The October/November issue of Innovate is now available at
www.innovateonline.info
We open this issue with Andr? Rosendaal and Johan Oomen's description of the Davideon Project, a highly successful project that links sound pedagogy to the implementation of streaming audio and video into online courses. Jim Boyes, Sandra Dowie, and Ismael Ruzman describe how they used Bates and Poole's SECTIONS framework (2003), a set of critieria designed to assist instructors in the multi-layered task of evaluation, to examine the potential of Flash in online courses.
Technology can also extend the traditional classroom. Michael L?ck, Gerald Laurence, and Scott Merrick argue that videoconferencing can be a cost-effective alternative to guest lecturers and field trips. Scott Merrick discusses his own experiences using interactive videoconferencing in K-12; he provides numerous techniques and resources for educators, outlining current research and technological advances that can make a connected, expansive K-12 classroom a reality.
Sound pedagogy must be the basis for any attempt to broaden the educational landscape with technology. Scot Headley identifies five roles that he uses in online courses to facilitate community building and collaborative learning. Peshe Kuriloff describes six aspects of good e-pedagogy gleaned from a lengthy study centering on an online writing across the curriculum course that she developed with four graduate student instructors at the University of Pennsylvania; she also outlines tasks and responsibilities for the instructor seeking to promote collaborative learning in an online arena.
Developing a successful distance education program requires cooperation among any number of individuals and departments. Susana Juniu emphasizes the importance of a democratic approach to decision-making in higher education. Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi, Marilyn Lee, and Daniela Giannini describe the campus-wide preparations for online learning at the University of Botswana.
Stephen Downes explores Robin Good's Master NewMedia in this issue's Places to Go column, a Web site that provides information on the trends and practices associated with Web 2.0 and is also the epitome of Web 2.0 design itself. The intuitive site design, Downes asserts, is the future of the Web and Web-based learning.
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Thanks!
Jim
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James L. Morrison
Editor-in-Chief, Innovate
http://www.innovateonline.info
Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership
UNC-Chapel Hill
http://horizon.unc.edu