What is learning? Learning is being exposed to new information, formulas and theories. Your developmental stage would indicate how abstract the new concepts can be.

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Learning is making sense of the situation around you and using information you have and are receiving.

Fighting the feeling of Isolation within a Online Distance Education Environment
 

Abstract

This paper will explore the ideas of social interactions in any classroom environment. It will also explore attrition rates related to isolation in the distance education environment and the need to create a feeling of community among the participants within a distance education course. In addition it will address the need to connect with the instructor. It will then address ways to create a strong interactive environment that provides the feeling of community the learners in a distance education need.
 

Introduction

What is learning?
Learning involves past experiences and relating new information to those past experiences. Learning involves stories, personal stories, other’s stories, or hypothetical stories to promote meaningful learning. It also includes experiences that make up those stories.Click here to read more »

I was able to listen to the presentation of “Classroom in the Cloud” with John Kulgin. He is referring to the web based programs that allow easy access to all students boosting their abilities in the classroom. Kuglin said “Student achievement is the bottom line.” These web based programs create an environment of achievement for each of the students, allowing teachers and students to interact in ways that the traditional programs do not allow. Some of the different web based programs he presented were Buzzword a word processor, Sliderocket a presentation program, Square space webpage designs, Prezi an revolutionary presentation program, and Google voice. Some of the programs were free others have cost involved, usually with a discounted education price. This knew wave of computing brings huge quantities of processing power and storage capacity within easy access of the classroom.Click here to read more »