National Educational Technology Institute
To show the impact of technology in education, Don Kenzek, CEO of the international society for technology in education used an analogy of the technology in the medical field. "If you had in 1970, knee-operation, you have a large scar," he said. "Now, you have knee operation will have two small points."
Advances in technology have allowed teachers to go beyond the traditional methods of education, mainly depending on the use of text books and verbal instructions. At the same time, only one student exposure to technology was found in a base class of the computer. Now, technology has allowed the creation of multiple teaching and learning tools that can show concepts, assign projects and evaluate the progress.
The disadvantage with incorporation of technology in Education, however, is the reluctance by American schools pedagogical methods and new tools to use. Other countries around the world are looking for ways to integrate technology and education, while we still question whether this merge should take place at all.
Kenzek takes note of the following 8 ways in which technology is proven effective in the course
of instruction and student.
1. Improving the simulation and can demonstrate difficult concepts and specific templates teachers help students who are visual learners help.
2. Global learning introduces students to other cultures and places them in contact with other people around the world.
3. Virtual Manipulatives that students can experiment with ideas and concepts unknown.
4. Probes and sensors that students can collect data, calculation of statistical data and analyzing the results quickly and efficiently.
5. A more efficient evaluation of progress of the student can be created and checked in with new forms of technology.
6. Multimedia storytelling and encouraging team work and stimulates the students.
7. The E-books make a level of ease, convenience and visualization that is not available with the standard print books.
8. Epistemic Games place students in real-world situations and train them to use innovative thinking.
The chances are that you know someone who for a college or post-college job degree via the Internet works. Maybe you have even attended the online classes to continue his education, obtaining a certification, or for you to the prospects for progress in their work. More and more people are discovering that your diploma from an accredited online university that offers the same challenge and the quality of a traditional classroom in an environment that allows them to fit into a life that may be too busy to a more conventional method of education education can earn.
According to a recent study by the Government, about distance education courses were offered 127,400 in 2001-02, and there were about 3.1 million enrollments in distance education. More than half of all the institutions of post-secondary education offered distance education, and other 12 percent planned to provide distance education in the next 3 years.
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Distance education is defined as education or training delivered to a remote location (off campus) via technologies of audio, video, or computer. Only courses on campus, as well as classes implemented exclusively through written correspondence, are not included in this definition of distance.
It is increasingly clear that the technology the opportunity for students to participate in the post-secondary education has expanded. Almost any type of student can benefit from any form of online education. In addition to the rapid spread of new courses and programs, colleges and universities are using the Internet to improve and give potential students the opportunity to process confessions to apply online.
Online education you can learn without cause to a major revolution in your life. You can access online class rooms with an Internet connection, and virtually anywhere at any time. These 12:00 am access per day you can download assignments, read and participate in class discussions, Faculty feedback, and more, all at times suitable for your professional and personal agenda.
Many students find this added flexibility, which does not sacrifice quality helps to keep them on the way to your goals more easily than with the strict programming a traditional learning environment. There are also indications that some of the students that are part of post-secondary education in their homes or workplaces would not have otherwise enroll in post-secondary education.