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OVERVIEW OF E-LEARNING

Jasper (Jia) Pan

Oct. 9 2005

EDUC391 Web Based Technology in Teaching and Learning

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Effective E-learning is Not about E only

E-Learning is both e and learning

What’s e-learning• Content: include both content and

instructional methods

• Media: delivered via computer using words, pictures, videos etc.

• Objective: help learners reach personal learning objectives or perform their jobs

E or media does not foster effective learning

Many research demonstrated that media alone does not create more effective learning

• Clark, 94’• Dillon and Gabbard, 98’• Army experiment, 47’

Learning

Learning

e

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Effective e-Learning Take Consideration to Help Achieve Different Type of Learning

Training goals

Learner differences

Trainingenvironment

Considerations

Types of learning Receptive:

Info acquisition

Directive:Response Strengthen

Guided discovery:Knowledge Construction

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Five Key Successful Factors in Creating Effective e-Learning

• Selection of the important information in the lesson

•Management of the limited capacity I working memory to allow the rehearsal needed for learning

• Integration of auditory and visual sensory information in working memory with existing knowledge in long-term memory by way of rehearsal in working memory

•Retrieval of new knowledge and skills from long-term memory into working memory when needed later

•Management of all of these process via metacognitive skills

Focus

Succinct

Integrated

Relevant

Supportive: