Introduction to Web-Based Learning
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Introduction to Web-Based Learning
Defining Web-Based Instruction
• Instruction via Internet and Intranet only.
• Synonymous with online learning.
Distance Education• Instruction that exists when instructors and
learners are separated by time and/or location.• Synchronous vs. asynchronous.
Distributed Learning vs. Distance Education
• Distributed Learning uses a wide range of computing and communication technology to provide learning opportunities beyond times and place constraints of traditional classrooms.
• Can take place on or off campus.
• Distance education and on-line learning are subsets of distributed learning.
Distance Education Delivery Systems
• Correspondence courses.• Broadcast systems.• Teleconferencing systems and communication
networks.• Computers and digital technologies.
– Local area networks and wide area networks.
• Internet– Text-based (Gopher) vs. graphical environments
(browsers, search engines, portals).
Advantages and Disadvantages of WBI
Choosing a WBI project
• Can problem be solved appropriately with WBI?• Identify the purpose of your WBI.• Choose a content area in which you have
expertise and that is of interest to you.• Select a topic for which participants will be
available.• Select a topic for which you have the technology
available to develop and implement.
Web-Based Learning Environment and Community
Continuum of Web-based learning communities
Types of Online Instruction
For your project
• What is your learning environment and community like?
• What kinds of administrative and technology infrastructure do you have?
• Where would your WBI be on the learning community continuum?
• What type of on-line instruction would you use?
Current and Emerging Technologies for WBI
Current and Emerging Technologies for WBI
Learning Management Systems
• Technology that supports planning, designing, developing, implementing, and administering online learning experiences.
• Schedules, registers, and tracks learner progress and performance.
• Blackboard, WebCT.
Features of LMS
• Chat rooms.
• Discussion boards.
• Forums.
• Student lists with email addresses.
• Electronic drop boxes.
• Assessment tools (grading, quizzes).
Stakeholders in WBI
• Administrative stakeholders (managers, superintendents, principals, deans).
• Technology stakeholders (webmasters, networking specialists, programmers).
• Learning community stakeholders (instructor, learner, instructional designer).
Administrative stakeholders
• Roles and Responisbilities– Set project priorities.– Provide approval.– Fund and allocate resources.– May or may not have daily interactions with
WBI designer.
• Challenges– May lack expertise; must rely on others.
Technology stakeholders
• Roles and Responsibilities– Assist designers.– Solve problems.– May develop Web pages or multimedia
products.
• Challenges– Troubleshoot in timely fashion.– Upgrade knowledge and skills.– Be able to communicate.
Learning Community stakeholders
• Instructor Roles and Responsibilities– Establish the learning community, set the
tone.– Lead teaching using good teaching practices.– Be available.
• Instructor Challenges– Expectation of immediate feedback.– Volume of learner contacts.– Keep current with technology.
Learning Community stakeholders
• Learner Roles and Responsibilities– Participate!– Help establish goals and community.– Self-motivation, good study skills.
• Learner Challenges– Feelings of isolation.– Issues involved with becoming a self-
regulated learner.
Learning Community stakeholders
• Instructional Designer Roles and Responsibilities– Project Designer.– Communicate with other stake-holders.– Monitor the design and delivery.
• Instructional Designer Challenges– Balance quality standards and expectations with
constraints of limited resources.– Communicating with other stakeholders that have
unrealistic expectations.