eLearning - The BIG Picture

eLEARNING: the BIG PICTURE eLearning: the BIG Picture

Progression……

Distance learning (print based; ‘by correspondence’)

Online learning

E learning

M (mobile) learning

E+M = U (ubiquitous) learning (Janet Fraser, Monash Uni) (http://infotech.monash.edu/promotion/coolcampus/workshop/3rdworkshop/walkaboutlearning.pdf)

Progression……

Distance learning (print based; ‘by correspondence’)

Online learning

E learning

M (mobile) learning

E+M = U (ubiquitous) learning (Janet Fraser, Monash Uni) (http://infotech.monash.edu/promotion/coolcampus/workshop/3rdworkshop/walkaboutlearning.pdf)

Flexible Learning

BLENDED LEARNING

The predominant model

Elearning + face to face (f2f) instruction (in any proportion)

Can be as simple as email + f2f, or

Email, plus websites, + f2f

The most common: Learning Management System (LMS) + f2f

Learning Management Systems – LMS (or Course Management Systems – CMS, or Platforms)

Blackboard (now incorporates WebCT) Janison, Moodle

They comprise:

Learning materials (content)

Communication tools (mail, chat, Instant Messaging, Forum/discussions, blogs)

The Back End: Tracking tools – student profiles, grades, attendance patterns

Proprietary v Open Source

Proprietary

Expensive

Locked in to fixed product for extended periods

Open Source

Free or very cheap

Host can modify product as often as desired

Next/Back Learning

Content for whole course prepared and loaded upfront (expensive)

Minimal input from instructors; essentially unfacilitated

Self-paced; individualised

Suitable for compliance or product training, or for highly motivated students

The Internet – more than just a book

SALMON’S 5 STEP MODEL

Facilitated Learning

Involves processing of content

PLUS

Communication activities (discussion) with fellow students and facilitator

Strong social and/or collaborative component

eLearning 2.0 (Networked Learning)

eLearning 2.0/Web 2.0 (Stephen Downes)

eLearning 1.0 was static packaged content developed by content developers such as CD-ROMs and courseware. It had little true interactivity and learner input and very little (if any) contact with a tutor. Best represented by Learner Management Systems. (eg WebCT) Some packaged content and some provided by the teacher. There is more interaction with a teacher and some with peers (through forums and chat). eLearning 2.0 will follow a student-centred model and will be centred around the Personal Learning Environment using social software. Students generate and share content. They interact not only with teachers and their peers, but with anyone in the world they can learn from.

SOCIAL SOFTWARE Social software lets people rendezvous, connect or collaborate by use of a computer network . (Clay Shirky)

SOCIAL SOFTWARE TOOLS

Email

Instant Messaging (Skype)

Virtual classrooms (Centra, Elluminate)

Blogs (blogger.com, edublogs.org)

Photo Sharing (flickr.com)

Wikis (Wikispaces.com) – collaborative workspace

Social Bookmarking ( http://del.icio.us/ )

Personalised learning environments, or PLEs ( http://elgg.org/)

Mapping the cultural emphases of emerging social software tools From Stuckey and Arkell; Development of an eLearning Knowledge Sharing Model; 2005

Line of increasing personal agency Institutionally driven Member driven Formal Informal Top - down rules for creation, operation and governance Emergent Bottom - up norms, not rules Enabling Culture Culture of compliance Institutionally driven Member driven Formal Informal Top - down rules for creation, operation and governance Emergent Bottom - norms, not rules Mapping the cultural emphases of emerging social software tools Wikipedia e - Portfolios Profile tools Blogs/Wikis Flickr Chat Tagging Tools ( del.icio.us , ELGG) List servers Forums Online journals FIREWALL FIREWALL FIREWALL From Stuckey and Arkell; Development of an eLearning Knowledge Sharing Model; 2005

Some major types of e-learning (1)