ECI 617 - Foundations of Instructional Technology: Week of November 17

ID Online

This week's reading looks at the different dimensions of online learning and how ID may have to adjust its focus. Certainly there are a plethora of new tools to consider. The book's list is below (with links corrected).

Examples and resources for online learning
Web-based (virtual) campuses	http://www.jonesinternational.edu/ http://www.open.ac.uk/
University clearinghouses	http://www.gnacademy.org/ http://www.electroniccampus.org/
Web-enhanced campuses	http://usaonline.southalabama.edu/ http://umdonline.umassd.edu/
Full-service web-based courses	http://www.trainingregistry.com/ http://www.humber.ca/cecalendar/distance.htm
Stand-alone on-line activities	http://usaonline.southalabama.edu/ http://www.oar.noaa.gov/k12/
Course tools and services	http://www.ecollege.com/ http://www.webct.com/ http://www.blackboard.com/
Electronic books	http://agora.unige.ch/tecfa/edutech/welcome_frame.html http://www.exemplary.net/omnimedia/bookstore.html
Reference sources	http://ericir.syr.edu/ http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/
Smart tools	http://www.aproposinc.com/ http://www.schaudin.com/

Harasim's article serves to reinforce this message, even though it is from the "ancient" times of 1989. Actually, this article was of great importance to me in my graduate work. Her idea the online learning is a separate theoretical problem from live and distance education still reverberates.

Systems View and the Web

Organizations need to adjust to the new uses of the Web in learning. This chapter takes the systems view that Web learning is not just an addition to an organization, but has systemic effects throughout. They propose five levels of web integration and discuss the transformative features of each.

Assignments due November 24

• Reiser/Dempsey Chapter 23
• Grabinger
• As We May Think by Vannevar Bush (45)
• (optional) A discussion of Vannevar Bush
• Review Cognitive Flexibility, Constructivism and Hypertext

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