Technologies and Media Dr. Mike Uttendorfer EDIT 652 – Fall 2005

Print Advantages What do you think are the advantages? Limitations What do you think are the limitations?

Print Advantages Can be inexpensive Reliable Carries dense information Learner controlled Disadvantages May be passive May need longer production time/cost

Audio and Video Media Advantages What do you think are the advantages? Limitations What do you think are the limitations?

Audio and Video Media Advantages Dynamic Give vicarious experience Learner controlled Limitations High development cost Extensive development time

Radio and Television Advantages What do you think are the advantages? Limitations What do you think are the limitations?

Radio and Television Advantages Dynamic Immediacy Mass distribution Limitations Very high development time/cost for quality Scheduling

Teleconferencing Advantages What do you think are the advantages? Limitations What do you think are the limitations?

Teleconferencing Advantages Interactive Immediacy Participatory Limitations Complexity Unreliability Scheduling

Computer-Based Learning Advantages What do you think are the advantages? Limitations What do you think are the limitations?

Computer-Based Learning Advantages Interactive Learner controlled Participatory Limitations High development time/cost Equipment required Some unreliability

Steps for Media and Technology Selection Identify media attributes required Identify student characteristics that suggest or exclude media types Identify characteristics of the learning environment that favor or exclude media Identify economic or organizational factors that may affect media selection

The ACTIONS model A – Access C – Costs T – Teaching functions I – Interactions O – Organization N – Novelty S – Speed Bates (1990)

References Moore, M., & Kearsley, G. (2005). Distance Education: A Systems View. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.