Week 8
Assignment: Reflection
The perceptions of distance learning
in 5-10 years would be more people taking online classes and using online
training as a tool for corporate companies also. In 10-20 years, the think more
brick and mortar schools will have traditional schooling as well as online
classes. There are schools that offer
online classes but in their curriculum it’s only certain classes and not all
classes. I also think that more high school, junior high and elementary schools
would be offering online/distance learning classes for teens and kids in the
future. The traditional learning would not go away because some people needs
and is used to being in a classroom in order to stay focus by having the
teacher tell them what to do and in a certain order. Some people have to be
guided on a consistent basis.
I can be a proponent for improving societal perceptions
of distance learning by introducing the students to more web 2.0 tools and
training them on how to use the LMS/CMS in the future. The students need to
know how to work on the LMS/CMS because that is where the students will have to
navigate on when signing up for class. The LMS/CMS have the sections for used
when in your class. Students need to learn how to use it because they have to
keep up in the classroom and there are different activities that will be
required to use the LMS/CMS. As a trainer, we have to expose the learners to anything
that will help them in becoming comfortable with online learning and also let
them know that is like being in a regular class except you don’t have a teacher
physically in your presence, discussions are almost like chatting or emailing
but there are deadlines and certain instructions for becoming successful in the
discussions and etc.
I will be a positive force for continuous improvement
in the field of distance education because in order to be a good influence, a
person has to continually learn the new software that comes out and share it
with co workers and students. The instructional design industry constantly
changes and there are new programs being produced every day. In this industry,
a person can become the go-to person for information that a very limited amount
of people have researched to learn. The instructional designer has to keep
being open with working with different people and also try to keep work
organized. I will also give the students tips on the software I learned if
possible and other software.
The idea of learning online could be scary to people
that do not used the computer that often because they are used to the
traditional classroom. I believe the act of navigating on a new website. Most
people think that either all websites are the same or different. When people
are not used to using different online websites, they are scared to try
anything that doesn’t look similar to what they have been working on before the
new sites. I would like to see how long and how far elearning/distance learning
would go as far as education.
