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Synchronous Learning in
Education By: Jarrett Landor-Ngemi
INTRODUCTION
� Prior to the beginning of technology in the classroom, the traditional classroom dynamic comprised a chalkboard, a lecture, a teacher handout, and the occasional group assignments
(Woo & Reeves 2007)
INTRODUCTION
� Due to the rise of computers, instructional
technology, wireless communities and
electronic email, the classroom dynamic
has become modernized (Dornisch &
Sperling, 2006)
�
INTRODUCTION
� According to the NCES
report (2003) there were
an estimated 3,077,000
students registered for
web-based instruction
classes offered by 2 and 4
year higher education
institutions (Moore &
Kearsley, 2005)
INTRODUCTOIN
� Today almost all institutions of higher
learning offer a form of online based
instruction (Saba, 2005).
INTRODUCTON
� Today’s teachers demand more classroom
engagement and interaction in their online
classroom environments (Saba, 2003).
INTRODUCTION
� The integration of Blackboard with Wimba
and
� Moodle with WiZiQ
� will create a highly interactive online
classroom between teacher and students.
Blackboard Course Management System (CMS)
� The Blackboard Course Management
System is designed to
� add online elements to courses traditionally
delivered face-to-face
� to develop completely online courses with
few or no face-to-face meetings
(Blackboard, 2008).
WIMBA and Blackboard
� Wimba is a suite of online
communication tools with
an oral assessment
builder where both
instructor and student can
interact one-to-one or one-
to-many using Voice
Email, Voice Discussion
Boards, and Voice-Direct
real-time voice chat room
(Wimba, 2008).
Integration of Blackboard and Wimba
� The integration of Blackboard and Wimba
provides a collaborative learning
environment between both teacher and
student
The Integration of WiZiq and Moodle
� Moodle is another free and open source
CMS (Course Management System)
designed to create courses online with
advanced options for student and teacher
collaboration.
The Integration of WiZiq and Moodle
� WiZiQ is an online teaching and learning
platform, which brings students and
teachers together in real time through its
simple-to-use Virtual Classroom technology
for rich online collaboration and effective
learning (WiziQ, 2008).
The Integration of WiZiq and Moodle
� The integration WiZiQ and Moodle enables
both teachers and to connect
synchronously through WiZiQ, while they
can use other asynchronous options
available in Moodle.
REFERENCES
� Blackboard (2008) Retrieved July 12, 2008,
from
http://www.blackboard.com/us/index.bbb
� Dornisch, M. & Sperling, R. (2006).
Facilitating learning from technology
enhanced text: effects of prompted
elaborative interrogation. The Journal of
Educational Research, 99(3), 156-165.
REFERENCES
� Moore, M.G., & Kearsley, G. (2005). Distance Education: A Systems View (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth.
� National Center for Educational Statistics [NCES]. (2003). Distance Education at Degree-Granting Postsecondary Institutions: 2000-2001 (NCES Publication No. 2003017). Retrieved July 25, 2007, from http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/peqis/publications/2003017
REFERENCES
� Nielsen, J. (1995). Multimedia and Hypertext: The Internet and beyond. Cambridge MA: Academic Press Professional.
� Saba, F. (2005). Critical issues in distance education: A report from the United States. Distance Education, 26(2), 255-272.
REFERENCES
� Saba, F. (2003). Distance education theory,
methodology, and epistemology: a pragmatic
paradigm. In M.G. Moore & W.G. Anderson
(Eds.), Handbook of Distance Education.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Eribaum Associates
� Saba, F. (2005). Critical issues in distance
education: A report from the United States.
Distance Education, 26(2), 255-272.
REFERENCES
� Wimba (2008). Retrieved July 12, 2008 from http// www.wimba.com.
� WiZiq (2008). Retrieved July 12, 2008 from http://www.wiziq.com/
� Woo, Y. & Reeves, T. (2007). Meaningful interaction in web-based learning: A social
� constructivist interpretation. The Internet and Higher Education, 10(1) 2007, 15-25.