The beginning of the Fall Quarter 2003 is rapidly approaching. I am developing a blended course design for my accounting classes at CalState - San Bernardino that includes four different, but complimentary technologies. The four technologies include:
- Groove (Study Group Collaboration)
- HTML-eZ (Course Management and Content Delivery)
- Wiley eLearning Courseware (Interactive Electronic Textbook)
- MSN Messenger v6.0 (Audio/Video Conferencing)
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Rather than relying on one program technology to do everything, I am blending multiple technologies, each of which brings unique capabilities and tools to the virtual classroom. Interwoven with these technologies will be an old-fashioned technology called the printed textbook.
The blending of these technologies is the focus of my research into distance teaching and learning. It will be interesting to see how the blending of these four technologies affects the learning performance of distance learning students.
As always, I would appreciate your comments and suggestions.
Dr. Rick Lillie
rlillie@csusb.edu
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