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E-Learning in Higher Education
Gráinne ConoleUniversity of Leicester
19th October 2012New technologies and education
for multilingualismEuropean Parliament, Brussels
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Outline• E-Learning timeline• Technologies trends• Technologies for learning• Learning Management Systems• Teacher practice and paradoxes• Learning Design• E-Pedagogies• Conclusion
E-learning – a definition
The development and research of the application of technologies in education.
E-Learning timelineM
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Technological trends
• Mobiles and e-books• Games-based learning• Learning analytics• Gesture-based learning• Personalised learning• Cloud computing• Ubiquitous learning• BYOD (Bring your own device)
Google glasses project
• Can ‘see’ the Internet on glasses
• Context sensitive information
• Context lenses planned
Learning Management Systems
Content Communication tools
Collaborationtools
Assessment tools
Upload tools
Trackingtools
Library
Finance
Student records
Registration
Timetabling
Conole, forthcoming, UNESCO briefing paper
Forums
• Provides a space for structured asynchronous and moderated discussion
• Forum for question and answer sessions
• Can be used as an informal social space
Blogs
• An online, chronological collection of personal commentary and links
• Sequential posts of content and multimedia
• Facility to add comments• Can be used to foster
reflection• Group blogs to aggregate
resourceshttp://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli7006.pdf
Wiki
• Web space that can be viewed and modified by a group
• Promotes asynchronous communication and collaboration
• A shared space for group activities
• A record of who has contributed
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli7004.pdf
Comparison
Discussion Forums Blogs Wikis
• Structured and moderated discussion
• Problem Solving• Brainstorming
Quick response to questionsFAQs at start of a module/coursePromotion of new ideas and concepts
• Reflective space• Aggregation of
resources• Portfolio of
learning achievements
• Share ideas with the wider communityRelating theory to practice in a work-based context
• Knowledge gathering and sharing Collaboration and group work
• Aggregation of resources
• Record of contributions
Promise and reality
Social and participatory media offer new ways to communicate and collaborate
Wealth of free resources and tools
Not fully exploited
Replicating bad pedagogy
Lack of time and skills
Learning Design
Shift from belief-based, implicit approaches to design-
based, explicit approaches
Encourages reflective, scholarly practices
Promotes sharing and discussion
Learning DesignA design-based approach to creation and support of
courses
Learning Design of a Learning Activity
Institutional context
External context
Technology affordances
Pedagogies
Teacherpractice
Learner characteristics
Course Featureshttp://linoit.com
Course Map
Guidance and support Content and experienceTools & resources Responsibilities & relationships Tools & resources Responsibilities & relationships1. 2. 3.4.5.6.7.
1. 2. 3.4.5.6.7.
Reflection and demonstration Communication and collaborationTools & resources Responsibilities & relationships Tools & resources Responsibilities & relationships1. 2. 3.4.5.6.7.
1. 2. 3.4.5.6.7.
Course/module summary: Key words:
http://tinyurl.com/ActivityProfileFlash
Activity Profile
• Assimilative (Read, view, listen)• Information Handing• Communicative• Productive• Experiential• Adaptive• Assessment
Storyboardhttp://linoit.com
Content (under the appropriate licences)
Format
Text & graphics Audio Video Slides (e.g.
PowerPoint)
Other (e.g. Adobe
Presenter)
What I find and reuse as is
What I find, tweak and use
What I find, repurpose and use
What I create for this module
Resource Audit
EvaluationWe made a big breakthrough. We have achieved the insight about the need to structure it as a course, an online course, and not just simply as a set of learning activities plus integrated resources.
The visual nature of the tools and the quick and easy way that one could use it without too much elaborative training. They help stimulate us to look at the course in a different way, in a natural and creative way even if we didn’t see all the little links right upfront.
I wanted to have my thinking
challenged with regard to course
design and development and I
definitely left reflecting and
questioning our unit's current
approach and have some good
tools and approaches to pilot with
course design teams.
It’s a way of freeing your mind and putting all the
ideas of all the people in the course team down
somewhere, not having to be so prescriptive. It
was just a much freer and [more] creative
experience than getting the learning outcomes and
writing them as active verbs, and getting in at a
granular level. It was quite sort of a liberating
thing to just have everybody move components
around and say, ‘Do you know I really like all these
features. I’d like to do some problem-based
learning. I’d like to do peer-review.’
Ming Nie
A
AssociativeFocus on individualLearning through association and reinforcement
ConstructivistBuilding on prior knowledgeTask-orientated
SituativeLearning through social interactionLearning in context
ConnectivistLearning in a networked environment
Pedagogies of e-learningE-AssessmentDrill & practice
Inquiry learningCollective intelligenceResource-based
Experiential, Problem-based Role play
Reflective & dialogic learning, Personalised learning
E-Assessment, drill and practice
Mobile learning
Study calendarsE-booksLearning resourcesOnline modulesAnnotation toolsMind mapping toolsCommunication mechanisms
Collective intelligence
Situated learning and role play
Archeological digsMedical wardsArt exhibitionsCyber-lawVirtual language exchangeBeyond formal schooling
Image by James Cridland
100 million adults can’t afford university (UNESCO)
Resource-based learning
• Over ten years of the Open Educational Resource (OER) movement
• Hundreds of OER repositories worldwide
• Presence on iTunesU Podcasts - iTunes U
The OPAL metromap
http://www.oer-quality.org/
Evaluation shows lack of uptake by teachers and learnersShift from development to community building and articulation of OER practice
Outputs• Inventory of more than 100 OER initiatives• 11 country reports and 13 mini-reports• 7 in-depth case studies• 3 EU-wide policy papers• 7 options brief packs for EU nations/regions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3gMGqcZQc
MassiveOpen Online Course
http://www.olds.ac.uk/
Resources Learning pathways
Support Accreditation
Disaggregation of education
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emclibrary/2459359483/
Open accreditation
www.p2pu.org/en/
Peer to Peer University
wikieducator.org/OER_university/
OER University
Implications for institutions
• Disaggregation: resources, learning pathways, support and accreditation
• What is the role of traditional institutions?
• Tension of institutionally support systems and Cloud services
• More open approaches to learning, teaching and research
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssoosay/6738302627/
http://www.slideshare.net/GrainneConolehttp://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/beyond-distance-research-alliance
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