Distance Learning Some Comments

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Distance Learning Some Comments

• Video, VBrick, Podcasting
• Why all three?
• Tips for Teaching By Distance to Students in
  Other Countries
• On-site partner
• On-line classroom
• Research your students and their country
• Spend some time on-site

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Video

• Availability of Videos to Distance Students
• CD-ROM
• Download
• Availability to Non-distance Students
• VBrick
• Podcasts

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Setting Up for Podcasts

• To experience a pocast of my class, students
• Download itunes from http//www.apple.com/itunes/d
  ownload/
• Subscribe at itpc//ra.okstate.edu/business/spring
  07/msis5643podcast/podcast.xml

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Experiencing Podcasts
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Teaching by Distance to Students in Other
Countries

• On-site partner
• On-line classroom
• Research the country
• Physical location, size, population, major
  products/industries,
• Government government type, leader(s), political
  friends, political enemies
• Economic currency/coin and exchange rate,
  average per capita income,
• Cultural main ethnic groups, religions,
  language(s), major holidays/celebrations/memorials
  , cultural no-nos

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Teaching by Distance to Students in Other
Countries

• Research the people
• Names
• Dress
• Families
• Meet-and-greet
• Body language/gestures
• Work schedules
• Food
• What are they proud of?

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Teaching by Distance to Students in Other
Countries

• Research your students names, families, jobs,
  aspirations
• Spend some time on-site (teach several classes in
  a shortened time span)
• Be a good guest
• Women in particular check dress, expectations
• Dont be afraid to ask!!