Slightly different presentation this time – the presenter (under the seemingly unlikely name of Curtis Bonk) has come on dressed as Dr Evil!<\/p>\n
Disagrees with previous speaker about ‘distance learning’ being flat – SUNY Network shows it growing<\/p>\n
A question – from an IT perspective, what can you differently online?
\nPersonalisation, individualisation etc…
\nAnytime, anyplace, anywhere
\nMaterials available and updatable
\nMore economical? Reusable
\nNon-linear – just in time syllabus, just in time teaching
\nLearning styles – (ref r2d2 on Curtis’s website)
\nGuest experts
\nExtend classroom
\nSharing the curriculum – e.g. Merlot<\/p>\n
Changing methods of learning. However, skills needed are teaching based<\/p>\n
Talked about SAKAI and Chef<\/p>\n
Critique of WebCT and Blackboard – describes them as ‘warehousing students online’
\nLists of stuff not in these pacakges – timeline, venn diagramming, debate tools – in fact says they have added nothing to learning – only replicated tools that already existed.<\/p>\n
Have to demand better tools from them, working with them, or working round them.<\/p>\n
He really doesn’t like WebCT and Blackboard! Interesting point about the tools that could be useful for online learning.<\/p>\n
For e-learning – students need to mature, independent learners.
\nHowever the instructor needs to be flexible, enthusiastic, patient, innovative, creative, provide prompt feedback, builds communities …<\/p>\n
Unfortunately at this point the power on my laptop gave up – I’ve got paper notes of 10 trends in e-learning, but don’t have time to put these up now. I’ll try to get these done before tomorrow. <\/p>\n
Ironically one of the questions David Farqhuar raised in his presentation was when we are providing e-learning in developing countries, who provides the electricity. In this case – if we provide a wireless network, who provides the electricity?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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