reply to discussion point in keynote one
Lujean Baab (lbaab@epix.net)
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 16:11:09 -1000
One of the discussion points raised in Steve McCarty's paper is "how can
on-line teaching become better organized and peer-regulated to merit
creditibilty in global educational circles?" My response to that is
that is will/should happen in the same way that traditional teaching
became organized and peer-regulated. We need teachers to teach how to
teach. Education is an accepted discipline. Distance Education should
also become an accepted discipline. When we have quality educators
teaching the theories and methodologies of web-based instruction and
other forms of distance learning, we will be organized, regulated and
credible. This cannot be an add-on to traditional teaching, but a
discipline unto itself. Anyone else see it this way? Lujean