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=Module 1 - Foundations of Distance Education=

Let's get started!
Click on this link for a Treasure Hunt activity.

Let's get started by taking a sneak peek at professional organizations and virtual schools that will be mentioned in your textbook readings. This is a treasure hunt activity. Read the question then click on the link to find the answer. Write the answers on the blanks. Or select the correct response/s. Warning: In case you have not played a Treasure Hunt game before, anticipate moving between browser windows (or tabs.) Each link you click opens a web site on a new window. This means you'll have to go look for the answer and then go back to where the Treasure Hunt page is open. You'll be moving back and forth between web sites. If you prefer to have something on hand to write on, you can print out the Treasure Hunt page and use that as guide as you move through the questions.

Enjoy!

Readings this Week:
Simonson Chapter 1: Foundations of Distance Education Rice Chapter 1: An Overview of K-12 Online Education

Weekly Journal
Add an entry to your journal with your notes and reflections on Simonson Chapter 1 and Rice Chapter 1, with a focus on answers for questions on Simonson page 28, #2 and 4. Question #2: What is the fundamental characteristic of distance education? Discuss what this means. Question #4: Richard Clark says media are "mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement." Discuss Clark's analogy and decide if it is accurate. Are media vehicles? What does the word "mere" imply? (At the moment, please keep your journal notes with you until I have set up a place for you to post them.)