the pedagogical underpinnings of e-learning

1. The Virtual Classroom Jane Challinor

2. Gilly Salmon’s 5 stage model of e-moderation* * Derived from Vygotsky theories about scaffolding

3. Vygotsky ’s theory suggests students play an active role in learning . The teacher collaborates with students to facilitate meaning construction . Over the course of time, a more-skilled person adjusts the amount of guidance to fit the student’s current performance & ability (Zone of Proximal Development) - scaffolding is about changing the level of support needed. http://www.learning-theories.com/vygotskys-social-learning-theory.html

4. socialisation access

5. Knowledge Construction

6. Development http://www.emoderators.com/moderators/gilly/MOD.html http://www.atimod.com/index.php

7. UCPD in Web Enhanced practice