Welcome to your Emergency Lesson Blog for US History!
Likely you are here because we have a unique experience before us which demands you do some “distance learning”. Distant Learning, although possibly new for you, has been around for quite a while.
Brief History Lesson: In the years between the World Wars (1918-1946), the federal government granted radio broadcasting licenses to 202 colleges, universities, and school boards. With all the demands and popularity of instructional radio, some of the very first distance education actually took place via "Telephonics" during the 1930's (as evidenced by a mural on the wall of old Radio Hall at the University of Wisconsin). By the year 1940, there was only one college-level credit course offered by radio and that course failed to attract any enrollments (Atkins, 1991). Still, the concept of education by radio was a major reason for development of educational television by the mid 20th century.
"Distance Learning" is a general term used to cover the broad range of teaching and learning events in which the student is separated (at a distance) from the instructor, or other fellow learners. Instead of having traditional classrooms (room, desks, student and teacher), distance learning means that an individual has more responsibility (and freedom) to budget time, workload, and input. Remember this as you work on your assignments (posted below) because this may actually, for many of you, be THE WAY you earn some degree, some skills, or even just some hobby in the years ahead.
Below you will find your assignments for the classes ahead which you will be responsible for. This means, just as in class, you will have to read, to take notes, and to take responsibility for your learning. Upon your return, the material you have assembled will be reviewed, graded appropriately and figured into your score but the larger lesson you will hopefully learn is that distance learning can be not only rewarding but also more personalized in many ways.
I look forward to the wonderful work you have done upon your return.
If you are struggling to do the work, I can be directly emailed at rkimball@skschools.net but realize I may have 125 individuals emailing the same question so check here frequently for any updates.
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