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Ryan Sean McKinney
Regent University
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boils down to the fact that online schools face a disconnect. Especially in the case of the lower
income schools, the libraries suffered. In the words of Hibbard, many teachers [have] little
knowledge on how the libraries (both the physical book library as well as Follett Shelf) [work]
and [have] no model of how to integrate these resources into their curriculum (86). So, rather
than rely entirely on either the physical or digital libraries, they needed something in the middle.
It wasnt from a lack of appreciation that the people didnt make use of the libraries, it was a lack
of understanding. So after studying the online schools, they found the key to success: librarians.
If no one was going make the work worthwhile for the kids, then what was the point? To solve
that problem, they used the librarians as the go between for students and books.
Capacity Building of Teachers Through Distance Mode Using Teleconferencing as an
Innovative Tool
This article deals with something I have hands on experience with. When in high school,
I got half my classes from teleconferenced instructors at our sister school. This article discusses
the effective nature of this method of class sharing. Upon testing the method, teachers agreed
with a wide margin that teleconferencing was not only useful for reaching students not able to fit
into their class, but it was easy to do and enhanced the teachera ability to effectively perform
their duties as an instructor. They also liked the ease of content communication. The only
complaint that the teachers had (and even then, it was small) was that the sessions tended to run
long. Without actually being in classroom with the students, there was a lack of connection that
made it a bit harder to remain engaged.
My Thoughts
So, with all this knowledge, paired with my personal experience, I would say that the
judgment is good. Distance education is the future.
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Works Cited
1. Hibbard, L., & Franklin, T. (2015). Libraries in Online Elementary Schools: A Mixed
Methods Study. TechTrends TECHTRENDS TECH TRENDS, 59(3), 85-91. Retrieved
December 10, 2015.
2. Jerilyn D. Harris-Packer & Genevive Sgol (2015) An Empirical Evaluation of Distance
Learnings Effectiveness in the K12 Setting, American Journal of Distance Education,
29:1, 4-17, DOI: 10.1080/08923647.2015.990768
3. Mahmood, S., & Mahmood, A. (2014). Building A Global Future Through Research And
Innovative Practices In Open And Distance Learning.Turkish Online Journal of Distance
Education, 13(2), 256-266.