Sunday, June 17, 2012
Equivalent Distance Education
According to the authors of our readings this week, online education must take a different approach to offer an equivalent education. This learning goals, objectives and evaluations will be very similar to a face to face classroom, yet will not be able to deliver the same experience for the student, due to geography, time differences, and schedules that people have. Equivalent education is the ability to offer the content and learning of a classroom or course in an online environment.
My father in law passed away this week, so please keep him in your thoughts as we go through the process of getting him buried.
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It is important to ensure that online students are receiving equivalent education to those in a traditional classroom. One way of ensuring this is through the use of evaluations.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to hear about your loss. Your family is in my prayers.
It is important to explore how we can create curriculum that is equivalent but does not look identical to the face to face classroom. Can we determine equivalency by the product outcome? Are there times when the experience (or process) is important to capture as well as the outcome?
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry to hear about your father in law. I am sure this is a very difficult time for you and your family. I will keep you all in my prayers.