My
philosophy of distance education is to move towards dynamic learning by taking
advantage of content, communication, and collaboration technologies. Static tools create a
"one-way" approach to gaining information, while dynamic tools create
a "highway" of information between multiple sources and people. Technological innovations provide new
ways for learners to engage in the learning process.
Educators
can move towards the dynamic end of the “static-dynamic continuum” by seeking
and using resources beyond the “parked” online classroom. Moeller (2008) suggests that a
higher level of creativity and understanding is needed to use dynamic
technologies as opposed to static technologies. The effective use of media and technology is essential to
facilitating learning online.
The following graphic organizer separates
common classroom activities as static or dynamic. Static technologies are traditional classroom tools such as
textbooks, group papers, a movie, or lecture. Dynamic technologies are popular commercial tools such as
wikis, blogs, video conferencing, online tutorials, and social networks. Although there are still many linear
aspects to online courses, instructional design is changing to incorporate new
tools for distance education.
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| Graphic of Static vs Dynamic Tools |
Reference:
Moller,
L. (2008). Static
and dynamic technological tools. [Unpublished Paper].
Blog:
Regina
Malz - http://educationaltechnologyrm.blogspot.com/
Mary
Tolson - http://marytolsoneds.blogspot.com/
Jasmine,
ReplyDeleteI noticed that you only had one technology for each of the divisions for static. You said that static tools create a one-way approach, so wouldn't video streaming, ebooks, web pages, and blogs be included in that?
Jasmine,
ReplyDeleteDo you feel that there is not any way static has technology involved? Being that we are mostly discussing technology, I completely forgot the basic textbook and phone calls. Thanks for the reminder that there are some things that we use that have been around for a while that we still use much of the time.