Curriculum Constructs and Assessment: Distance Education Methods for Secondary Schools

Course Description

This course examines methods for incorporating distance learning into middle and high school settings. Various instructional and assessment strategies are explored, along with ethical issues related to the distance education environment. Students are given the opportunity to participate in an interactive, online environment.

Topics and Objectives

History and Technologies of Distance Education

  • Develop a definition of distance education.
  • Outline the general history of distance education from correspondence study to the use of electronic communications media.
  • Compare and contrast the technologies used to deliver distance education.
  • Identify the impact that distance education has on student learning and secondary education.

Distance Education Learners and Learner Issues

  • Summarize research on distance learner profiles.
  • Describe how to accommodate various learning styles in distance education.
  • Examine issues related to plagiarism and academic dishonesty in a distance education environment.
  • Participate in an interactive, online learning community.

Content Delivery in Distance Education and Teacher Ethics

  • Describe the components of an effective distance education course.
  • Identify teaching strategies that promote effective student learning in a distance education environment.
  • Compare distance education to traditional classroom delivery and instruction.
  • Analyze issues related to copyright law in a distance education environment.
  • Critique a distance learning course for sound implementation of distance education principles.

Student Assessment and Program Evaluation in Distance Education

  • Analyze traditional and alternative assessment techniques that are viable in evaluating distance education learning outcomes.
  • Design a Web site that could be used in a distance education course.
  • Evaluate a distance education delivery system.

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