia.com/content/templates/clo_feature.asp?articleid=357&zoneid=30)

e.       Singh, H. & Reed, C. (2001), A white paper: Achieving success with blended,  White Paper from Centra.  http://www.centra.com/download/whitepapers/blendedlearning.pdf

 

 

Week 4. (Sept. 23rd) Online Teacher Roles, Expectations, Incentives, Issues, and Supports    

1.       HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 27 Morris Sammons, Exploring the New Conception of Teaching and Learning in Distance Education

 

2.       Robin G. Wingard (2004). Classroom teaching changes in Web-enhanced courses: A multi-Institutional Study.  Educause Quarterly, 27(1).  http://www.educause.edu/pub/eq/eqm04/eqm0414.asp

 

3.       Sue Bennett & Lori Lockyer (2004). Becoming an online teacher: Adopting to a changed environment for teaching and learning in higher education.  Educational Media International, 213-244. (see the course web site in Oncourse for a copy)

 

4.       Barbara Truman-Davis, Linda Futch, Kevin Thompson & Francisca Yonekura (2000). Support for online teaching and learning: The U. of Central Florida keeps faculty ahead of the curve with a creative development program.  Educause Quarterly, 2, 44-51. http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EQM0023.pdf

 

5.       Warren Wilson (2003).  Faculty perceptions and use of instructional technology.  Educause Quarterly, 2, pp. 60-62. http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0329.pdf

 

6.       Virgil Varvel Jr., Michael Lindeman, & Iris Stovall (2003, July). The Illinois Online Network is Making the Virtual Classroom a Reality: Study of an Exemplary Faculty Development Program.  Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 7(2). http://www.aln.org/publications/jaln/v7n2/v7n2_varvel.asp  (see also http://www.mvcr.org/about/Evaluations/2001/default.asp)

 

 

Resources and tidbits:

a.       Chronicle of Higher Education (2002). The 24 hour professor: http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i38/38a03101.htm

b.       E-learning Center: The Roles and Skills of the Online Tutor: http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/teach.htm

c.       Jennifer Hoffman, (2001, March). 24 hours in the day of a life of a synchronous trainer, Learning Circuits, ASTD, http://www.learningcircuits.org/2001/mar2001/hofmann.html

d.       Karen Hyder (2002). Teach in Your Pajamas: Becoming a Synchronous E-Trainer. The E-Learning Developer’s Journal. http://www.elearningguild.com/pdf/2/112502MGT-H.pdf

e.       Carol Twigg (2000). Who owns online courses and course materials? Intellectual property policies for a new learning environments.  The Pew Learning and Technology Program.  Troy, NY: Center for Academic Transformation Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. (http://www.center.rpi.edu/PewSym/mono2.html).

f.        h. Angie Parker (2003, Fall). Motivation and Incentives for Distance Faculty.  Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 6(3), http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/fall63/parker63.htm

g.       HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 37 Linda Wolcott, Dynamics of Faculty Participation in Distance Education: Motivations, Incentives, and Rewards

 

 

Week 5 (Sept 30th) New Student Roles: Expectations, Issues, Dilemmas, and Resolutions

1.       HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 10 Chere Gibson, Learners and Learning: The Need for Theory

 

2.       HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 11 Randy Garrison, Self-Directed Learning in Distance Education

 

3.       HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 12 Daniel Granger & Maureen Bowman, Constructing Knowledge at a Distance: The Learner in Context

 

4.       HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 13 Robert Curry, Academic Advising in Distance Education Degree Programs

 

5.       Robert Ellis & R. A. Calvo (2004). Learning through discussions in blended environments.  Educational Media International, 41(3), 263-274. (see the course Web site for a copy).

 

6.       Song, L., Singleton, E. S., Hill, J., Koh, M. H. (2004). Improving online learning: Student perceptions of useful and challenging characteristics.  Internet and Higher Education, 7, 59-70.

 

Course Management Resources:

f.        Moodle: http://moodle.org/ (from Martin Dougiamas)

g.       WebCT: http://webct.com/

h.       The Sakai Project: http://sakaiproject.org/

i.         Nicenet: http://nicenet.org/

j.         Blackboard: http://blackboard.com/

k.       Desire2Learn: http://www.desire2learn.com/welcome.html

 

 

Week 6. (Oct 7th) Online Interactivity, Ownership, Engagement, and Social Presence

Student note: you can skip any article below and instead find your own articles to read in your e-library.  We may use this as a catch up and expansion week (find articles and bring to class to share).

 

1.       Rourke, L., Andersen, T., Garrison, D. R., & Archer, W. (2001). Assessing social presence in asynchronous text-based computer conferencing.  Journal of Distance Education.  http://cade.icaap.org/vol14.2/rourke_et_al.html

2.       Richardson, J., & Swan, K. (2003, February). Examining social presence in online courses in relation to students’ perceived learning and satisfaction.  Journal of Asynchronous Learning Environments, 7(1), http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/v7n1/pdf/v7n1_richardson.pdf

3.       Jones, N. (2005). The development of socialization in an on-line learning environment.  The Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 3(3), http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/2005/winter/04/

4.       Su, B., Bonk, C. J., Magjuka, R., Liu, X., Lee, S. H. (2005, summer).  The importance of interaction in web-based education: A program-level case study of online MBA courses.  Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 4(1).  http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/PDF/4.1.1.pdf and http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/2005/summer/toc.asp

5.       Swan, K. (2003). Learning effectiveness online: What the research tell us.  In J. Bourne, & J. C. Moore (Eds.). Elements of quality online education, Practice and direction.  Sloan Center for Online Education, 13-45.  http://www.distance.uaf.edu/dls/resources/rubric/doc/learn_effectiveness.doc

6.       Tresman, S. (2002, April). Toward a strategy for improved student retention in programmes of open, distance education: A case study from the open university UK.  International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. http://www.irrodl.org/content/v3.1/tresman_rn.html

 

 

Week 7. (Oct 14th) Mentoring and Moderating Online Discussion and Blogging           

1.       HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 14 Donald Winiecki, Instructional Discussions in Online Education: Practical and Research-Oriented Perspectives

 

2.       Phillipa Sturgess & Mark Kennedy. (2003). Telementoring and WebCT: Supporting Students at a Distance.  16th ODLAA (Online Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia) Biennial Forum Conference Proceedings.  (see course Web site in Oncourse for a copy).

 

3.       Avigail Oren, David Mioduser, & Rafi Nachmias (2002, April).  The Development of Social Climate in Virtual Learning Discussion Groups, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning.  http://www.irrodl.org/content/v3.1/mioduser.html

 

4.       The Technology Source Special Issue in 2003 on Blogging and RSS

a.       Jon Baggaley (2003, July/August). Blogging as a Course Management Tool, The Technology Source http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=2011

b.       Mary Harrsch (2003, July/August). RSS: The Next Killer App For Education. See http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=2010

c.       Stephen Downes (2003, July/August).  Weblogs at Harvard Law.  The Technology Source. http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=2019

 

5.       Martin Oliver & Graham Shaw (2003, February). Asynchronous Discussion in Support of Medical Education. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 7(1). http://www.aln.org/publications/jaln/v7n1/v7n1_oliver.asp

 

Online Discussion and Blogging Web Resources:

a.       Stephen Downes (2003, May). More than Personal: The Impact of Weblogs (includes comprehensive listing of Blogging software, tools, and resources). http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/xml/papers.cgi?format=full&id=3

b.       Perseus Corp on Blogging: http://www.perseus.com/blogsurvey/geyser.html and original White Paper is at http://www.perseus.com/blogsurvey/thebloggingiceberg.html

c.       Blogger.com: http://new.blogger.com/home.pyra

d.       Pitas: http://pitas.com/

e.       Intro to Weblogs: http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/13183hotline/

f.        Trey Martindale and David Wiley (2005). Using weblogs in scholarship and teaching.  TechTrends, 49(2).  I will post this article to Oncourse.

g.       EduBlog Resources: http://webtools.cityu.edu.hk/news/newslett/edublogs.htm

h.       Thiagi’s Play for Performance Site: http://www.thiagi.com/pfp/Generic/april2003.html#Co-Creation and http://www.thiagi.com/pfp.html

i.         Mary Harrsh (2003, July/August), RSS: The Next Killer Application for Education, The Technology Source, http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=2010

j.         I*EARN: http://www.iearn.org/

k.       George Lucas Education Foundation (GLEF): http://www.glef.org/

 

Guest Subude, IST Doctoral Candidate to show and discuss I*EARN network (she coordinated in China)

 

 

Week 8. (Oct. 21st) E-learning Environment: Motivation and Communities of Learning

            1. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 41 Kathy Perdue, Web-Based Continuing Professional Education: Uses, Motivations, and Deterrents to Participation

 

            2. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 51 Charlotte Gunawardena, Penne Wilson, & Ana Nolia, Culture and Online Education

 

3. Alfred Rovai (2002, April). Building Sense of Community at a Distance.  International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning http://www.irrodl.org/content/v3.1/rovai.html

 

4. Sasha Barab, Michael Barnett, & Kurt Squire (2002). Developing an Empirical Account of a Community of Practice: Characterizing the Essential Tensions. http://inkido.indiana.edu/research/onlinemanu/papers/cot.pdf

 

5. Ruth Brown (2001).  Process of Community-Building in Distance Learning Classes.  Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Volume 5, Issue 2. http://www.aln.org/publications/jaln/v5n2/v5n2_brown.asp

 

            Learning Community Web Resources

a.       Tapped-IN: http://www.tappedin.org/

b.       See also the work of Caroline Haythornthwaite, for example, A social network study of the growth of community among distance learners, Information Research, Vol. 4 No. 1, http://informationr.net/ir/4-1/paper49.html.

 

 

Week 9. (Oct. 28th) E-learning Pedagogical Strategies, Activities, and Web Resources

1.       HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 23 Curt Bonk & Vanessa Dennen, Frameworks for Research, Design, Benchmarks, Training, and Pedagogy in Web-Based Distance Education

 

2.       Brian DeLacey & Dorothy Leonard (2002). Case study on technology and distance in education at the Harvard Business School. Educational Technology & Society 5 (2). http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/vol_2_2002/delacey.html

 

3.       Dorothy Leonard & Brian DeLacey (2002). Designing Hybrid Online/In-Class Learning Programs for Adults.  http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers2/0203/03-036.pdf

 

4.       Ron Oliver, Edith Cowan University, Australia, Homepage: Find and download one or more of his papers and presentations: http://elrond.scam.ecu.edu.au/oliver/

 

5.       Curt Bonk, Vanessa Dennen, et al. Hompage or CD: Find any article on instructor CD or homepage and read it. see http://curtbonk.com/article.html or http://www.publicationshare.com/.

 

 

            E-Learning Pedagogy Web Resources

a. Explorers Web: http://www.explorersweb.com/

b. Online Higher Education Notebook: http://www.uis.edu/~schroede/sources.htm

c. ExploreCornell Beetle Science: http://explore.cornell.edu/scene.cfm?scene=Beetle%20Science

d. The Museum of Unworkable Devices: http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/museum/unwork.htm

e. LibraryShare (digital libraries): http://www.libraryshare.com/

 

 

Week 10. (Nov 4th) Online Learning Strategies for Thinking and Learning Styles

1. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 16 Connie Dillon & Barbara Greene, Learner Differences in Distance Learning: Finding Differences that Matter

 

2. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 17 Michael Hannafin, Janette Hill, Kevin Oliver, Evan Glazer, & Priya Sharma, Cognitive and Learning Factors in Web-Based Distance Learning Environments

 

3. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 20 Diane Davis, Developing Text for Web-Based Instruction

 

4. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 24 Som Naidu, Designing Instruction for e-Learning Environments.

 

5. Dede, C. (2005). Planning for neomillennial learning styles.  Educause Quarterly, 28(1), http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0511.pdf

 

6.       Oblinger, D. (2003, July/August). Boomers, Gen-Xers, Millennials: Understanding the new students.  Educause Review,  http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0342.pdf

 

7.       Oblinger, D. (Eds). Educating the Net Generation.  Educuase.  Boulder, Colorado http://www.educause.edu/educatingthenetgen

a.       Hartman, J., Moskal, P., & Dziuban, C. (2005). ring the academy of today for the learner of tomorrow.  http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/pub7101f.pdf

 

            Web Resources for Learning Styles/Preferences

a.       IMHC CMapping tool: http://cmap.ihmc.us/

b.       Visual understanding environment (Tufts Univ): http://vue.tccs.tufts.edu/

c.       Hot Potatoes (Half-Baked Software): http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/

d.       Videopaper: http://brp.terc.edu/VPB/vpb.html

e.       Virtual Tour of Oxford: http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/

f.        CyberFashion Show: http://www.sfu.ca/sfufit/

g.       Resources on Millennials: http://nationaledtechplan.org/dev/resources.asp

h.       Dev et al., (2004-2005).  Production of a multisource, real-time, interactive lesson in anatomy and surgery: CORN demonstration.  Stanford University.  http://havnet.stanford.edu/pdfs/corn.pdf (also published in the Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 33(1), 3—10.

 

 

 http://havnet.stanford.edu/pdfs/corn.pdf

i.         Learning for the 21st Century (A Report and MILE Guide for 21st Century Skills)

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/downloads/P21_Report.pdf. MILE (Milestones for Improving Learning) Guide for the 21st Century skills. http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/downloads/P21_Mile_Guide_Printable.pdf

 

 

Week 11. (Nov 11th) Virtual Teams and Online Collaborative Activities         

1. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 15 Kayleigh Carabajal, Deborah LaPointe, & Charlotte Gunawardena, Group Development in Online Learning Communities.

 

2. Charles Graham (2002). Understanding and Facilitating Computer Mediated Teamwork: A Study of How Norms Develop in Online Learning Teams.  Doctoral Dissertation.  Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, IN. http://www.byu.edu/ipt/faculty/documents/charles_graham_dissertation.doc

 

3. Stacie Furst, Richard Blackburn, & Benson Rosen (1999, October). Virtual Team Effectiveness: A Proposed Research Agenda.  Information Systems Journal, 9(4).  http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2575.1999.00064.x/abs/

 

4. Chris Kimble, Feng Li, & Alexis Barlow (2000). Effective Virtual Teams Through Communities of Practice.  Management Science: Theory, Method, and Practice. http://econwpa.wustl.edu/eps/io/papers/0504/0504006.pdf and http://ideas.repec.org/p/wpa/wuwpio/0504006.html (abstract)

 

5. Murphy, E. Recognising and promoting collaboration in an online asynchronous discussion.  British Journal of Educational Technology, 35(4), 421-431.  http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0007-1013.2004.00401.x and http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.0007-1013.2004.00401.x

 

 

Virtual Teams Web Resources:

a.       Free-Conversant: http://www.free-conversant.com/

b.       Groove: http://www.groove.net/

c.       Interactive Whiteboard: http://www.dyknow.com/products/

d.       StartWright (virtual teams): http://www.startwright.com/virtual.htm

e.       Virtual Edge for Teams: http://www.virtualteams.com/

f.        Coach Universe: http://www.coachuniverse.com/virtualteams.htm

g.       Roebuck, D. B., Brock, S. J., & Moodie, D. R. (2004). Business Communication Quarterly, 67(3), http://bcq.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/67/3/359

h.       NetAge.  http://netage.com/.  Jessica Lipnack & Jeffrey Stamps (2000). Virtual Teams: People working across boundaries with technology.  http://www.virtualteams.com/library/Publications/download_vt2.htm

 

 

Week 12. (Nov. 18th) Evaluating E-Learning Programs and Courses

1. Ronald Phipps & Jamie Merisotis (2000, April). Quality on the Line – Benchmarks for Success in Internet-Based Distance Education, Study released at the Blackboard Summit, Prepared by the Institute for Higher Education Policy.  http://www.ihep.org/Pubs/PDF/Quality.pdf

 

2. Carol Twigg (2003). Improving Learning and Reducing Costs: Lessons Learned from Round I of the Pew Grant Program in Course Redesign.  http://center.rpi.edu/PewGrant/Rd1intro.html

 

3. Tatana Olson & Robert Wisher (2002, October). The Effectiveness of Web-Based Instruction: An Initial Inquiry.  International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning.  http://www.irrodl.org/content/v3.2/olsen.html

 

4. Sue Achtemeier, Libby Morris, & Caroline Finnegan (2003, February).  Considerations for Developing Evaluations of Online Courses, Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 7(1). http://www.aln.org/publications/jaln/v7n1/pdf/v7n1_achtemeier.pdf

 

5.       Keith Hmieleski & Matthew Champagne (2000). Plugging in to course evaluation.  Technology Source. http://distance.wsu.edu/facultyresources/savedfromweb/pluggingin.htm

 

Evaluation Web Resources:

a.       Thomas Russell (2002). No Significant Difference Phenomenon (355 research reports, summaries and papers from 1928-2002).  (original book was published in 1999). http://www.nosignificantdifference.org/

b.       http://nosignificantdifference.wcet.info/about_tom.asp

c.       http://www.nosignificantdifference.org/advanced_search.asp

d.       http://www.usq.edu.au/electpub/e-jist/docs/html2002/ramage.html

e.       http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/review/reviewArticles/32244.html

 

f.        Testimony of Carol Twigg (2003, July 10th). Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.  See http://edworkforce.house.gov/hearings/108th/21st/afford71003/twigg.htm

 

 

Week 13. (Nov. 25th) More E-Learning Evaluation Techniques   

1.       HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 31 Annette Sherry, Quality and Its Measurement in Distance Education

 

2.       HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 38 Melody Thompson & Modupe Irele, Evaluating Distance Education Programs

 

3.       HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 48 Insung Jung, Cost-Effectiveness of Online Education

 

4.       HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 49 Alistair Ingilis, A Comparison of Online Delivery Costs with Some Alternative Distance Delivery Methods

 

5.       Ron Owston, (in press). Eval of blended learning: Models & methods.  (See Oncourse for copy).

 

            E-Portfolio Web Resources (from Educational Pathways, 2002, May, Lorenzo Associates)

a. David Emmett, (2003, November).  E-Portfolios at QUT: Providing the potential for competitive advantage and a motivating learner-centred environment.  Proceedings of the OLT 2003 Excellence: Making the Connections Conference, Australia.  http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00000079/01/DavidEmmett.PDF

b. College and University ePortfolio Web sites: Alverno College (http://ddp.alverno.edu/); IUPUI Institutional ePortfolio (www.iport.iupui.edu); University of Minnesota (http://eportfolio.d.umn.edu)

c. Organizations & Associations: efolio Minnesota (www.efoliomn.com); ePortConsortium (http://eportconsortium.org); Helen Barrett, internationally known expert on ePortfolios (www.electronicportfolios.com)

d. Vendors: Avenet Web Solutions (www.avenet.net); ePortaro (www.eportaro.com); McGraw-Hill’s Folio Live (www.foliolive.com)

e. Paul Treuer & Jill Jenson. (2003, June).  Electronic Portfolios Need Standards to Thrive, Educause Quarterly, Volume 26, Number 2.  http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0324.pdf

 

 

Week 14. (Dec. 2nd) Knowledge Sharing, The Semantic Web, Learning Objects, and a Look at the Future

1.       Special Issue: The Educational Semantic Web (2004, May). Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME).  http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/2004/1/  (Articles from Terry Anderson, Diane Oblinger, Stephen Downes, Betty Collis, etc; with comments from Robin Mason, David Wiley, Greg Kearsley, Tom Carey, etc.).

 

2.       Special Issue: The Rise of Learning Objects; International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Mar_04/index.htm

a.       Rory McGreal (2004, March). EduSource: Canada’s learning object repository network.  (see http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Mar_04/article01.htm)

b.       Feasibility of Course Development Based on Learning Objects: Research Analysis of Three Case Studies Jo-An Christiansen and Terry Anderson

c.       EduSource: Canada’s Learning Object Repository Network.  Rory McGreal, Terry Anderson, Gilbert Babin, Stephen Downes, Norm Friesen, Kevin Harrigan, Marek Hatala, Doug MacLeod, Mike Mattson, Gilbert Paquette, Griff Richards, Toni Roberts, Steve Schafer

 

3.       Robert Mayben, Sharon Nichols, & Vivian Wright (2003, Fall). Distance Technologies in Collaborative Research: Analyzing the Successes and Barriers. Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2(2), http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/2003/fall/02/index.html

 

4.       Parker Rossman, The Future of Higher (Lifelong) Education: A Vision for a Century Ahead, Planning for All Worldwide, a Holistic View. http://ecolecon.missouri.edu/globalresearch/index.html

 

5.       Fox, S., Anderson, J. Q., & Raine, L. (2005, January). The future of the Internet: In a survey, technology experts and scholars evaluate where the network is headed in the next ten years.  Per Internet and American Life Project, Washington, DC.  http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/145/report_display.asp and http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Future_of_Internet.pdf

 

6.       Kim, K. J., Bonk, C. J., & Zeng, T. (2005, June). Surveying the future of workplace e-learning: The rise of blending, interactivity, and authentic learning.  E-Learn Magazine. (see http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage/sub_page.cfm?section=7&list_item=5&page=1).

 

Semantic Web and Learning Object Resources:

1.       W3C: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

2.       IU Course on Semantic Web (SLIS, L597 John Paolillo): http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~paolillo/courses/L597f04/

3.       RDF (Resource Description Framework): http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/

4.       What is the Semantic Web: http://infomesh.net/2001/swintro/  and http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/11/01/semanticweb/ and http://logicerror.com/semanticWeb-long and http://www.disobey.com/detergent/2002/sw123/

5.       Semantic Web Community Portal: http://www.semanticweb.org/

6.       August 2009: How Google beat Amazon and Ebay to the Semantic Web (2002, June 26). http://www.ftrain.com/google_takes_all.html

 

 

Week 15. (Dec 9th) Global Planning for E-Learning (and Student Presentations)

1. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 32 Peter Dirr, Distance Education Policy Issues: Towards 2010

 

2. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 34 Ryan Watkins & Roger Kaufman, Strategic Planning for Distance Education

           

            3. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 50 Robin Mason, Global Education: Out of the Ivory Tower

           

            4. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 54, John Daniel & Wayne Mackintosh, Leading ODL Futures in the Eternal Triangle: The Mega-University Response to the Greatest Moral Challenge of Our Age.

 

            5. HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 55, Michael Foley, The Global Development Learning Network: A World Bank Initiative in Distance Learning for Development.

               
Other recommended chapters from the HoDE book you might read:

            HoDE Book (2003).

HoDE Book (2003). Chapter 1, 4, 7, 21, 22, 33, 40, 47, 52, and 53.

 

 

Week 16. (Dec 16th—my birthday) Optional Meeting