Artifact
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5457
Final Project: Technology in Distance Education
Annotation: This
project served to review instructional applications of technologies that may be
used in distance education and to demonstrate use of the technology applied to
an activity within the course. It was
prepared for EME 5457 Introduction to Distance Education, as an individual
student project. The components and
guidelines were provided at the outset, but content, discussion, and analysis
were created specifically for this project.
Introduction
The
purpose of this project is two-fold. It
includes the exploration of strengths, limitations, affordances, and
instructional applications of a particular technology used in distance
education as well as the demonstration of this technology applied to an
activity or assignment within EME5457.
This paper contains an overview of the features and functions of a
selected distance education technology, an identification and demonstration of
an activity or assignment from EME5457 that could be improved with the
technology, advantages/disadvantages of the technology, and a comparison of
vendors/models for the technology in the current market.
The
technology chosen here for presentation is an online collaboration tool; the
particular vendor/model is VoiceThread.
VoiceThread supports many different types of media files, and allows
access, modification, and feedback deposition by numerous users. VoiceThread can be utilized by organizations
for training, webinars, demonstrations, and project management across a
geographical distance. It can also be
implemented for traditional educational usage by K12 and higher education. Presentations (posted by users/students) may
be maintained as collaborative efforts, with editing as well as commenting
abilities enabled for all identified group members. As an alternative, presentations (posted by
an instructor) may be set to allow comments but not editing by
users/students.
Artifact
8
6414
Knowledge Sharing & Tracking Project
Annotation: This
project was created as a knowledge sharing mechanism for EME6414 Web 2.0 Based
Learning and Performance. The artifact
consists of slides that were used to build a voicethread narration. The overall project involved the curation of
a collection of online tools to support educators in veterinary technology
programs. Views and interactions with
the curation were tracked and reported within the final project. This is the overall scope of this project;
the curation was not continued past this particular usage.
Artifact
10
6414
Personal Learning Network Paper
Annotation: This
paper reflects my design and development of a social-media based personal
learning network (PLN) in a novel area of focus. It was an individual assignment and created
for EME 6414 Web Based Learning and Performance. The paper contains details about the
development of, components of, and key players within the PLN. It also reviews ways that I might use and
contribute to the PLN and my planned continuation of the PLN. This is the final version of this project,
and the graphics contained were screenshots generated by me to demonstrate
certain areas of the PLN.
