Interactivity from Distance Education to eLearning

“Interactivity is the process that will help you become actively engaged with other learners, with the instructor, and with the material being learned. It is the key to effective e-learning because it will lead you to act on and reflect on the information and to transform it into a new personal meaning: What does this mean to me?” – from “What is Interactivity in E-Learning” The term “interactivity” in its original context refers to computer mediated instruction. Use of the term interactivity would not be heard in the 1800′s to describe Correspondence Courses as they grew in popularity. However, in applying a broad definition of interactivity I will attempt to point out how interactivity /…