Monday, May 17, 2010

Final Presentation

I wanted to let everyone know that I am currently in the process of uploading my presentation to google docs and will post it as soon as the upload is complete. I apologize that I may not meet the 11:59 pm deadline. However, it will be posted before I get to bed this evening. I hope you enjoy my presentation. Please do not hesitate to leave feedback and let me know your thoughts.

I have edited my video to play in mp4 format. I believe this will assist most of you to now view the document. The mp4 also reduced the size of the file from 303MB to just over 100+MB.

Video Presentation:

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7DtyQOG_TQ_ZDNlMDBhODMtOWFlMC00YWQ5LWFlM2MtY2RiMTM2MmVjZTBl&hl=en

Here is the annotated bibliography:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AbDtyQOG_TQ_ZDMyamZ3Y182OWRwZGQycXc5&hl=en

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Concept Map

What is the best way to education students in an online environment?

Should results base themselves on static communication and delivery or through dynamic delivery. I think that both items are necessary for a successful distance education environment. Terry Anderson (2008) cites the following multimedia principles that are important to successful online delivery:

1. Multimedia - Students learn from words with graphics and pictures.
2. Spatial contiguity - Students learn better when words and pictures are closer together on a page or screen.
3. Temporal contiguity - Students learn better when words and pictures are simultaneous.
4. Coherence - Students learn better when unnecessary material is excluded.
5. Modality - Students learn better from animation and auditory response, not animation and text.
6. Redundancy - There is a limited capacity to process visual and auditory material that is presented simultaneously.
7. Individual Difference - Design affects are more effective for low-knowledge learners than for high-knowledge learners.

To go with this weeks blog, I have added a Concept Map for course members to review a static versus dynamic environment. The information is broken into three areas of concentration; collaboration, communication, and content.

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B7DtyQOG_TQ_NjhlZDQyNmUtZWQ1Ny00OGY0LTg3YjMtNWRlOTk4ZTM2Yjhh&hl=en