DL @ FSU:Past, present, future?

Joseph Clark, Ph.D.Associate DirectorInstructional DevelopmentOffice of Distance Learning

Teach online???

What, and lose the intimacy of F2F?

Past as Prologue: 1970

Past as Prologue: 1980

Past as Prologue: 1990

Past as Prologue: 2000

Legacies & Traditions

Bandwidth and the technological divide Print, text, and multimedia Mentors as Teaching Assistants Departmental ownership of courses DL fees and auxiliary accounts

Trends in Media

Creation is simpler, ubiquitous Short videos, closely linked to content Be informal, personal, 1:1 Scripts and close captioning Do students watch them?

Trends in Content/Delivery 1

Quality measures More mobile-friendly; apps, flexible design Integration with social media

Privacy and academic integrity Integration with cloud tools

The Quality Matters Rubric

Course overview and introduction Learning objectives Assessment & measurement Instructional materials Learner interaction & engagement Course technology Learner support Accessibility

Cloud Tools & Social Media

Facebook auto-group creation concerns Student privacy Archiving student work EULAs

Trends in Content/Delivery 2

Textbook costs and OERs Personalization Gamification, badging Flipped and hybrid classrooms LMS Evolutions

Trends in Policy

Intellectual property Big data analytics Synchronous/asynchronous delivery For-profits and State Authorization Distance learning costs/fees (UF Online)

On the Horizon

Virtual/Augmented Reality 3D Printing, video MOOCs Competency-based / Adaptive Learning

Prognosticators

Educause Gartner Group Siemens Report New Media Consortium Online Learning Consortium (Sloan) US Distance Learning Association Profhacker

Learn More

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