This article was located in the University of Georgia's Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration. Winter 2007 - Volume 10 Issue 4.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Innovations in Distance Learning
To begin this blog entry, I googled "Innovations in Distance Learning" and the first article focused on the University of Houston and Texas A & M. The article defined innovation as "as idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption" (Rogers, 1995, p.11). This article described the two universities and their "innovations" in distance learning. The University of Houston's model described by Scott and Chernish, a data-based model focusing on course design and delivery that facilitated the creation of higher-quality teaching and learning environments through collaborative efforts among faculty content experts in various disciplines. Dooley and Linder detailed how Texas A & M University and Texas Tech University developed and delivered the first doctoral degree in agricultural education offered entirely at a distance.
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I saw this article too. It was very interesting. At a recent conference my Director got everyone stirred up by floating the idea of a Kentucky repository of learning objects that could be accessed by faculty. There is so much content and so many good ideas that can be shared and used to create meaningful learning experiences for the students. It' great to see the two Texas institutions working collaboratively toward that end.
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