As online distance education courses continue to expand their reach and serve a broader audience, we are required to understand the affordances and challenges of supporting equitable learning environments. The globalization of online distance education requires instructional designers and educators to work outside of their own bias to address a learner population that represents a […]
Category: Empathy
Social Presence Expectations in Distance Education
How can learning design adapt social presence to the needs and expectations of learners in online distance education? In the book, Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle, she explores the relationship of our digital addiction to connect socially at the expense of face-to-face interactions. In her research, Turkle reports that […]
Reclaiming the Human in HCI : a user-first design approach
Author: Donny K. Tusler Title attributed to Sonia Tiwari What is Human Centered Interaction? “Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a multidisciplinary field of study focusing on the design of computer technology and, in particular, the interaction between humans (the users) and computers. While initially concerned with computers, HCI has since expanded to cover almost all forms […]
# 1 Adult Education: an education for Global Citizenship?
Disclaimer: I do not claim to recognize all the possibilities, and apologize to those not mentioned or understood here. The goal is to open and expand the dialogue. I speak to my own understanding to the domain of Adult Education and the grand purpose. Introduction Are we missing topics in Adult Education? This is the […]
# 3 Adult Education: an education for Global Citizenship?
Global Society… Why is this all important? Well, we are shifting to a global world view. Technology has increased our “Connectivity” to a point of simultaneous existence, quantum computing. The concept of the United States being a “Melting pot” is now one of a “Melting World”. This “Melting World Pot”, requires the domain of Adult […]
Criticism, a learner’s greatest tool… and why distance education makes this achievable
I recently read Brookfield’s, “A Political Analysis of Discussion Groups: Can the Circle Be Unbroken?”. Brookfield has worked diligently on the topic of critical analysis as a tool for learning. (Brookfield, 2000, 1001)I found this an interesting take on how people feel about themselves through the examples he provided as vignettes. Brookfield’s vignettes provide this pattern […]