Ch. 3 Kearsley

Ch. 3 Kearsley
Kearsley states that email is the foundation for all forms of online learning and teaching. Through email, you can post and respond to questions in a quick and timely manner. I have found that it is much faster to communicate with most people through email, than by phone. Most people check their email much more throughout the day than any phone messages they may have.
According to Kearsley, the second most commonly used capability for online education is a threaded discussion system. I enjoy using the threaded discussion board this semester because it is an open communication line with your instructor and all the other students taking the class. It is interesting to read the comments posted by others. I especially like the Help Forum under the discussion board because I found a couple of feed addresses that I was unable to find on my own. I really needed the help setting up most of the programs for this class because they are new to me.
Kearsley states that in most school settings, students rarely get enough opportunity to practice skills or knowledge they learn. I completely agree with this theory. The typical school day in my classroom is full of concepts to be learned, but limited amounts of time to teach most days. According to Kearsley, computer simulations can change this situation significantly. I am looking forward to offering students the availability of online simulations in science especially. I want to find more science simulations of investigations/projects to use with each of my core content areas.