Education 638: Online Instruction

Presenter: Brandon Kelly

Define Theory

Explain 3 theorists' ideas of theory

o Borje Holmberg

o Michael Moore

o Desmond Keegan

Key Ideas

Implications for Teaching

A coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena (Dictionary, 2014)

Primarily known for his theory of communication between instructors and learners.

(Saba, 2014)

1. Feelings of personal relation between teaching and learning promote study-pleasure and motivation (Saba, 2014)

2. Fostered by well-developed self instructional material and two-way communication (Saba, 2014)

3. Intellectual pleasure and study motivation are favorable to the achievement of such goals and use of proper study processes (Saba, 2014)

4. The atmosphere, language and convention of friendly conversation favors feelings of personal relation according to postulate 1 (Saba, 2014)

5. Messages given and received in conversational forms are comparatively easily understood and remembered (Saba, 2014)

6. The conversation concept can be successfully translated for use by the media available, to distance education

(Saba, 2014)

7. Planning and guiding the work, whether provided by the teaching organization or the student, are necessary for organized study, which is characterized by explicit or implicit goal conceptions (Saba, 2014)

Theory of Independent Learning and Teaching (Padilla, 2011)

Concerned that progress of distance education would be hindered by lack of attention which he called “macro-factors” (Padilla, 2011)

(Saba, 2014)

Theories of independence and autonomy

Theories of industrialization of teaching

Theories of interaction and communication

Moore applied the name Transactional Distance Theory to the theory he developed in 1972.

Moore’s description of transactional distances state that if there is now a distance between learner and teacher which is not merely geographic, but educational and psychological as well (Fadilla, 2011)

In relation to distance education, transactional then means, the interplay of teachers and learners in environments that have special characteristics of their being separate from one another.

Explained that the lack of theory has weakened education

Theory of education will be one that can provide touchstone against decisions involving (Simonson, 2012)

Political

Financial

Educational

Social

(Saba, 2014)

Theories describe certain structural properties of the world

Traditional face to face teaching based on interpersonal communication

Industrialized teaching ; using technology as teaching method

Using theory as a teaching method is beneficial because it helps individuals to have a better understanding of the world around us.

Theories help to analyze human behavior while providing reasoning behind the created theory.

Exercises thought process while helping people to have a broader aspect of certain ideas

Dictionary. (2014, January 1). Retrieved October 1, 2014.

Padilla, A. (2011, April 25). Sign in - Google Accounts. Retrieved October 2, 2014.

Saba, D. F. (2014, March 9). Introduction to Distance Education: Theorists and Theories: Börje Holmberg. Distance-Educator.com. Retrieved October 1, 2014, from http://distance-educator.com

Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S. (2012). Definitions, History, and Theories of Distance Education. In Teaching and Learning at a Distance (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.