After reviewing the assigned readings for this module, I have a better understanding of the many different ways DE is produced and designed. When I completed a graduate course on information literacy, the course focused on the several ways to design and deliver distance educational courses using technology. I learned how to create interactive tutorials using Dreamweaver and free open source software, Adobe Captivate to design voice-enhanced web courses, and blogs. We did face-to-face lessons as well as design a lesson plan that can be either aynchronous or synchronous. The course touched upon a lot of things that are discussed in this course but we focused mainly on delivering web-based courses focusing on teaching information literacy skills.
As I recall from reading Bates & Poole chapter that discussed the different roles of people involved in the design, production, and delivery of DE course. They mentioned faculty members, librarians, project managers, media producers to web programmers all which can be involved in designing a single distance education course. I was under the impression of just a single faculty member being involved in designing a distance education course. Plus it is time consuming effort that involves tons of planning, preparation, attention, and technical skills to design something that is on paper to make it deliverable online.
About the class...I have to admit I am not a strong participant in the online discussions. Even when I am physically in a classroom setting, I do not participate in class discussions. I don't know but it something that I have never been good in doing and don't always feel comfortable participating in. I guess I feel like I may be judged by what I say and sometimes I just don't feel confident in voicing my opinion on a subject that I am not sure about or expert on. Don't get me wrong, when it comes to libraries and literacy I am vocal because I'm passioniate about what I do. So I don't mind being marked down because it is not the first time. Most of the time I let my professors know in advance that I am not a strong participant.
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