Making the case for new media in e-Learning

Careers in New Media
Douglas E. Welch
http://DouglasEWelch.com/newmedia
http://elearningguild.com

Making the case for new media in e-Learning
Douglas E. Welch

What is Holding You Back?
Poll #1
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Why New Media? Why Now?
“Never before have we had such a wide variety of educational tools at our disposal so inexpensively and so widely available”
Why wouldn’t we make use of these tools to better serve our clients, customer, students, etc?
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Older is not necessarily better
Don’t mistake technological limitations for best practices
New tools aren’t necessarily better, but they deserve to be investigated
Not everything will work, nor should it
If you aren’t moving forward, you’re falling behind

Inertia

Either/Or

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Either/Or

Yes/And

Need to be constantly investigating
New services, software and sites get invented every day
Hard to recognize value until you actually use a particular service or piece of software
Might not fit today, but possibly tomorrow

AUDIENCE

How are learners best served by new media
Choice and Flexibility
How to consume material
When to consume material
Where to consume material
Easy ability to review material on their terms
Adaptable to different learning styles

How are learners best served by new media 2
Beyond the lecture hall
“If students can more by listening to a lecture as they ride across campus, shouldn’t we provide that opportunity?”
The goal is to convey information, not fill seats in the classroom
Requires no great resources to capture lectures in audio or video

New Media Brings Intimacy
“Whispering in their ears”
Looking them in the eyes
Brings e-Learning closer to classroom interactivity

“Selling” New Media
Short, small trials are best
Do it for FREE, first
Gather feedback and recommendations from clients, customer, students
Take every opportunity to try something out
Report successes and move towards larger projects

“Selling” New Media 2
Use New Media tools internally first
Sell New Media by using New Media

Think Small
Not everything has to be a huge, expensive effort
Even Hollywood is learning this lesson
Not every movies need to cost $15 million
Have a particularly compelling SME? Get them on audio or video
Collect/Grab content when it presents itself

Easy to gain New Media knowledge
Informal Learning
Try it!
Look online for examples and assistance
Gather skills as needed and as available, not in one large session, class or workshop

Pro results on amateur budgets
Apple “I” suite tools
iMovie, iPhoto, Garageband
Audacity
Flip Camera/iPhone 4
Other HD cameras

What New Tools Have You Tried Lately?
Poll #2

Resources
On-going list of interesting New Media items (via Google Reader)
http://bit.ly/newmediaitems
New Media Interchange.com
Blog and discussion groups

Douglas E. Welch
DouglasEWelch.com
me@DouglasEWelch.com
Careers in New Media
DouglasEWelch.com/newmedia/
NewMediaInterchange.com

Making the case for new media in e-Learning

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