Teleconference presentation on 14th September 2009 for the PGDDE students.

1. Recent Trends in Communication
Technology for Distance Education
Sanjaya Mishra

2. Objectives
• Describe the developments of
communication technologies for
distance education
• Critically examine the implications of the
developments for teaching and learning
at a distance

3. Satellite TV/ DTH
• Increased reach to
remote areas
• IGNOU’s GD1 is
available on DTH
(Ku-band)

4. Wireless Connectivity
• Mobile Phones
• Bluetooth
• WiMax
• Global Positioning System
• Wireless LAN

5. Read/Write Web
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Social Bookmarking

6. Audio Online
• Podcasting
• Internet Radio

7. TV/Video Online
• On demand Video
• Live Broadcasting
• Video Conference

8. Semantic Web
• Web 1.0 : Simple HTML
pages, text, graphics,
multimedia
• Web 2.0 : User Interaction,
user creation, read-write
web
• Web 3.0 : Search,
precision, relevance,
artificial intelligence,
natural language
processing; Resource
Description Framework

9. Second Life
• Virtual World
• Avatars

10. Push Technologies

11. Micro-blogging
• Connections
• Social bonding
• Role modeling

12. Miniaturization of Storage
• Flash Drives

13. Open Source/Open Content

14. Folksnomy
• User participation
• User indexing of Web
• Social Tagging

15. Assistive Technologies
• Providing
inclusive
education through
use of technology
• WWW
accessibility
guidelines

16. Conclusions
• User empowerment through control of
learning (use of social media)
• User generated content; constructivist
approach
• Connectivism; just-in-time knowledge
resources
• Teacher empowerment; free software
movement
• Open Educational Resources; knowledge
banks