tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68534918207357676282024-02-19T08:10:43.326-08:00eLearning in educationDi Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607530135100159238noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853491820735767628.post-80039853607143937792010-08-03T14:43:00.000-07:002010-08-03T14:44:50.992-07:00e-portfolios<object width="420" height="347"><param name="movie" value="http://dotsub.com/static/players/portalplayer.swf?plugins=dotsub&uuid=cccff786-9c16-4691-8190-198f86ff80e0&type=video&lang=none"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://dotsub.com/static/players/portalplayer.swf?plugins=dotsub&uuid=cccff786-9c16-4691-8190-198f86ff80e0&type=video&lang=none" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="347"></embed></object>Di Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607530135100159238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853491820735767628.post-26049367256243639482007-12-20T13:35:00.000-08:002007-12-20T13:36:49.217-08:00Boney MNothing to do with elearning, just light relief.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FzBfp0add98&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FzBfp0add98&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Di Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607530135100159238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853491820735767628.post-46271685183342298842007-11-14T23:25:00.000-08:002007-11-14T23:29:35.241-08:00Discussion boards<a href="http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/v10n4/v10n4_meyer1.asp">Katrina Meyer</a> wrote (as part of her journal article)<br /><br /><blockquote>If you are considering undertaking research or assessment of student online discussions, be prepared. It is difficult and frustrating, intellectually demanding and demanding of one's time. Nevertheless, additional evaluations of online discussions are needed: we need to know if our current theories of learning and discussion apply to learning and discussion online, whether our decisions as instructors and designers of online activities are having the result intended, and how we can make improvements in practice so that future online discussions are better than those that have gone before.<br /><br /></blockquote><br />I fully agree with these comments as many of the studies I have read are in a similar vein and it would be good to see a range of studies that show how we can make improvements to enhance the learning in this environment.Di Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607530135100159238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853491820735767628.post-35840410285464361242007-11-13T18:08:00.000-08:002007-11-13T18:10:04.402-08:00Mark Brown - book chapterExploring the continuing (in)significance of elearning drives.<br /><br /><object width="450" height="500"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="SameDomain" /><param name="movie" value="http://static.scribd.com/FlashPaperS3.swf?guid=3h8tucog9wppg&document_id=89711" /><embed width="450" height="500" src="http://static.scribd.com/FlashPaperS3.swf?guid=3h8tucog9wppg&document_id=89711" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> </object>Di Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607530135100159238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853491820735767628.post-77038931606298229202007-11-11T23:59:00.000-08:002007-11-12T00:04:41.515-08:00Sauna in Korea<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9Rr5PRhx1AAUF9pd_ohTYdR0Si5MlLB766FQFT794-NinZvRsC2H5lsYstW76_l0kWw09nCMKDFI1RktT5wSRyUtNfBjoQvZxWFDoARfS51aFeWVFmIQzbRPzD0kfohiKwPJh0daNAf0/s1600-h/sauna.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9Rr5PRhx1AAUF9pd_ohTYdR0Si5MlLB766FQFT794-NinZvRsC2H5lsYstW76_l0kWw09nCMKDFI1RktT5wSRyUtNfBjoQvZxWFDoARfS51aFeWVFmIQzbRPzD0kfohiKwPJh0daNAf0/s320/sauna.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131860780234799554" /></a>Di Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607530135100159238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853491820735767628.post-75313831352361614282007-09-16T13:11:00.000-07:002007-09-16T15:28:13.320-07:00Online communitiesLeach, Harrison, McCormick & Moon (2004) discuss the dynamics of online communities. They argue that those designing online learning environments need to give consideration to the infrastructure and the initial stages of the implementation as these are key elements to building a successful online community. I would certainly agree with this as it is so important to have participants easily find their way around the online environment so that the infrastucture is not something they need to focus on but that the content is easily accessed as is the areas where participants are able to build a community spirit.<br /><br />I had a ring this morning from one of the participants in the group who mentioned how easy she found the online learning environment I had made and how it catered for different styles of learners. I think this is crucial so that again is part of the building of the infrastructure so that all learners feel that they are being catered for.Di Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607530135100159238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853491820735767628.post-90569861253621914522007-09-12T00:36:00.000-07:002007-09-12T01:05:25.265-07:00Online Feedback and Student PerceptionsJournal of Interactive Online Learning<br />www.ncolr.org/jiol<br />Volume 5, Number 3, Winter 2006<br /><br /><br />Great article by Morgan and Toledo - it is about what value students have on handwritten feedback from tutors <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyvFKgYj-fR-PFcdyd_TL2iNi5Q73q7YpJrvrT_70dO3v3jR4N7_Rg3rMLjmjeYPr3vCY9FHOHvt5CDehcvTz3yQsMeKop0jSUM_oJBfMNn8fv0UOCCBgJ1jX-FwM8IwjBMUY4_5KGdol/s1600-h/handwritten.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyvFKgYj-fR-PFcdyd_TL2iNi5Q73q7YpJrvrT_70dO3v3jR4N7_Rg3rMLjmjeYPr3vCY9FHOHvt5CDehcvTz3yQsMeKop0jSUM_oJBfMNn8fv0UOCCBgJ1jX-FwM8IwjBMUY4_5KGdol/s200/handwritten.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109221396952116402" /></a><br /><br /><br />as opposed to typewritten (<em>using 'tracking changes' with comments</em>).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ckbjhAWZ70h1WJMHa42JCb992vKR9xvyd3y8tKf6C8w8k2BpiAD2K2SBJqr3c7janL421GV-qUfKVP4iNyM9cgdfyFz94HXJYRfR6tNtBLvLdXZG4XRHVtaOgFd3AEyabop_koKiHAJ7/s1600-h/comments.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ckbjhAWZ70h1WJMHa42JCb992vKR9xvyd3y8tKf6C8w8k2BpiAD2K2SBJqr3c7janL421GV-qUfKVP4iNyM9cgdfyFz94HXJYRfR6tNtBLvLdXZG4XRHVtaOgFd3AEyabop_koKiHAJ7/s200/comments.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109222084146883778" /></a><br /> <br /><br />Students showed that they valued the handwritten marking, for example one student stated, “<em>I don't know why, but the handwritten<br />feedback seemed more personal and I feel like I better understood her thoughts</em>.”Di Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607530135100159238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853491820735767628.post-38731091545006083372007-09-01T20:45:00.000-07:002007-09-01T20:48:18.768-07:00Changing pedagogies...Muain Jamlan <br />University of Bahrain<br /><br />Wrote: <br />Educational processes have undergone many of changes during the last century. From print learning materials mailed to students’ homes, to educational radio broadcasts, to educational television programming, to recent forays in interactive Web-based e-learning, ongoing technological changes have been reflected in the evolving role of teachers and students in the learning equation. Technological changes – particularly Web-based e-learning technologies – have resulted in new curriculum design and teaching strategies, new and emerging organizational structures, and it has even transformed learning itself. McKenzie (1998) said that technology would transform the act of teaching, whether or not teachers or students are ready for this inevitable change. According to McKenzie, when faced with new technology, students and/ or teachers would likely adopt one of two approaches: they would either embrace it or they would dismiss it. In other words, teachers and students will either learn how to use new technology, or they would ignore it – the later of which would put them at disadvantage compared to their more technologically literate peers. Ballard opined that technology is reshaping today’s school systems and educational institutions by offering students new ways of seeing and learning; giving teachers new ways of teaching and imparting knowledge; and administrators new ways of organizing our educational system (Ballard, 2000).<br />Innovations in teaching and learning have emerged, and educators are in the midst of becoming more adept at using new educational technologies. This fact is reflected in our changing language. Terms such as “open education,” “distance education,” “distance learning,” “virtual learning,” “remote learning,” “online learning,” and “e-learning” are now part of educators’ everyday lexicon. Use of such terminology helps to define and shape the creative innovations taking place. However, many overlaps can be seen within these terms. Urdan and Weggen (2000), for instance, found that that online learning constitutes just one part of e-learning; and further define it as learning processes that take place via the Internet and in blended classroom contexts. They specified that e-learning covers a wide spectrum of applications and processes, including virtual classrooms and digital collaboration.<br /><br />It is mindblowing to consider the changes over a relatively short time! What will the next few years bring....Di Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607530135100159238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853491820735767628.post-90717457615341617842007-08-28T18:49:00.000-07:002007-08-28T19:05:52.671-07:00Distance EducationHow long has distance education been available for students???<br /><br />Romeo (2001) talks about correspondance courses being available since the 1800s. Romeo, L. (2001). <em>Asynchronous environment for teaching and learning: Literacy trends and issues online</em>. The Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 6(3), 24-28. It is amazing to realise it has been around for over 100 years. Think of all the changes in delivery during that time - distance education, flexible learning, and now online learning allowing for an asynchronous learning environment where students can choose their own time and place for learning.Di Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607530135100159238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853491820735767628.post-69398662963032576582007-08-25T22:15:00.000-07:002007-08-25T22:20:29.894-07:00eLearning in educational settings"Flexible learning" according to the <a href="http://flexiblelearning.net.au">Australian Learning Flexible Learning Frameworks</a> web site give people the choice to make decisions about when, how, in what order, for how long and where they will study. <br /><br />Many institutions now offer only online learning courses for some of the professional development courses which are offered to teachers. Should this be the only form of delivery?Di Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607530135100159238noreply@blogger.com0