Douglas E. Welch presents "Making the case for new media in e-Learning" as part of the eLearningGuild's Online forums

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

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

3. What is Holding You Back? Poll #1 ?

4. 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? ?

5. 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

6. Inertia

7. Either/Or

8.  Either/Or

9. Yes/And

10. 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

11. AUDIENCE

12. 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

13. 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

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

15. “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

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

17. 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

18. 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

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

21. What New Tools Have You Tried Lately? Poll #2

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

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