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WEEK 5: E-Learning, Web 2.0, & Digital Games

E-Learning “Over the last several years, e-learning has emerged as a broad term that encompasses all learning involving technology in any way whatsoever” (Reiser & Dempsey, 2012.) Technology has taken the educational world by force and many school across America are taking advantage of the tools at our fingertips.   We have a vast amount of resources available today as a result of many schools incorporating technology into the everyday classroom. For example, in our district, we no longer purchase hard copies of textbooks rather all books are digital and students are able to download them to their devices. With technology, learning looks a lot different than it did just a few years ago. “Learners today may interact synchronously, asynchronously, or both within a given course. Learners may interact with each other, with a learning management system (LMS), or both, and may do so from the same or different geographical locations (Reiser & Dempsey, 2012.) Because of this f...
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WEEK 4: Trends and Issues in IDT

Trends and Issues are known to be present in every field. In this week’s post, I would like to focus on the Business & Industry, the Medical Profession, and P-12 Technology Integration. Business & Industry Various trends and issues exist in the Business and Industry in regards to IDT. Businesses are willing to spend a plethora of their resources on external instructional designers (Reiser & Dempsey, 2012.) There are multiple resources that impact how businesses function in today’s world versus just a few years back. With the click of a button, a team member can log in to a virtual meeting when faced with being in a different geographical location. With the creation of communication tools including Skype, Google Docs, and Adobe Connect, employees within the industry can collaborate with distance not being a factor (Reiser & Dempsey, 2012.) This has revamped how businesses operate completely. I can relate to this in the sense that we use tools such as Google ...
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