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Distance Education: Higher Education And The Literature Michael Simonson, Ph.D. Program Professor Instructional Technology and Distance Education Fischler School of Education Nova Southeastern University Florida, USA. Change Our Thinking. http://www.nova.edu/~simsmich/.
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Distance Education: Higher Education And The Literature Michael Simonson, Ph.D. Program Professor Instructional Technology and Distance Education Fischler School of Education Nova Southeastern University Florida, USA Change Our Thinking
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Teaching Face to Face Instruction Distance Delivered Instruction
Equivalency Theory of Distance Education “Learners, distant and local, should be provided equivalent (v. equal) learning experiences in order for them to achieve similar learning outcomes”
Best Practices • Logical and Intuitive Organization:Chunkning • Multimedia Use to Present Content • High Quality Production Standards • Content-Rich Design • Meaningful, Quick and Meaningful Interaction • Self Pacing Apparent • Continuous Evaluation and Revision
Rules of Thumb For a typical 3-credit course • > 90 to130 hours of student involvement • 10 – 25 students/instructor • Clear organization ~ 45 topics, 15 modules, and 3 units • Build Communities >5 <10 • Grade often and everything • <1 instructor posting to 4 student postings or >
QRDE Theory Driven Case Studies Diffusion Processes Generalizable Data Supported but Applied DL Practitioner Relevant Clearly Relevant Case-based Interesting and Informative Visual Important Issues