I agree that we are still "trying to figure out appropriate contexts and means for the new way of interacting."
For instance, the online class (web-based instruction) has not yet become transparent to the educational process. We still aren't comfortable with the customs and haven't taken their success for granted. Our instructors are not yet integrating their lessons to access all of the learning domains. They are still adding the web to their reading assignments. Where are the video shorts offering a visual representation of the chapters? How about some audio segments in the professor's voice? And where are the pre-tests to demonstrate retention of new knowledge?
The web technology in use today has a long way to go before it becomes transparent to the learning process. Let's hope it survives the novelty and becomes integrated in the delivery of curriculums throughout education.
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We still are in the very early stages of developing the online learning environment. Some instructors have made much more headway than I have, as with faculty teaching in Second Life. Online teaching is quite labor intensive and much, much more work than in-person classes. Without support from the university (online instructors get almost no support from SJSU), you're not going to see any video, audio, or other innovative teaching modalities anytime soon. In addition, all our materials must be fully accessible. So if I develop a video, it must be closed-captioned. For audio, I must have the transcript. Unfortunately, several Blackboard features, such as web chat and whiteboard, are not screen readable. I do have online self-tests for my undergrad classes, but not for graduate classes. But until SJSU makes a commitment to online learning--and that hasn't happened yet--innovation will be slow to happen on this campus.
I agree with you. You have a very interesting point, we take online classes but there is no class held. The meaning of an online class should be that the course is taught online and some videos should be shown so that we can watch and learn. The technology is probably not advanced so much yet but i am sure in the near future online classes will get a lot better because few years before who thought that online classes would be possible. This is a start and it will improve a lot as the technology advances
This is the first class that I have taken online, and it is a different approach to learning because it is not a traditional lecture course. I have heard that some universities teach courses on Second Life, a virtual world where there are classrooms among other things. I like the idea of learning in a virtual world because it is a new concept that is starting to catch on. I think that online classes are just as effective as lecture courses, such as BUS 244, but it is a different style that most people are not used to. Research papers force students to learn the material, whereas in lecture classes professors are expected to teach the material.
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