TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR DELIVERING INSTRUCTION
Example 2: Interactive Tours
A high school history teacher, located on the west coast of the United States, wants to showcase to her students new exhibits being held at two prominent New York City museums. The teacher wants her students to take a "tour" of the museums and be able to interact with the museum curators, as well as see the art work on display. Afterward, the teacher would like to choose two pieces of artwork from each exhibit and have the students participate in a group critique of the individual work of art. As a novice of distance learning and distance learning technologies, the teacher turned to the school district’s instructional designer for assistance. In the role of the instructional designer, what distance learning technologies would you suggest the teacher use to provide the best learning experience for her students?
In this particular scenario, an instructional designer could make a case for utilizing a variety of different technologies to deliver this type of learning experience for these high school students. Using video-conferencing technology, like Skype or Gotomeeting, would allow students to interact with the curators in real time. If the curators or museum uses a blog to post current information the learners could visit it to view and comment on art pieces or exhibits. In his 2006 article, Distance education trends: Integrating new technologies to foster student interaction and collaboration, Beldarrain refers to Chickering and Ehrmann’s seven principles of integrating technology:
(1) Encourage contact between students and faculty.
(2) Develop reciprocity and cooperation among students.
(3) Use active learning techniques.
(4) Give prompt feedback.
(5) Emphasize time on task.
(6) Communicate high expectations.
(7) Respect diverse talents and ways of learning. (p. 144)
With these principals in mind the best tool to use would be a media sharing site such as Flickr or Slideshare. The Technology of Distance Education media program clarifies that the content on these sites “can be viewed and commented on…Presentations created and shared on media sharing sites, such as slideshare, allow presenters to share the presentation with users across the globe. Users can in turn comment on the presentations and share their own ideas thereby providing feedback.” (Laureate, 2011) These qualities therefore make the technology provided by media sharing tools the best option for tackling the development of this type of learning experience.
The following link explains how NASA recently developed a program on Slideshare that allows them to post presentations and content for users to view and share:
References:
Beldarrain, Y. (2006). Distance education trends: Integrating new technologies to foster student interaction and collaboration. Distance Education, 27(2),139–153.
Laureate Education Inc. (2010). The Technology of Distance Education. Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=5693699&Survey=1&47=8013356&ClientNodeID=984650&coursenav=1&bhcp=1
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