Distance learning is a great resource for teacher and students to take full advantage of. The chapter starts out by giving the history of distance learning. It then goes on to explain how to design lesson plans and instruction for distance learning. Teachers have to use many different types of technologies to teach the students because they are not able to do it face to face. These technologies are both synchronous and asynchronous. The chapter then discusses the issues that may arise in a distance learning environment.
I did not even think of how a telephone can be both synchronous and asynchronous. The difference would be leaving a voicemail and actually speaking to the person on the phone. I also learned what methods were included in each category. I really liked how the chapter talked about the issues that can occur while doing distance learning instruction. It is very hard to change lesson plans in an online class because some students do their work weeks in advance while others wait until the very last minute to get their work done.
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