Index

The Wellness Way of Life

Presented to the WCCMA, April 7th, 2000
Ramada Inn, Wausau, Wisconsin

The evolution of educational process and opportunity.

Old Style Teaching & Learning

Yak-In-A-Box
Educator in the front, you take notes from what they say and from what they write on the blackboard.
Order and sequence of the presentation is educator determined.
You had to be close enough to see the blackboard.
Class is time and space fixed.
Mostly absorption learning.

Teaching and Learning in the 90's

Outlines & PowerPoint
Educator in the front, you take notes from what they say and from their handouts, overheads, and slides.
Order and sequence of the presentation is educator determined.
The room could be bigger, based on the image magnification of the projectors.
Class is time and space fixed.
Mostly absorption learning.

21st Century Learning

WEB BASED "Hyper-text & Hyper-linked" Multimedia
Educator may be in a different continent.
You may return to any content at will, save it to disk, link to original sources, videos, assessments, chat with world wide participants.
You select the order and sequence of the learning.
Class is asynchronous, you determine time for participation.
Learning can be more active. You feel more in control.

IS THIS THE FUTURE?

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Just for Fun

http://www.dialpad.com

Free phone calls from your computer to any phone in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii

http://www.firetalk.com

Free group conference calls with people anywhere in the world. One person at a time talks, but all can hear what is said. Private chat rooms are password protected.

RESOURCES

Web Based Resources

The Meaning
of Life

Hettler At NWC 1998

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Does It All Make A Difference? See this UWSP data to conclude, YOU BET!	What About Weight And Health?	Can You Find What You Want On The Internet?

Most of us grew up in a real landscape. As Richard Keeling has said, "The students of today are growing up in a Datascape." Gates wrote the book "Business at the Speed of Thought." Just in time education could be here soon.

Self-Acknowledged Limitations and Biases of Bill Hettler, MD

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Media is a Problem!!!