1. Emerging Platforms in Distance Education Juliann Garza Ana Vanessa Serrano

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9JJ_Luhvr4 Shift Happens

3. Technology Development Devices are smaller and more powerful with increased functionality and portability 1989 the magical year of the world wide web 1996 the Advent of Internet 2.0 Conversion to a Digital backpack

4. Foundations of Educational Platforms Learning Management System (LMS) 1 st & 2 nd Generation Future Evolutions: custom needs and interoperability Learning Content Management System (LCMS) Synchronous & Asynchronous: communication classifications eLearning eLearning 2.0 & Web 2.0

6. Principal Functions of Distance Education Platforms 5 principal functions: Flexibility Communication Information sharing Information access Co-Operation

7. The 5 Categories of Web 2.0 Communicative Collaborative publishing Documentative Generative Interactive

8. eLearning &Web 2.0 Social Networking Blog Wiki Podcast Twitter Geotagging

9. What Today’s Students Want Do not want to be lectured to. They want to be respected, trusted and have their opinions valued and counted. They want to follow their interests and passions. They want to create, using tools of their time. They want to make decisions and share control They want to cooperate and compete with each other. They want an education that is not just relevant, but real. (Prensky, M. 2010)

10. Partnering Pedagogy Enhance participatory, collaborative, multimodal, democratic, and distributive approaches TeacherStudent Doesn’t tell, asks!Doesn’t take notes, finds out! Suggests topics and toolsResearches and creates output Supplies contextProduces output, adding rigor, context and quality.