Elements of Distance Education Diffusion

Global diversity has evolved in the field of distance education.  It has evolved in the fact that persons can now have collaborative online discussions in an asynchronous or synchronous environment with persons around the world.  These person involved in the discussion also can include experts in their fields.  Before collaboration was made possible, persons did not have access to experts like this.  I find it to be an exciting experience that I am collaborating with people from around the country.  This type of global diversity I'm experiencing could not take place without certain tools.  There are many tools that are available for globally diverse interactions.  There are the web 2.0 tools that allow for reading and publishing to the web such as blogs and wikis.  A person can also find different discussion forums on specific topics that are asynchronous or synchronous.  Will Richardson was actually having a discussion with a colleague in his blog on the importance of discussion forums on issues.  Gary Stager also calls himself a "blogging machine" when it comes to important issues on education.  I believe that these two men are taking very strong points and showing that collaborating with others through distance learning can really enrich your experiences.