Distant Learning Online, E-Commerce Video Lecture | E-Commerce - B Com

are you tired of learning in an
overcrowded stuffy lecture hall filled
with other students that you can barely
tolerate do you find yourself dozing off
at the halfway mark of a 3-hour lecture
does the sound of your professors voice
send you into a catatonic state if you
answered yes to any or all of these
questions why not consider distance
learning online that's right just in
time for the next school year distance
learning online is the perfect solution
for students with pesky timetables and
awkward social skills with distance
learning online you can learn for the
comfort of your own home on your own
time eliminate the costs involved with
transportation to and from your
institution of higher education and
suffer no longer from the temporary
paralysis associated with prolong usage
of lecture hall seating but first a
brief history of distance learning
distance learning essentially implies
the ability for a student to participate
in the learning process from remote
locations the concept can be traced as
far back as the early 20th century the
development of an efficient and
inexpensive postal service led to the
creation of print based correspondence
courses for distance learning of course
with a model of many to few that
reflected quantity over quality these
programs left much to be desired
thanks to recent technological
innovations the concept of distance
learning has since grown over time to
include such methods as video taped and
streaming lectures interactive real-time
communication through conferencing
software virtual learning spaces such as
edu sim and Second Life and course
management software such as blackboard
desired to learn Moodle a tutor and for
students at the University of Western
Ontario webs
web CT was developed by the University
of British Columbia to be a flexible
elearning environment in 2005 web CT was
acquired by blackboard incorporated in a
transaction of 180 million dollars
together web CT and blackboards serve
over 3700 academic clients in theory web
CT fulfills many of the requirements for
a successful online learning experience
cost-effectiveness customizability
interactivity speed and an all-in-one
environment in which students can access
readings web links and other media plan
using an online calendar participate in
chat and discussions and email students
can also access their grades and manage
their own files of course there have
been quite a few issues with website
ease accessibility and ease of use
resulting in less than stellar reviews
from students and faculty alike web CT
is now in the process of being phased
out but not just yet we're still using
it so now it's time to count down the
top 5 ways to survive in a web CT
distance course coming in at number 5
manage your time many students assume
that because there aren't any designated
lecture hours in a distance course they
can get away with not devoting the same
amount of reading and writing time that
they would to a regular course not so
professors often seem to make up for
this by including more required and
optional reading material and varied
activities and exercises such as online
quizzes and discussion postings
discussion postings in particular
usually account for a significant
portion of your grade make sure you do
them professor's of distance courses
dedicate a considerable amount of time
to designing the online learning
experience and expect you to do the same
class time is really anytime there are
no weekends on web CT at number 4
download all course material well in
advance the course syllabus readings and
assignment descriptions are generally
made available on the first day
class and that's when you should plan to
download them technology is not
invaluable and web CT in particular is
known for its clunky user interface
overall bad design and plain old
incompatibility with certain web
browsers for this reason you should
ensure that your computer is equipped
with the necessary hardware and software
well in advance of taking a distance
course web CT also frequently undergoes
maintenance and is unavailable at
certain times in the early morning but
you'd never work on an assignment before
I am right number three have friends in
the class although you're not
necessarily dealing with people
face-to-face in a distance course that
doesn't mean that you can't still make
friends thanks to information
communication technologies such as
instant messengers and social networking
sites it's possible to keep in touch and
even collaborate for the purposes of
your distance course don't suffer alone
moving on at number two you are being
watched
professors can track when and how often
you log in and what documents you
download and upload keep this in mind
when making any claims about your
participation in the course
what did Foucault say about the external
gaze and the number one way to survive
in a web CT distance course be prepared
to resort to old-fashioned ways of
communication email telephone and even
the face-to-face
when all else fails remember the
learning experience may be electronic
but your professor certainly isn't
nothing can ever replace real-time human
interaction there is ever a problem now
that we've told you what distance
learning online is all about it's time
to hear from some of our users who speak
to us today thanks to new media
technologies
I tried online learning and I lost 10
pounds wasting all my time fighting with
Web ct's browser compatibility problems
instead of eating thanks online learning
you really helped me get that high
paying job out of university new media
technologies allow for a constant level
of surveillance
so I props all we've know what I'm up to
thanks learning which is great because I
hate people
thanks distance learning online distance
learning online thanks you because like
all new media technologies without the
proper involvement and dedication of the
users distance learning technologies
would not exist and as a special token
of appreciation only available in this
exclusive YouTube offer sign up for
distance learning online today and we'll
send you a free paper copy of the course
syllabus but that's not all act by
Saturday at 9:00 a.m. and we'll knock
off one of the discussion postings
that's right the experience of distance
learning online a paper copy of the
syllabus and only nine discussion
postings all for the cost of one half
course if you have access to the latest
internet browser can self schedule and
learn independently are looking for an
alternative to the traditional learning
environment and most importantly are
motivated to participate in the shaping
of new media distance learning online
just might be for you doubt it well if
you learn anything from this video you
just prove that distance learning really
can work
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