Why Distance Learning?

This episode's guest is Emily Kotecki, the principal and founder of High Beam Strategies.  With a wealth of experience in online learning, including crafting audio tours and developing apps for museums, Emily shares her expertise in creating compelling digital learning experiences. Drawing from her work with clients and her publication The Distance Learning Workbook, she emphasizes the importance of building a robust foundation for distance learning initiatives. Through a detailed discussion, Emily addresses the challenges and opportunities of engaging digital visitors, expanding museum audiences, and innovative revenue models through digital platforms. She underscores the significance of distance learning in extending the reach of museums beyond their local communities, fostering global connections, and democratizing access to cultural education.The episode further explores the nuances of professional development in the digital age, pondering the design differences between asynchronous and synchronous sessions, and strategies to enhance teacher engagement with professional development. Emily's insights into creating live virtual field trips and her model for virtual field trip creation are particularly compelling, offering listeners a blueprint for inspiring and implementing digital learning projects. The conversation culminates in a playful yet enlightening round of Museum Buzzwords Alphabet, alongside a reflective question on the overarching importance of distance learning. This episode is a treasure trove of knowledge for educators, museum professionals, and anyone interested in the intersection of culture, education, and technology, providing actionable strategies and thought-provoking perspectives on the future of digital learning and museums.Guest link: High Beam Strategies: https://highbeamstrategies.com/. Click through to download "The Distance Learning Workbook."Host links:Browse amazing virtual learning opportunities at Allyson & Tami's CILC.orgSeth's Banyan Global Learning provides teacher Professional Development in AI Literacy and special event live virtual learning for students. 

Show Notes

This episode's guest is Emily Kotecki, the principal and founder of High Beam Strategies.  With a wealth of experience in online learning, including crafting audio tours and developing apps for museums, Emily shares her expertise in creating compelling digital learning experiences. Drawing from her work with clients and her publication The Distance Learning Workbook, she emphasizes the importance of building a robust foundation for distance learning initiatives. Through a detailed discussion, Emily addresses the challenges and opportunities of engaging digital visitors, expanding museum audiences, and innovative revenue models through digital platforms. She underscores the significance of distance learning in extending the reach of museums beyond their local communities, fostering global connections, and democratizing access to cultural education.

The episode further explores the nuances of professional development in the digital age, pondering the design differences between asynchronous and synchronous sessions, and strategies to enhance teacher engagement with professional development. Emily's insights into creating live virtual field trips and her model for virtual field trip creation are particularly compelling, offering listeners a blueprint for inspiring and implementing digital learning projects. The conversation culminates in a playful yet enlightening round of Museum Buzzwords Alphabet, alongside a reflective question on the overarching importance of distance learning. This episode is a treasure trove of knowledge for educators, museum professionals, and anyone interested in the intersection of culture, education, and technology, providing actionable strategies and thought-provoking perspectives on the future of digital learning and museums.

Guest link:
High Beam Strategies: https://highbeamstrategies.com/.
Click through to download "The Distance Learning Workbook."

Host links:
Browse amazing virtual learning opportunities at Allyson & Tami's CILC.org

Seth's Banyan Global Learning provides teacher Professional Development in AI Literacy and special event live virtual learning for students.



 

Creators & Guests

Host
Allyson Mitchell
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Host
Seth Fleischauer
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Host
Tami Moehring

What is Why Distance Learning??

The Why Distance Learning? podcast is for educators who are engaged with live virtual learning experiences, whether they be content providers who produce and facilitate or educators who want to complement their curriculum and learn more about the medium. We interview content providers, industry professionals, field experts and educators who love and use live virtual learning.


Dive deep with Seth, Allyson, and Tami into the rapidly growing world of synchronous virtual and online education. Through in-depth interviews, explore how educators are leveraging videoconferencing, interactive virtual learning, and other education technologies like virtual field trips to revolutionize remote and distance learning. Discover the benefits and challenges of teaching at a distance. Learn how virtual engagement can enhance traditional instruction. Hear from distance learning experts using the latest EdTech tools to create unique remote learning opportunities for students and teachers alike. From content providers to administrators to EdTech entrepreneurs, this podcast reveals the human stories and innovative technologies shaping the future of virtual and online education. For anyone interested in transforming classrooms and learning through remote digital platforms, Why Distance Learning? charts a path forward.

Hosted by Seth Fleischauer of Banyan Global Learning and Allyson Mitchell and Tami Moehring of the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration.