session 4

Forth Assignment

1. Our text categorizes electronic information into four types:
Textual Information
Presentation Graphics Slide Show
Spreadsheets and Databases
Multimedia objects
Provide an example or multiple examples of effective use of each type of electronic information for eLearning. Be sure to provide specific information about what makes your indicated use “effective”. Explaining effectiveness in light of one of the media theories as presented in this session (or another media theory you prefer) is expected.

Textual Information:
Textual information the good example for Textual is a course syllabus. Syllabus can include the reference. This kind of electronic information ranks relatively low on the Media Richness scale.

Presentation Graphics Slide Show:
In textual information we can be viewed on computer monitor or print form. It will be interviewed in computer screen and must be designed accordingly. For example: to make my power point slide show effective I will designed it accordingly and make sure the color is not too light or too small. Also when I use pictures in my power point I should use clear picture and related to the topic. Some time I use the sound in my power point to attract my student attention. Slide shows would not change too much from textual information that refer to the media richness.

Spreadsheets and Databases:
Spreadsheets and Databases provide two common ways of representing data. Also allows posting data in a calendar. For example: excel program, I will use excel program in my online classes to put my student grades this program will help me to organization of student grades.

Multimedia objects:
To describe e learning resources that consists primarily of still picture, movies picture and sound. For example when we create a video I should use a good quality video that has good sound and clear image to attract my student attention.00, of using one way communication in an e-learning environment. It has the greatest ability to transmit facial expression and body language when compared to other modes of one-way communication.I think that the video lectures are the richest way, as what the media richness theory concerned. In the video lectures we using one way communication

2. Our text goes into some very specific detail on the proper formatting of textual information. Explain what you believe to be the most important guidelines for your use of textual information that are provided in the text and then create a sample text document (other than an announcement) that demonstrates the best practices of formatting textual information. Be sure to explain the purpose of the document and who the intended users are if that isn’t obvious from the document itself.
Standard file format is the most important guideline for textual information, when we adopt stander file formats we should make sure that all students will be able to open and view the document. Also the document should be easy to understand. Students must have access to the software that handles such formats. For example the Schedule that Dr Newberry provides it in the backboard.

3. What is the difference between synchronous and asynchronous communication as it is used in eLearning and how do you choose between the two for a given task?
Synchronous activity such as a videoconferences or a conference telephone paper letters its hold face-to-face meeting.
Synchronous communication is conducted on all students give their answers in same time for example: takeshoe, skype.

Asynchronous forms of discussion require expensive equipment or alternately consumed much time in the exchange paper document.
The communication is conducted on an individual.
Asynchronous communication is conducted on an individual, students in this communication have to post their answers and comments any time in one week for example: blogs, websait.


4. What technologies does your CMS/LMS have to support synchronous communication?
LMS support the chat in electronic discussion on a pacific topic.
Chat: student and instructor can accesses to the chat program and discuss the week’s session, Student who missed the class can replay the lecture recorded. For example: takeshoe program
5. What technologies does your CMS/LMS have to support asynchronous communication?
LMS support the blog in electronic discussion.
Blog: students have to create their own blog and post their assignments and make comments to their classmates.

6. Describe a task or assignment you could use in an online class that would use either asynchronous or synchronous communication. Explain the task or assignment, identify the technology you would use to support the activity and explain why you chose that technology. Explain what you would do to ensure that the activity was successful.
In the online course I will teach them how to create a blog. In the first and second class I will ask them to create their own blogs to post their assignment in it. They can find the steps in my syllabus. Also I will post some recommend blogs in “my website”.Each student must post their assignment every week and also they should but same thing he/she like to share with another students, that not related to the subject “that make student be more active in their blogs “
In the first class I will use my website to post the class information for example:* some recommended links to blogs.* Video explaining to the students how they can create a blog.* Assignment deadlines.
In the second class each student will select a template that will conduct them information. Also they should write some information about themselves, For example: name, interesting.They should but how we can contact them, for example: email.They need to post their assignment before the due date.They need to post comments to their classmates.“Students need to read each other’s posts and comment on them.”