Is the emperor wearing clothes? A debate on hype vs reality in elearning & the true value of...

Is the emperor wearing clothes? A debate on hype vs reality in elearning & the true value of elearning Natalie Lafferty – University of Dundee

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Role of technology in supporting learning clearly acknowledged

Is medical/clinical education stuck in the past? feels like we are discussing the same things as we were 5 years ago?

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What’s the reality?

Connectivity supporting increasing accessibility, collaboration & community

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Communities – Networks - Collectives

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Learning as a process of discourse, !collaboration and knowledge building!

HCPs – Students - e-Patients

… information technology has become a participatory medium, giving rise to an environment that is constantly being changed and reshaped by the participation itself.

Learning communities growing from grass roots self-organised

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Free open access meducation - FOAMed

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Students as producers of learning

Students addressing their learning problems

Walls and barriers to maximising the potential Institutional – Human factors

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Yesterday’s cutting edge is today’s dustbin John Seely Brown

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