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)
intranet (in-house)
self-directed
courseware is the course
use LMS
off-shelf, customised
no collab tools
corporate: use for
information recall
e-Training
remote delivery
supported
purpose-designed materials
use LMS
team development
some collab tools
higher ed
reflective, knowledge-based learning
Distance ed
enhanced face to face
teacher guided/tutored
range content, web access
use LMS
teacher as author/lecturer
some collab tools
higher ed, adv TAFE
reflective, knowledge-based learning
Digital campus Descriptions courtesy of Clint Smith (eWorks, Victoria)

Some major types of e-learning (2): Web in class
mix of delivery options
highly facilitated
customised HTML
most use LMS + ICT tools
learning community
VET (TAFE, ind. RTOs)
outcomes-based learning solutions
Blended learning
enhanced face to face
teacher-led
user-generated content
no LMS, various web tools
found material
schools, access TAFE/ACE
socially constructed learning
Virtual classroom
live distance delivery
trainer presented
live materials, PowerPoint
use web conferencing
collab team learning
enterprises (nat’l, global)
situated learning
Descriptions courtesy of Clint Smith (eWorks, Victoria)

Resources
Designing eLearning - http://designing.flexiblelearning.net.au/
Practical Guide to eLearning for Industry - http://industry.flexiblelearning.net.au/Guide/default.htm

Michael Coghlan
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eLearning - The BIG Picture

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