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Bridging The Gap: Connecting School And Community With Service Learning, Sarah K. Edwards
Bridging The Gap: Connecting School And Community With Service Learning, Sarah K. Edwards
Teacher Education Faculty Publications
Why do I even look for teaching ideas in the education catalogs that fill my mailbox? I know that these offerings of prefabricated units and generic novel activities will not satisfy the desires of my students. Looking around my orderly classroom, I confess that I am probably the only one who adores the posters with colorful scenes from my favorite poems. During my past ten years as an English teacher, I have found myself in a mental tug-of-war as to how to connect my students with the state curriculum standards. Finally, in the abyss of Internet lessons and teaching seminars, …
A Comparison Of Interaction In Av-Based And Internet-Based Distance Courses, Melodee Landis
A Comparison Of Interaction In Av-Based And Internet-Based Distance Courses, Melodee Landis
Teacher Education Faculty Publications
At the center of the debate over the viability of distance education is whether the newer electronic technologies can offer enough interaction to maintain quality learner outcomes and critical mass. Two of the most commonly used forms of distance education are 1) two-way, fully interactive audio-video classrooms and 2) on-line instruction through the Internet or Worldwide Web. This study used qualitative methods to compare and contrast the interaction that occurred in distance learning courses offered via each medium. The research process confirmed findings that there were fundamental differences in the interaction that occurred in the two environments. On-line interaction is …