Saturday, May 21, 2005

MDDE601 - Assignment 2

This section of the blog will be used for a collaboration on assignment 2.

Thursday, May 19, 2005

I'm in to

I've entered the Blog zone

Darren

Member Test 1

It appears I can now make posts to Tom's blog, but I had to use my Blogger membership to do so. If I hadn't had a Blogger membership already, I would have had to create one.

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

MDDE 601: Distributed learning

I have just finished submitting my first assignment for the Master of Distance Education 601: Introduction to Distance Education and Training course. I decided to do a critical review of a case study article that featured the implementation of distributed learning. I had a difficult time limiting it to five pages of text excluding a the title and reference pages. I am posting the references here for anyone interested in the topic and if I do well on the assignment I will post my paper as well. :>)

References

Bates, A.W. (1997). The impact of technological change on open and distance learning. Distance Education, 18(1), 93-109.

Davis, Alan. (2001). Athabasca university: conversion from traditional distance education to online courses, programs and services. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 1(2). Retrieved May 5, 2005, from http://www.irrodl.org/content/v1.2/au.html.

Kofahi, Najib A. Distance learning: major issues and challenges. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 1(5). Retrieved May 5, 2005, from http://www.itdl.org/Journal/May_04/article02.htm.

Levine, Arthur, & Sun, Jeffrey. (2002). Barriers to distance education. [Electronic version]. American Council on Education Center for Policy Analysis: Washington , DC. Retrieved May 13, 2005, from http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/pubInfo.cfm?pubID=283.

Matheos, Kathleen, & Archer, Walter. (2004). From distance education to distributed learning surviving and thriving. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 7(4). State University of West Georgia. Retrieved May 1, 2005, from http://www.westga.edu/%7Edistance/ojdla/winter74/matheos74.htm.

Oblinger, Diana G., Barone, Carole A., & Hawkins, Brian L. (2001). Distributed education and its challenges: An overview. [Electronic version]. American Council on Education Center for Policy Analysis: Washington , DC. Retrieved May 10, 2005, from http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/pubInfo.cfm?pubID=228.

Pacey, Lucille M. & Penney, Wayne P. (1995) Thinking strategically: Reshaping the face of Distance Education and Open Learning. In Judith M. Roberts & Erin M. Keough (Eds.), Why the information highway?: Lessons from Open & Distance Learning. (pp. 15-39). Toronto: Trifolium Books Inc.

Pennycook, Bruce. (2005). The distance learning agenda: University organization and the changing nature of work in post-secondary institutions. EduSpecs. Retrieved May 6, 2005, from http://eduspecs.ca/pub/e-learningresources/doc_distance_learning/index.html.

Rumble, G. (1989a). ‘Open learning’, ‘distance learning’, and the misuse of language. Open Learning (June), 28-36.

Shale, D. (1988). Toward a reconceptualization of distance education. American Journal of Distance Education, 2(3), 25-35.