Today's Technology Session at Curriculum Connections

If you participated in today's Using Technology in Smart Living, thank you for your attention! If this is your first visit to a blog, be sure to look around for a while. Blogs read from the most recent post (at the top of the page) to the oldest posts at the bottom of the last page of posts. My intention is to create a resource-rich blog that you can use! Whenever I refer to a website it will be posted as a link (bold and underlined text). You can click on any link and you should end up at that page.

Someone in the group asked a question about asynchronous learning. I copied the following definition from Wikipedia:

The types of available technologies used in distance education are divided into two groups: synchronous and asynchronous. Synchronous technology is a mode of online delivery where all participants are "present" at the same time. Requires a timetable to be organized. Asynchronous technology is a mode of online delivery where participants access course materials on their own schedule. Students are not required to be together at the same time.

[edit] Synchronous technologies

• Telephone
• Videoconferencing
• Web Conferencing

[edit] Asynchronous technologies

• Audiocassette
• E-mail
• Message Board Forums
• Social Learning websites (social networking sites that focus on e-learning)
• Print Materials^[13]
• Voice Mail/fax
• Videocassette

PLease let me know if you have any additional questions!