Facilitation versus teacher - week 5

March 2, 2010

The week 5 readings allowed me to discover and reflect on many of the issues that surround traditional teaching and the transformation into distance education facilitation. The thought of a teacher becoming a facilitator is a bit uncomfortable at first thought; however, after further reflections on what the role of the instructor is, this is the best transformation. At this point in the class I am becoming comfortable with many of the concepts of the course including the learner-centered design of distance education, as previously I was extremely uncomfortable with the concepts as they seemed to focus on each individual learner as to cater to them. However, the idea of focusing on the learning of each learner seems to be a bit more comforting. The theories of the course are becoming a bit easier to read, as I feel it is something that takes practice. The reflection portion of the course is still something that I am continuing to have troubles with and hope to become a bit better at it.