DISTANCE EDUCATION - NEWSLETTER - ISSUE #1

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DEPARTMENT
INFORMATION
Address
540 Upland Avenue
Reading, PA 19611

Phone
610.796.8228

Toll-Free
888.258.3764

FAX
610.796.8367

E-Mail
de@alvernia.edu
Spring 2011
tech tips Guide Book to Distance Education
Distance Education offers classes in which students and
faculty share information via nontraditional delivery formats. This
allows for students to access information such as tests,
discussion posts, and other web-based media through an online
course management system such as Blackboard.
The word “distance” refers to the fact that students are
able to participate in their online classes from a location of their
choosing. One of the beneficial aspects of distance education is
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Alvernia University offers an excellent facility

for its distance education program. Located in
Alvernia’s Upland campus, there is a specially
designed room with video-conferencing as a
main purpose.

This room is equipped with updated

equipment and technology to make sure each
student is given the best opportunity to
excel. There are also video-conferencing
rooms located at the Schuylkill and
Philadelphia Campuses.

The teacher is usually on the main campus

end of the conference, and uses High-
definition cameras, an HDTV, and typical
computer, projector set up to hold the
conference.

Universal On-line Education

There is no distance limitation of the
learning site. Anytime, anywhere, world-wide
education is possible. At the International
Conference Workshops and Exhibitions (ICWE)
it was announced that UNESCO, an
organization that’s mission is to create the
conditions for dialogue among civilizations,
cultures and peoples, will include a Web-based
universal access, which will further education
and equity in education. With the help of this Liz Coleman Calls for Reform in
Web-based component, distance education will
re-define global and universal teaching & Liberal Arts
learning standard. Liberal arts education is becoming one
of the largest areas of study in the nation,
which is due in part to the vastly changing
FACETIME world around us. Events happening across the
globe are causing people to go back to school,
and slowly causing a revolution of the liberal
arts studies.
FaceTime is a video chat program created by
Apple, Inc. It was first shown on the iPhone 4 Liz Coleman spoke at the Technology,
over the summer, and now recently on the iPod Entertainment, and Design (TED) conference,
Touch. where she called for action to be taken to
embrace this. Instead of studying in one
Even more recently, it has just been brought to specific area, students should be learning
the Mac. It is a simple to use, extremely everything they will need to combat the world
intuitive feature that requires very little set up. that is changing.
Learning through distance education
FaceTime allows you to video chat between formats allows people to study on the go. The
iPhones, iPods, and now Mac computers, as ability to take classes online is something
long as you have a Wifi connection on your
iPhone, or iPod.

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Technology in Education
Many different types of technologies are
utilized throughout the different aspects
of education. In higher education this
has been an increasing area of focus for
many institutions over the last two
decades. It is becoming more prevalent
through the integration of smartphones,
and tablet computers.
The world around us is turning into a
mobile, always connected, instant-on
technosphere.
Due to the changes in the way people
interact through social networks and their
mobile devices, institutions are
scrambling to keep up with the latest and
greatest of these technologies. We are
now finding out what is happening in the
world based upon tweets from people in
CLOUD - Computing in which
services and storage are provided
over the Internet (or "cloud")
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real time. This is the way that the world
is headed. Everyone is connected to the
Social Networks
“cloud.” Due to this radical change, the and Other Useful Websites:
way students receive memos and news is
changing.
Institutions of higher education have
seen this trend. Now they are doing
what they can to keep up with the other
trends.
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An example of other current technologic
integrations are Social Networks,
YouTube, and blogs. Social Networks are
a great way for people to stay connected.
Other websites, such as YouTube, offer
videos on many topics which are user-
created. You can find just about w w w.fac eb ook.c om
anything on there.
Blogging sites, such as WordPress, allow
you to be the editor and the publisher of
your own blog. TED, and Campus
Technology offer inspiring looks at what
kinds of technology are up and coming in
the world, and especially in education.
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MEET OUR STAFF

CARRIE FITZPATRICK BRYAN HUGUES JENNIFER GOGGINS
Director of Distance Education Learning Technologist/ Secretary
Assistant Professor of Graduate Teaching Assistant Upland Center – Deans Office
Communications Upland Center Phone: 610.796.8228
Phone: 610-796-8270 Fax: 610.796.8367
Upland Center, Room 135
sean.cullen@alvernia.edu jennifer.goggins@alvernia.edu
Phone: 610-796-8305
carrie.fitzpatrick@alvernia.edu SEAN CULLEN
Learning Technologist/ JARED KANE
Graduate Teaching Assistant Student Worker
Upland Center jared.kane@alvernia.edu
MIRO LIWOSZ Phone: 610-796-8270
Instructional Media Specialist sean.cullen@alvernia.edu MAYGAN HENZIE
Upland Center, Room 123 Student Worker
maygan.henzie@alvernia.edu
Phone: 610-790-2952
miro.liwosz@alvernia.edu

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