Administration Chapter 7 Which of the following is a limitation to distance education

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Chapter Seven: Teaching at a Distance

Multiple Choice Questions.

1) Which of the following is a limitation to distance education?

A) Variety of media

B) Lack of quality control

C) Interactive, where all students get the same message

D) Up–to-date information

2) Which of the following is a way for teachers to prepare to engage learners in a distance

education environment?

A) Facilitate learning experiences that engage learners

B) Model and promote learning in independent and collaborative work

C) Engage learners in active participation with you and one another

D) All of the above

3) The TEACH act allows teacher to use materials in an online environment in all but one of the

statements below. Which one is the exception?

A) The material is solely for and limited to students officially enrolled in the course.

B) The material is an integral part of the instructional activity mediated by the teacher.

C) The material is a textbook that is typically purchased by the student.

D) The material is scanned because it was not already in digital form.

4) Which function must take place for learning to be effective?

A) Practice activities with feedback are provided.

B) Information is presented.

C) Learning resources are available.

D) All of the above

5) A bulletin board posting, email, and blog are examples of what type of media used in distance

education?

A) Text

B) Video

C) Audio

D) All of the above

6) When distance learning participants are not working on activities at the same time, the

learning environment is said to be what?

A) Synchronous

B) Asynchronous

C) Blended

D) Flipped

7) The following statements describe ________.

• The teacher and learner are physically separated.

• An organized instructional program is delivered.

• Two-way communication is made possible by means of technological media.

A) A traditional classroom

B) Blended learning

C) Face to face instruction

D) Distance education

8) Which of the following is a characteristic of an asynchronous learning environment?

A) Live conversation between teachers and learners

B) Teaching with the ability to combine still pictures with live presentation

C) Time-shifting of learning experiences

D) All of the above

9) Which statement best describes digital citizenship?

A) A networking solution often used by schools

B) A synonym for cyber-bullying

C) The informal rules for online behavior

D) A key component of distance learning

10) What media requires the sending and receiving sites to be equipped with cameras and

microphones?

A) Internet chats

B) Television

C) Two-way video

D) Streamed video

11) Mr. Bryant teaches Algebra II for Tennessee’s virtual school. What is Mr. Bryant’s

responsibility as an online teacher?

A) To monitor student performance and report learner progress

B) Organize and sequence content

C) Know what resources are available to the learners

D) All of the above

12) The following strategies apply to teaching with what type of setting?

• Presentation of information

• Learner practice

• Providing learner feedback

A) Distance education

B) Educational television

C) Podcasts

D) Streaming video

13) Which resource can be used in online education?

A) Interactive games

B) Documents

C) Video

D) All of the above

14) Who should make decisions about monitoring students’ Internet use?

A) Parents

B) Teachers

C) Administrators

D) All of the above

15) What is an acceptable use policy?

A) A contract between teacher and student, regarding proper computer use

B) A student agreement to use netiquette

C) An agreement among students, parents and the school describing proper use of the Internet

D) A district policy for use of school property

16) What is important when using email?

A) Use all capital letters to make your message easy to read.

B) Use humor to make your message interesting.

C) Keep the message to a few pages.

D) Include pertinent portions of the original message.

17) What do the following statements describe?

• Credentials of the institution offering the courses

• Quality and rigor of the courses

• Associated costs

A) Video gaming techniques for virtual schools

B) Issues that should be researched prior to participating in a virtual public school

C) An acceptable use policy for virtual schools

D) Online safety information for virtual schools

18) A fourth-grade class in San Diego is conducting research about weather and climate. One

goal of the project is to gather current information from meteorologists and other experts. What

is a simple tool the class can use to connect with experts?

A) Wiki

B) Email

C) Almanac

D) Internet search

19) Which of the following is an example of an information presentation?

A) A teacher grading class essays

B) Streaming video instruction

C) A search of an online database

D) All of the above

20) A WebQuest is best described as

A) An online game

B) A search for information

C) A teacher software tool

D) A commercial software program

21) What form of distance learning is an inquiry-oriented simulation, has specific learning

outcomes, and some or all of the information that students interact with comes from resources on

the Internet?

A) Virtual public school

B) Wiki

C) WebQuest

D) Email

22) Mr. Donnellson’s 11th grade geography class in Salt Lake City is planning to share their

knowledge of landforms with a 5th grade class in Jacksonville, Florida. The high school students

want to find the appropriate technology to support audio, video and document sharing. What type

of technology could the class use?

A) Email

B) Webpage development software

C) Telephone and fax machine

D) Two-Way video conferencing

23) What type of connection can permit private distribution of information within a school

district and allow access to materials at any of the district’s locations?

A) Internet

B) Intranet

C) Wireless network

D) Local area network

24) What type of network enables the computers in a school system to connect to the Internet

and to a centralized computer host via a fiber system?

A) Internet

B) World Wide Web

C) Wired network

D) Wide area network

25) What type of network uses a centralized file server and reduces a technology coordinator’s

workload by eliminating the need to install and inventory software for every computer in the

building?

A) Local area network

B) Wide area network

C) Authoring systems

D) Internet

26) A worldwide system for linking smaller computer networks together.

A) Intranet

B) Internet

C) Wireless network

D) Wide area network

27) A graphical environment on computer networks with documents containing text, data, sound,

graphics and video that allows users to access, view, and maintain information.

A) HTTP

B) World Wide Web

C) Wide area network

D) URL

Short-Answer and Essay Questions.

28) Ms. Parks is a gifted and talented teacher at an urban middle school. This week, three

additional gifted students from a remote rural school were added to her class roster. Ms. Parks

must provide instruction for the new students via distance learning. The rural students do not

have access to the Internet regularly. Describe methods and resources Ms. Parks could use to

provide instruction and learning experiences for her distance learning students.

29) Give a rational for the educational use of distance learning in K-12 education and discuss the

advantages and limitations for using distance learning in the classroom.

30) Explain the differences between these three distance learning experiences: blended, flipped,

and online.

31) Describe how you see the role of the teacher shifting when teaching in a distance learning

setting compared to in a physical classroom.

Chapter Seven: Teaching at a Distance

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