Allen Communication

Laura Campbell

Design Lead

laura@allencomm.com

www.allencomm.com

Laura Campbell has been working at Allen Communication for over five years as the Design Lead in the instructional design and development department.  As the Design Lead, Laura performs roles as a project manager and technical writer for all projects that go through her department.  She works closely with graphic designers and programmers to ensure that instruction objectives are being met and implemented correctly.

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