My potential research questions:
How pod casting be incorporate in the Career and Technical Educational field, such as Business Management? Case Study, Interview
Does pod casting disable students who are apprehension in speaking of front of a class?
Can pod casting be effective in the general education field, such as math, science, and English? How?
I currently teach in the Business Administration/Management field over the last 13 years. I would like to implement the trainings of using new media, such as blogs and pod casting. I would like to interview or take a survey of how many instructors would actually implement this type of instruction in their class if it was not mandated. Many instructors feel that they just don’t have the knack for all this new media “stuff”. If instructors had an on-site end users for any available questions would they feel more comfortable using the tools in their classrooms? With answers to these questions, the school have justification to fund new media and the support team member.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Assignment 8, Literature Review
Introduction
This literature review will study the three topics related to online education.As new media and technology merges in education educator, administrators and other school related officials must be informed. The three areas are adult learning, new media in online education and aocial presence and learning. It is important to look at how different variations are enhancing students; online learning experience. As new technology merges new media, blogs and podcast are becoming are modifying student to teacher communication and interaction online. Technology is not replace, but enhance the deliver of information. Due to the fact that there are so many changing ways of technology, it is important to look at many different ways types for media that could be used for online learning. The goal is to prepare each student for online learning tools and new media as it arises.
Adult Learning and Andragogy
Andragogy is the process of the adult learning process, due to the fact that adult learners bring experiences, biases opinions and their own personal experience related to the classrooms. However, everyone doesn’t support the adult learning process by Knowles. His theory on adult learning and andragogy was created based on four key principles; self concept, experience, a readiness to learn and orientation to learning. The way in which adult learners learn is important to the effective application of new media in distance learning.
As adult learners grow to a more dependent student and begin to look for ways that encourage self-direction. Adult learners are apprehensive about some part of technology, such as chatting, instant messaging and texting. This new type of media is considers by some “teenager stuff “. According to (Spark 2006), “No matter what types of new technologies emerge in society, education is an absolute endeavor for every citizen living in this world” A greater understanding of how adults learn, must be centered rather than content oriented. Technologies have also made business more productive incorporating employees with online timecards, processing of work details, shipping and etc…
New Media Online Education
New media has grown so fast that many find it to be intimidating. The intimidation factor is due to fearing the unknown. This effects the willingness of the instructor to expose themselves to the find out the benefits of new media tool and open-minded to the challenges of familiarizing themselves with the tools. The question that frequently arises is “is these new tool effective“? Another concern is what type of media tools do you use to that not only meet the needs to instruction, but also the needs of the student. Podcasting is one of the newest media tools, it is very interacting and mobile. Podcasting allows the students to not only download these files on a PC, but also on a ipod . The only disadvantage is the download speed process can be very slow depending on the unit that is being transferred.
Social Presence and learning with New Media
Social presence and learning with online learning, has it many advantages and disadvantages. Instructor’s implemented pod casting into their curriculum, attempt to still have the class feel. If the instructor could integrated student interaction and collaboration, this would possibly assist in the interest of retention and interest of the student. Online learning has shown that it encourages student we are reluctant to speak in class are more willing to participate in blogs, discussion boards and other online media interactive tools, as well as feed back. However, according to El Mansour & Mupinga (2007), there is often a sense of feeling lost in cyberspace when looking at the negative characteristics of online learning. Even though, students are given the opportunity to participate in group discussions and other activities. Mansour feels as though they are still missing a large part of “body language”. Body language is a form of communication and how can we communicate with someone if we can understand the true intent of the persons comments. Misinterpretations can often be relayed, because the simple nod, smile or just the simple face to face interaction are missing. To ensure student don’t lack social presence, instructors must guidelines and a sense of togetherness within the class.
Conclusion
New media and social presence should be collaborated in the traditional methods. Since there are many new instructional and educational tools it is upmost important to ensure that the instruction, being new media or the traditional pen and pencil creates a learning environment that is intrusive to implementation of new ideas, being blogs, pod cast, discussion boards, or just simply a group project.
El Mansour, B. & Mupinga, D.M. (2007). Students positive and negative experience in hybird and online classes. College Student Journal, 41 (2), 242-248.
Sparks, P., Mentz, L. (2006). Electronic note passing: enriching online learning with new communications tools. Journal of online Learning and Teaching, 2(4), 1-6 Retrieved October 21, 2007.
Burge, L. (1988) Beyond andragogy: some explorations for distance learning design. Journal of Distance Education, 3(1), 5-23.
Disckym M. (2004). The impact of web-logs (blogs) on student perceptions of isolation and alienation in a web-based distance-learning environment. Open Learning, 19 (3), 279-291.
Fozdar, B.I., Kumar, L.S. (2007) Mobile learning and student retention. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 8,
http://www.irrodl.org/index.pho/irrodl/article/view/345/916
Glogg, S. (2005). Instructional blogging: Promoting interactivity, student-centered learning and peer input. Innovate, 1 (5), 1-6.
Weller, M., Pegler, C., Manson, R. (2005). Use of innovative technologies on an e-learning course. The Internet and Higher Education, 8(1), 61-71.
This literature review will study the three topics related to online education.As new media and technology merges in education educator, administrators and other school related officials must be informed. The three areas are adult learning, new media in online education and aocial presence and learning. It is important to look at how different variations are enhancing students; online learning experience. As new technology merges new media, blogs and podcast are becoming are modifying student to teacher communication and interaction online. Technology is not replace, but enhance the deliver of information. Due to the fact that there are so many changing ways of technology, it is important to look at many different ways types for media that could be used for online learning. The goal is to prepare each student for online learning tools and new media as it arises.
Adult Learning and Andragogy
Andragogy is the process of the adult learning process, due to the fact that adult learners bring experiences, biases opinions and their own personal experience related to the classrooms. However, everyone doesn’t support the adult learning process by Knowles. His theory on adult learning and andragogy was created based on four key principles; self concept, experience, a readiness to learn and orientation to learning. The way in which adult learners learn is important to the effective application of new media in distance learning.
As adult learners grow to a more dependent student and begin to look for ways that encourage self-direction. Adult learners are apprehensive about some part of technology, such as chatting, instant messaging and texting. This new type of media is considers by some “teenager stuff “. According to (Spark 2006), “No matter what types of new technologies emerge in society, education is an absolute endeavor for every citizen living in this world” A greater understanding of how adults learn, must be centered rather than content oriented. Technologies have also made business more productive incorporating employees with online timecards, processing of work details, shipping and etc…
New Media Online Education
New media has grown so fast that many find it to be intimidating. The intimidation factor is due to fearing the unknown. This effects the willingness of the instructor to expose themselves to the find out the benefits of new media tool and open-minded to the challenges of familiarizing themselves with the tools. The question that frequently arises is “is these new tool effective“? Another concern is what type of media tools do you use to that not only meet the needs to instruction, but also the needs of the student. Podcasting is one of the newest media tools, it is very interacting and mobile. Podcasting allows the students to not only download these files on a PC, but also on a ipod . The only disadvantage is the download speed process can be very slow depending on the unit that is being transferred.
Social Presence and learning with New Media
Social presence and learning with online learning, has it many advantages and disadvantages. Instructor’s implemented pod casting into their curriculum, attempt to still have the class feel. If the instructor could integrated student interaction and collaboration, this would possibly assist in the interest of retention and interest of the student. Online learning has shown that it encourages student we are reluctant to speak in class are more willing to participate in blogs, discussion boards and other online media interactive tools, as well as feed back. However, according to El Mansour & Mupinga (2007), there is often a sense of feeling lost in cyberspace when looking at the negative characteristics of online learning. Even though, students are given the opportunity to participate in group discussions and other activities. Mansour feels as though they are still missing a large part of “body language”. Body language is a form of communication and how can we communicate with someone if we can understand the true intent of the persons comments. Misinterpretations can often be relayed, because the simple nod, smile or just the simple face to face interaction are missing. To ensure student don’t lack social presence, instructors must guidelines and a sense of togetherness within the class.
Conclusion
New media and social presence should be collaborated in the traditional methods. Since there are many new instructional and educational tools it is upmost important to ensure that the instruction, being new media or the traditional pen and pencil creates a learning environment that is intrusive to implementation of new ideas, being blogs, pod cast, discussion boards, or just simply a group project.
El Mansour, B. & Mupinga, D.M. (2007). Students positive and negative experience in hybird and online classes. College Student Journal, 41 (2), 242-248.
Sparks, P., Mentz, L. (2006). Electronic note passing: enriching online learning with new communications tools. Journal of online Learning and Teaching, 2(4), 1-6 Retrieved October 21, 2007.
Burge, L. (1988) Beyond andragogy: some explorations for distance learning design. Journal of Distance Education, 3(1), 5-23.
Disckym M. (2004). The impact of web-logs (blogs) on student perceptions of isolation and alienation in a web-based distance-learning environment. Open Learning, 19 (3), 279-291.
Fozdar, B.I., Kumar, L.S. (2007) Mobile learning and student retention. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 8,
http://www.irrodl.org/index.pho/irrodl/article/view/345/916
Glogg, S. (2005). Instructional blogging: Promoting interactivity, student-centered learning and peer input. Innovate, 1 (5), 1-6.
Weller, M., Pegler, C., Manson, R. (2005). Use of innovative technologies on an e-learning course. The Internet and Higher Education, 8(1), 61-71.
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