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By: Danielle Hathcock in Online Education

 

An online course is like walking into a foreign land with an entire map laid out, but having no sense of the land’s origin or how to navigate the terrain. How the instructor formats and interacts with the class will ultimately determine the student’s travel experience. The purpose of this article is to provide an understanding of how the elements of an online course are integrated such that they form a cohesive whole that creates easy travel based upon instructor presence, appropriate feedback, and easy navigation for students.

Published more than a decade ago, this paper stands the test of time in most of the rubric criteria.  Types and uses of technologies is quite dated, but the underlying insights remain fresh! 

 

A Rubric for Assessing Interaction in Distance Learning

Variable #1: Social Goals of Interaction Variable #2: Instructional Goals of Interaction Variable #3: Types and Uses of Technologies Variable #4: Impact of Interactivity-Changes in Learner Behaviors

In a recent Question of the Week, we asked our tech-savvy readers: “How do you get tech-reluctant teachers and administrators to use technology effectively?” Here are our readers' top answers.

 

"Removing technology from its stature as something mystical and powerful is something I stress to whomever I'm working with," says one reader.