recent trends in communication technology for distance education
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Teleconference presentation on 14th September 2009 for the PGDDE students.TRANSCRIPT
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Recent Trends in Communication Technology for Distance
EducationSanjaya Mishra
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Objectives
• Describe the developments of communication technologies for distance education
• Critically examine the implications of the developments for teaching and learning at a distance
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Satellite TV/ DTH
• Increased reach to remote areas
• IGNOU’s GD1 is available on DTH (Ku-band)
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Wireless Connectivity
• Mobile Phones
• Bluetooth
• WiMax
• Global Positioning System
• Wireless LAN
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Read/Write Web
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Social Bookmarking
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Audio Online
• Podcasting
• Internet Radio
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TV/Video Online• On demand Video
• Live Broadcasting
• Video Conference
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Semantic Web• Web 1.0 : Simple HTML
pages, text, graphics, multimedia
• Web 2.0 : User Interaction, user creation, read-write web
• Web 3.0 : Search, precision, relevance, artificial intelligence, natural language processing; Resource Description Framework
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Second Life
• Virtual World
• Avatars
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Push Technologies
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Micro-blogging
• Connections
• Social bonding
• Role modeling
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Miniaturization of Storage
• Flash Drives
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Open Source/Open Content
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Folksnomy
• User participation
• User indexing of Web
• Social Tagging
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Assistive Technologies
• Providing inclusive education through use of technology
• WWW accessibility guidelines
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Conclusions
• User empowerment through control of learning (use of social media)
• User generated content; constructivist approach
• Connectivism; just-in-time knowledge resources
• Teacher empowerment; free software movement
• Open Educational Resources; knowledge banks