David Little (dlittle@rmimedia.com)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:45:56 -0500
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:45:56 -0500 From: David Little <dlittle@rmimedia.com> Subject: Re:
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Peter, you are absolutely on target. Technology is the pipeline of delivery.
If poorly designed content is transmitted, by whatever means, it still is poor
content. The technology can be the most sophisticated in the world and have all
the bells, horns and whistles....but it cannot improve the quality of content.
The compass seems to always point to instruction design. Unfortunately, many
institutions, commercial and education are enamored with what the technology can
do and lose focus on the most important aspect of content delivery;
soundly-based, research-proven metholodgies that center on the learner. All to
many ignore the part a competent instructional designer can play in the overall
process.
Dave Little, Moderator
Peter Kandlbinder wrote:
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> It seems to me the only measure of the effectiveness of on-line learning is
> how much the students actually learn. The majority of the checklists I've
> seen to date focus on the functionality of software, however I have yet to
> see the evidence that suggests a particular technology can guarantee
> learning. On the other hand there are quite well documented strategies for
> assessing student learning. It seems to me that the only valid criteria
> on-line education is not how well the software works, but what the students
> learnt.
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> Peter Kandlbinder
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