ONLINE EDUCATION BIENVENUE GOUTCHOESSA ADAM PALMER OVERVIEW Origin

ONLINE EDUCATION BIENVENUE GOUTCHOESSA ADAM PALMER

OVERVIEW • Origin of the Internet • What is Online Education • Discussion (Pros/Cons) • Contemporary Discourse • A Look Ahead

INTRODUCTION • ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet. The online world then took on a more recognizable form in 1990, when computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. • By 1994 the first complete online curriculum is introduced by Cal. Campus. • 2001 Moodle. com begins running moodle • 2014 98% of public colleges and universities offer online programs.

WHAT IS ONLINE EDUCATION? • Online education is a method of delivering educational information via the internet instead of in a physical classroom. • Examples of Online Education: • Moodle • Radzkid • Khan Academy • Online Degree Programs

ADVANTAGES • Convenience • Less Expensive • Technology • Additional Benefits

DISADVANTAGES • Limited Social Interaction • Monologue not a real dialogue • Effectiveness of Assessments • Lack of accreditation and low quality • Requires Strong Sense of Selfdiscipline • Format lends itself to procrastination

• ONLINE EDUCATION AND ITS EFFECTIVE PRACTICE: A RESEARCH REVIEW Anna Sun and Xiufang Chen • Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA • January 1, 2016 • Journal of Information Technology Education • Reviewed 47 published studies and research on online teaching and learning since 2008 • Provide practical suggestions for those who are planning to develop online courses so that they can make informed decisions in the implementation process.

ONLINE EDUCATION AND ITS EFFECTIVE PRACTICE: A RESEARCH REVIEW • Main factors influencing higher-education institutions to offer online courses included: • • meeting students’ demands for flexible schedules (68%) • • making more courses available (46%) providing access to college for students who would otherwise not have access (67%) seeking to increase student enrollments (45%)

ONLINE EDUCATION AND ITS EFFECTIVE PRACTICE: A RESEARCH REVIEW • Why do we need distance education? • increase access to learning and training as a matter of equity • • • provide opportunities for updating skills of the workforce • • provide emergency training for key target areas improve the cost effectiveness of educational resources improve the quality of existing educational structures enhance the capacity of the educational system balance inequalities between age groups deliver educational campaigns to specific target audiences expand the capacity for education in new subject areas offer combination of education with work and family life add an international dimension to the educational experience

ONLINE EDUCATION AND ITS EFFECTIVE PRACTICE: A RESEARCH REVIEW • Effective online instruction is dependent upon: • Well-designed course content, motivated interaction between the instructor and learners, well-prepared and fully-supported instructors • • Creation of a sense of online learning community Rapid advancement of technology.

THE FUTURE OF ONLINE EDUCATION • Machine learning and artificial intelligence will increasingly be used to enable adaptive learning. • Handheld, mobile and integrated devices will continue to develop and become the de facto tools for learning, communication and peer networking. • Gamification and virtual reality will enable significant advances in teaching a range of subjects, especially laboratory based subjects. • Translation engines will continuously improve and become embedded in a great many applications.

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REFERENCES • Anna, S. , & Xiufang, C. (2016). Online Education and Its Effective Practice: A Research Review. Journal Of Information Technology Education, 15157 -190.