4.1 eLearning Landscapes
"We recognize and accept that our students live in a digital age. It is a given that they will need to be responsible digital citizens and will both consume and produce with digital technologies but to insist that the creation of powerful learning environments requires a computer is to do a disservice to the complexities of teaching and learning."
Jordan Tinney, Jan 10, 2015.
With this thought in mind, the careful design of learning within a variety of spaces and places is part of what it means to be a digital teacher and learner. As teachers, you will create learning events using a variety of tools and resource. The complexity of organizing, managing and structuring learning experiences and assessments infused with technological tools will challenge and excite your work as a teacher and co-learner.
Jordan Tinney, Jan 10, 2015.
With this thought in mind, the careful design of learning within a variety of spaces and places is part of what it means to be a digital teacher and learner. As teachers, you will create learning events using a variety of tools and resource. The complexity of organizing, managing and structuring learning experiences and assessments infused with technological tools will challenge and excite your work as a teacher and co-learner.
Picturing the landscape of elearning can be challenging for those unfamiliar with the terrain. Designing and developing relevant learning experiences in today's classrooms can often create chaos - for the teacher and the learner. Digital tools and resources can be incorporated along a continuum from direct, micro teaching moments in a face to face interaction with students to spaces where students and teacher manage learning events without physically being in the same place. For most classroom teaching and learning, the space within the four walls will adapt to a variety of combinations and tools. Some to the applications of digital technologies to classroom spaces includes blended learning and flipped instruction. These will be explored further in the next section.
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In the Introduction to e-Learning the term is defined as "learning facilitated and supported through the use of information and communications technology" (JISC Digital Media). There are many variations, tools, techniques and terms used when referencing learning. The inclusion of technology is structured throughout the process and products of learning. Activities and learning events can occur alone, with a partner or in groups. Many of the attributes defined for Web 2.0 can be seen within the constructs of elearning.
Link to the collaborative Google document space created for this class. Follow the instructions on the first page of the document to create your own working space to collect ideas, concepts, definitions or thoughts. Think of the WHAT, SO WHAT, NOW WHAT framework to help you focus your understanding.
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References and Resources
- Jordan Tinner. (Jan 10, 2015). Technology - Can we get past talking about the tool? Retrieved from http://www.jordantinney.org/technology-can-we-get-past-talking-about-the-tool/
- JISC Digital Media. Introduction to e-Learning. Retrieved from http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/guide/introduction-to-elearning