Telemedicine:The Perfect Presentation?

Michael Simonson, Ph.D.Program Professor

Instructional Technology and Distance Education

Fischler School of EducationNova Southeastern University

North Miami Beach, FL

Remember Him?

www.nova.edu/~simsmich

It is happening

Again! This

Report sounds Great,

But???

Our Agenda

• Status of Distance Education today– Who is getting into DE

• Distance Education – What do we really mean?

• Myths and misconceptions• A Research Agenda

Status of Distance Education

• Literature• Definitions• Status Reports – Sloan Consortium

Journals

The Future of Distance Education

Definition of Distance Education

Institution-based formal education where the learning group is separated, and where interactive telecommunications systems/media are used to connect learners, resources and instructors (Simonson, 2009)Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Definition

4. Interactive

Study Guides

5. Visual Composition

6. Tag-Teaming

7. Visual Literacy

8. Trigger Videos

9. Webinar v.

VC10. UMT Equivalency & Chunking

11. Work Pictures and

Visual Analogies

12. ARCS

1. Single Concept Lessons

(Podcasts?)

2. Skeuomorph

3. The Answer Person

A Baker’s Dozen