| dc.description.abstract | This chapter describes technologies used to overcome distance in online
learning. Online learning media are tools for cooperation, collaboration,
and communication. These devices allow for provision of individual
amounts of teaching presence, structure, learning and technology
support, orientation to new roles and processes, and interaction (dialogue)
with the tutor and others. Multimedia principles applicable to
online pedagogy are described, as are the specific characteristics of individual
media-based tools. Developments such as new intranets, inexpensive
and more robust hardware, and open-source and social-collaborative
tools are discussed. The chapter concludes that distance educators
should monitor technological trends in society, as such trends tend to
translate rapidly from the culture to the (virtual) classroom. | en |
