1. MCS3103 : e-Learning Concepts and Technologies Upekha
Vandebona Index No : 13440722 2. Mind Map 3. Definition Distance
education is planned learning that normally occurs in a different
place from teaching, requiring special course design and
instruction techniques, communication through various technologies,
and special organizational and administrative arrangements. 4. 1.
Single Mode Institutions 2. Dual Mode Institutions 3. Individual
Teachers 4. Virtual Universities and Consortia 5. Courses and
Programs 5. All the faculty and staff of the institution are
exclusively devoted to distance education; 6. Adds distance
education to its previously established campus and class-based
teaching. 7. Let individual teachers design and deliver their own
courses. 8. Emphasize the high-tech character of Internet-based
communication. Both dual and single mode institutions use
"virtuality" to sell distance education as a more exciting hightech
enterprise than older textbook-based methods. 9. Sequence of study
of a body of subject matter that is structured according to the
norms of the institution 10. Technology is the vehicle for
communicating messages, and the messages are represented in a
medium. Kinds of media text images /animations sounds artifacts 11.
Most learners do not yet have technology Lack of quality of the
media produced for distribution via the technology. Over invest in
a particular technology, and to attempt to load more of the media
on that technology than it can optimally carry. Overuse of online
communications 12. Increasing access to learning and training
opportunities Providing opportunities for updating skills Improving
the cost effectiveness of educational resources Supporting the
quality of existing educational structures Enhancing the capacity
of the educational system Balancing inequalities between age groups
Delivering educational campaigns to specific target audiences
Providing emergency training for key target groups Expanding the
capacity for education in new subject areas Offering combination of
education with work and family life Adding an international
dimension to the educational experience 13. Organization Distance
Education System Learning Teaching Program/ Course Design
Technology Policy Management 14. 1. Sources of Knowledge 2. Design
of Courses 3. Course Delivery 4. Interaction via Technologies 5.
Learners in Different Environments 6. Outcomes Monitoring and
Evaluation 7. Management and Administration 15. A source of
knowledge that is to be taught and learned Responsibility for
deciding what should be taught in an educational program goes to
the organization providing the program. 16. A subsystem to
structure source of knowledge into materials and activities for
students that we will call courses. Content, or subject matter,
does not make a course. Requires not only the content expert but
also instructional designers who can organize the content according
to what is known about the theory and practice of information
management and the theory of learning. 17. Another subsystem that
delivers the courses to learners No single technology is optimal
for delivery of every kind of message to all learners in all
locations. 18. Classification of Technology Recorded technologies
CD-ROM Interactive technologies Audio-conference Always desirable
to have at least one recorded technology The interactions between
instructors and students will be based on issues and questions
determined by the course designers. 19. Students must consciously
train themselves in disciplined study habits. They must find their
own times and places where they can study comfortably by
scheduling. Most designers believe that courses should be organized
into short, self- contained segments, with frequent summaries and
overviews. 20. A subsystem that monitors and evaluates outcomes so
that interventions are possible where failures occur Feedback and
evaluation mechanisms are vital because if any part of the system
breaks down, the whole system is in jeopardy; potential problems
have to be identified before the breakdown occurs. 21. An
organization with a policy and a management structure to link these
different pieces. Managers are responsible for all the subsystems
that lead to the design, delivery, and implementation of the
program. Courses have to be designed a considerable time in advance
of the actual teaching of the course Administrators must ensure
that money, personnel, and time are managed so that courses are
produced on time and numerous work tasks fit together. 22. Changes
in one component of a distance education system have immediate
effects on all of the other components. Investing in technology
without regard to the other subsystems is not a good suggestion.
23. INPUT OUTPUT Student characteristics including knowing how to
study at a distance Instructor experience of distance teaching
Understanding of administrative staff about distance learners
Quality of course design skills Quality of course production Cost
of course design and production Technology chosen for the course
Accessibility of support services Frequency and quality of
evaluation data Financial investment Student satisfaction ratings
Student achievement scores Student completion rates Total
enrollments Quality assessments Accreditation results Tuition and
other revenue Staff reputation and turnover 24. More people are
obtaining access more easily to better learning resources than they
could in the past. Rural and inner city students, can take courses
from the same institutions and same faculty that were previously
only available to students in privileged, mainly suburban areas.
Handicapped and disabled students can also have access to the same
courses as everyone else. Can take courses without having to be
away from home or their current jobs. Students in one country can
learn from teachers and fellow students in others. Courses can be
accessed whenever the student wants at his or her preferred pace,
from almost any location. 25. Instructors : preparing materials
Managers : find appropriate positions for those teachers who want
to be content specialists, those who prefer to provide interactive
support to students, and those who are good at designing and
producing mediated communications. Administrators : ensuring that
the various resources are available- and often in distant
location
