Chapter 4 - Mapping

For the mapping I have outlined the ways in which distance education, communication, technologies and online learning all work together to create a learning environment for the learner and a platform for the instructor. In chapter 4 Simonson, et al states that, “the key to success in an online classroom is not which technologies are used, but how they are used and what information is communicated using the technologies.” (p.98) This brings to point that it is not the technologies that make distance education successful, but how the technologies are used with the course content. Technology is a tool in the distance education environment that must be used effectively with the course content, so that the learning objectives are meant.