Using Tegrity, our distance learning system, has become a completely surreal experience of catastrophic irritation. Grr!

Last week, we had a wondrous meeting in the department head's office wherein the Division of Continuing Education (DCE) tech in charge of distance learning systems asked me if I could please reproduce the errors I was getting. ( Here is what happened next... )

( Situation update )

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Banazir

Distance learning is a sin.
    -zengeneral

Flamebait, ahoy! Please discuss.

• 1. What were your experiences, if any, with distance education?


• 2. Did you use it as a student, as an instructor, or both?


• 3. Are you using it now? Voluntarily or involuntarily so?


• 4. Given the chance, would you use it again? Would you promote, reform, or abolish it as an insructional technology?


• 5. What do you see as the primary pros and cons of systems such as Tegrity, Wimba, Microsoft LiveMeeting, etc.?


• 6. Does the licensing mechanism (e.g., MIT OpenCourseWare) matter?


• 7. What is your opinion of a degree earned by a distance learning student, all other things (GPA, curriculum, etc.) being equal? Can other things be equal?

( Context: elements of a university education )

Your opinions?

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Banazir