What is Virtual Learning?

What is Virtual Learning anyway?
Kate Boardman
March 5th, 2010

Teesside University
Regional
Demography
FT/PT balance
HEBP – FE network
NHS contracts
Police training provision
25000 students
60% part time
60% mature
60% Health
Increasing WBL
6 autonomous Schools

Minimum Standard
Clear navigation menu
Organise content in folders
Avoid empty areas
Module Guide or Handbook
Module delivery schedule
Assessment information
Submission instructions
Assessment feedback
Staff contact details
Copy of teaching materials
Regular Announcements
Link to DISSC Live
Link to current reading list

Learning

E-learning

Electronic method of learning & teaching
Electronic learning
Tool for communication
Online learning
Learning delivered in an electronic environment (eg Blackboard) or in an electronic format (eg electronic journals etc)
Online learning resource
Interactive learning process
Access to materials from anywhere
Information over the internet
Support tool for teaching
Another place for materials
Content availability/organisation
Facilitate learning
Learning & teaching facilitated via IT
Delivered by computer
Learning online
Via web/internet/intranet
Extending the teaching environment
Study/teaching via a computer link
Distance learning

What is e-learning?
explore
educate
enthuse
explain
entertain
excite
= e-learning

Supporting student learning
Encouraging student involvement
Encourage contact between students and lecturers
Develop reciprocity and co-operation among students
Encourage active learning
Give prompt feedback
Emphasise “time on task”
Communicate high expectations
Respect diverse talents and ways of learning
Chickering and Ehrmann (1996)

Supporting teaching & learning
Supporting the phases of learning
Presentation
Remediation
Consolidation
Elaboration
Entwistle and Entwistle (1991)

Supporting teaching & learning
Supporting the types of teaching
Delivery
Elaboration
Motivation
Orientation
Feedback
Diagnosis
Evaluation
Entwistle and Entwistle (1991)

E-learning roles
Material and content delivery
Support material for conventional approaches
Reinforcement of previously-learned concepts
Online self-study packages
Multimedia rich
Information retrieval
Structured recording and presentation
Enables browsing/searching as required
Online databases, e-journals, www

E-learning roles (cont.)
Tutorials
Cover new material
Include examples with assessment
Similar to human tutorial guidance
Simulations
Model a real-world or experimental situation
Enable exploration in a “safe” environment
Normally use “what if…” approach
Virtual Worlds
Attempt to model complete environment
Allow students to become part of environment

E-learning: are you up for it…?
It’s about enhancing.
It’s about time saving.
It’s about starting where you’re comfortable.
It’s about thinking holistically.
It’s about making a difference.

Virtual Learning

Virtual Learning Environment
Course content – resource distribution
Group communication and collaboration
Assessment
Student management
Customisable

Virtual Learning Environment
Course content – resource distribution
Group communication and collaboration
Assessment
Student management
Customisable
= Learning Management System

Valuable Learning Experience
Promotion of learning through discussion groups
Self-test assessment with feedback
Media-rich content
Enhanced use of existing CAL applications
Development of ‘e-tivities’/PBL

Virtual Worlds
3D immersive environments
Simulations
Collaboration
Exploration
Creation
= Virtual Learning Environment

Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008

Palomar Medical Center

VLE: Valuable Learning Experience

Learning in Virtual Worlds?
Virtual Learning
Virtual Teaching
Virtual World

Learning in Virtual Worlds?
Online Learning
Online Teaching
Online World
Real Learning
Real Teaching
Real World

DevelopingVLEs
What do youwant?
What’s the learningoutcome of this?
How detaileddoesitneed to be?

DevelopingVLEs
What do youwant?
How detaileddoesit (really) need to be?

DevelopingVLEs
What do youwant?
How detaileddoesit (really) need to be?
Do you have real/virtual images, or only mental ones?

DevelopingVLEs (==LMSs)
Relevant
Look good (believable)
*not necessarily L$ or time*
Easily navigable
Allow focus on the learningoutcome

Good Practice
Encourages contacts between students and faculty
Develops reciprocity and cooperation among students
Uses active learning techniques
Gives prompt feedback
Emphasizes time on task
Communicates high expectations
Respects diverse talents and ways of learning
Chickering A W & Gamson Z F (1987), "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" AAHE Bulletin

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