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> From: Nancy Sattler[SMTP:nsattler@TERRA.CC.OH.US]
> Reply To: Nancy Sattler
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 5:46 PM
> To: 'Sandra CHANDLER'; mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu
> Subject: RE: [MATHEDCC] Who will teach in the 21st century??
>
> Amen to that . . . I drive four hours a week to take two classes!
> Nancy
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu
> [mailto:owner-mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu]On Behalf Of Sandra
> CHANDLER
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 1:48 PM
> To: mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu
> Subject: Re: [MATHEDCC] Who will teach in the 21st century??
>
>
> This is exactly the reason there will always be classroom instruction and
> distance education. Having both is the only way to "serve" all students.
> I
> think there will be a time, just as instructors choose disciplines, they
> will also choose delivery. That way those who want to be distance
> educators
> will be trained for distance ed and the classroom instructors trained for
> classroom instruction. Of course, I expect most colleges would want an
> overlap so instructors do both. However, I think it would be best to put
> the
> distance educators with the students who are distance learners and
> classroom
> instructors with the students who are classroom learners. Personally, it
> is much easier, IMHO, to instruct in the classroom with my students right
> in
> front of me. I get immediate feedback. Others may feel differently.
>
> As a learner though, I would like to say I agree with the statement: "In
> my
> experience, the best students (and probably the majority of us fit into
> this
> category at least in the later stages of our formal education) can learn
> in
> almost any venue."
> Why don't more universities agree so we can get accredited PhDs in
> mathematics/statistics through distance learning?
> Ah, someday . . .
>
> SR Chandler
> Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
> Faculty Tutor - mathematics/statistics
> Academic Division Web Site Coordinator/Publisher/Author
> Faculty Academic Technology Mentor for the Distributed Teaching and
> Learning
> Project
> Tidewater Community College - Moss Campus
> tcchans@tc.cc.va.us
> http://onlinelearning.tc.cc.va.us/faculty/tcchans/
> http://www.tc.cc.va.us/norfolk/acadiv/
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> "Mathematics is the alphabet with which God has written the universe." --
> Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
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>
>
> >>> "Paula Castagna" <castagna_p@hotmail.com> 09/22 9:19 PM >>>
> Dear Ted and folks:
>
> I've enjoyed all the responses to this topic, especially, as always,
> Martha's. The perspective I found missing was: which students will find
> the
> most success with technology-mediated instruction?
>
> In this day, when we have the most diverse student population ever, and an
> open access policy at all the cc's I know about, can we presume that
> distance ed will meet the needs of all our students? In my experience, the
> best students (and probably the majority of us fit into this category at
> least in the later stages of our formal education) can learn in almost any
> venue. But the most needy students rely the most heavily on
> student-teacher
> relationship to get ahold of the what and how and even the how-come of
> success in their coursework. Experience thus far in my district says these
> students will not be well served by distance ed.
>
> Paula
>
>
> <snip>
>
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