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e--learning?
My definition:
all computer and
Internet--based
Internet
activities that support
teaching and learning
- both on
on--campus and
at a distance
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What is e-
e-learning?
g
(Bates, 2005)
distributed
learning
blended
l
learning
i
lap--
lap dis--
dis
face-- class
face class-- top hybrid y tance
t -face
to-
to f room propro-- (less face-to-
face- to-
edu--
edu
face + e-
e-
aids grams learning)
l i ) cation
ti
no e-
e-learning fully e-
e-learning
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Current proportion of different types of e-
e-
l
learning
i in
i North
N h America
A i + Europe
E
Propor-
Propor- 56%
tion of
courses
using
each 24%
t
type off
e- 10% 8%
learning <1%
No Class-
Class- Lap-
Lap- Hybrid Fully
tech--
tech room tops
p in distance
nology aids class
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Why e-
e-learning?
• because
b it’s
it’ ‘cool’
‘ l’
• to enhance the quality of teaching
• to meet the needs of millennials
• to increase access and flexibility
• to provide the skills needed in the
21st centuryy
• to improve cost-
cost-effectiveness
Wh t’ your reason?
What’s ?
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The ‘natural’
natural development of e-
e-learning
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Current teaching methods with
technology
P t slides;
Ppt lid urls
l for
f readings;
di clickers
li k
Learning g management
g systems
y
Commercial: Blackboard (includes WebCT)
• monopoly
• high licensing fees
Open source: Moodle, Sakai
• ‘free’
free (but operating costs)
But basically same teaching method: a
classroom aid (unless distance education)
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New technologies: 2005 -
user-created
user- t d content:
t t blogs,
bl YouTube
Y T b
social networking:g MySpace/FaceBook
y p
mobile learning: phones, MP3s
virtual worlds: Second Life
emerging publication: wikis,
wikis e
e--Portfolios
multi--player games: Lord of the Rings
multi
simulations: MyPhysicsLab.com
synchronous: Skype,
Skype Elluminate
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What is Web 2
2.0?
0?
Educational implications
• learners have powerful tools
• learners
l create/add/adapt
t / dd/ d t content
t t
• personal learning environments
• power shift from teachers to
learners
• ‘open’ access
access, content
content, services
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How to mobilise Web 2.0 in online
teaching
Within programmes:
• group work
• projects and cases
• outside experts and content
• field work
ork
• language
g g teaching g
• multimedia assignments/e-
assignments/e-portfolios
• ………
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Which teaching methods and which
technologies will best serve the
development of the skills needed
in the 21st century?
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What teaching roles are suitable for
online learning?
Wh t is
What i best
b t done
d online?
li ? What
Wh t face-
face
f -to
t -
to-
face?
• transmitting information
• collecting data/finding information
• preparation for lab work
• designing experiments
• doingg experiments
p
• discussing best ways to do things
• problem solving
solving…….
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