Hi David. It is very nice to meet you. I found your information on collaborative games and augmented reality interesting. I can understand why these would be successful trends, but I agree that economy and education are closely related. Many people are finding the need to return to school and the asynchronous environment provides the flexibility necessary for those who cannot attend tradition classes. I agree that distance education is becoming more necessary due to the number of people who need the classes to accommodate the time constraints placed upon them. Thanks for your insightful post. Blessings
Hi David, Good to hear from you again. Somehow I am following you twice (not sure how that happened). In my experience here at Liberty the program has been about as unstressful as getting a master's degree can be most of the time. The only times where there has been stress involved has been when the (very few) synchronous meetings have occurred. They always seem to fall at dinner time or on nights when I have something else going on. I personally feel that the asynchronous approach should be used 100% of the time. I don't feel like the "feel of a brick and mortar classroom" is one that anyone should seek. With the exception of math, chemistry, and physics classes where the "why did you do that" question needs to be synchronously injected into a problem being worked I only see brick and mortar classrooms and negative. Thanks for your post.
Hi David. We just shared a course together last semester. Its good to see that we are both on our final course for the same masters program. I believe that the asynchronous environment does allow a great number of flexibility and that appeals to a greater audience for furthering education. Often times the demand of a schedule can hinder a potential student from returning to school, but the availibility possibilities that are seen through distance education can really benefit a working society where schedules are so demanding and time is so valuable. Thank you for your post and look forward to this last class :) Lets make it a great course.
Thanks for all the great comments. Mastering the task of providing the distance education product that balances a quality education and educational community with the consumers desire to maximize flexibility is the key to dominating the distance education market. All of this in this course are positioning ourselves to have some influence on how our institutions will tackle that task.
In my opinion, this is the cutting edge of education and the future of tomorrow's mainstream education. Hope to see you all there.
I really tried to get a video reply on here as the instructions said. I was able to do one and then all of a sudden youtube did not want to cooperate for another. Anyway, I do agree that the augmented reality is definitely trending in education. I have used it with one of my classes here at LU. I did not really get to enjoy it because of internet connectivity issues. It was quite distracting when it was not working correctly, however, I could see the benefits. On another note, I completely understand the need to work on our own times and in whatever place. I am a full time mother, student and teaher so as you can see my plate is very full. I enjoy having some syncronous classes, but I also value the flexiblity. If I were to have to be online several times per week then I might as well go to a classroom.
Thank you for your post, and I look forward to working with you!
Hi David. It is very nice to meet you. I found your information on collaborative games and augmented reality interesting. I can understand why these would be successful trends, but I agree that economy and education are closely related. Many people are finding the need to return to school and the asynchronous environment provides the flexibility necessary for those who cannot attend tradition classes. I agree that distance education is becoming more necessary due to the number of people who need the classes to accommodate the time constraints placed upon them. Thanks for your insightful post.
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Hi David, Good to hear from you again. Somehow I am following you twice (not sure how that happened). In my experience here at Liberty the program has been about as unstressful as getting a master's degree can be most of the time. The only times where there has been stress involved has been when the (very few) synchronous meetings have occurred. They always seem to fall at dinner time or on nights when I have something else going on. I personally feel that the asynchronous approach should be used 100% of the time. I don't feel like the "feel of a brick and mortar classroom" is one that anyone should seek. With the exception of math, chemistry, and physics classes where the "why did you do that" question needs to be synchronously injected into a problem being worked I only see brick and mortar classrooms and negative. Thanks for your post.
ReplyDeleteHi David. We just shared a course together last semester. Its good to see that we are both on our final course for the same masters program. I believe that the asynchronous environment does allow a great number of flexibility and that appeals to a greater audience for furthering education. Often times the demand of a schedule can hinder a potential student from returning to school, but the availibility possibilities that are seen through distance education can really benefit a working society where schedules are so demanding and time is so valuable. Thank you for your post and look forward to this last class :) Lets make it a great course.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the great comments. Mastering the task of providing the distance education product that balances a quality education and educational community with the consumers desire to maximize flexibility is the key to dominating the distance education market. All of this in this course are positioning ourselves to have some influence on how our institutions will tackle that task.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, this is the cutting edge of education and the future of tomorrow's mainstream education. Hope to see you all there.
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ReplyDeleteI really tried to get a video reply on here as the instructions said. I was able to do one and then all of a sudden youtube did not want to cooperate for another. Anyway, I do agree that the augmented reality is definitely trending in education. I have used it with one of my classes here at LU. I did not really get to enjoy it because of internet connectivity issues. It was quite distracting when it was not working correctly, however, I could see the benefits.
On another note, I completely understand the need to work on our own times and in whatever place. I am a full time mother, student and teaher so as you can see my plate is very full. I enjoy having some syncronous classes, but I also value the flexiblity. If I were to have to be online several times per week then I might as well go to a classroom.
Thank you for your post, and I look forward to working with you!
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