E-Tools for E-Learning

E-TOOLS IN E-LEARNING

Dr David Asirvatham

Director

IT Centre

University of Malaya

David Asirvatham, University of Malaya

E-Tools for E-Learning

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Scope

ITC in Malaysia The Internet Impact of Internet on Education E-learning E-tools for e-learning Conclusion



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Malaysia

Labour-driven

Labour-driven

Investment-driven

Productivity-driven

Knowledge-driven

1960 19951970 1980 2000 & Beyond

Primary Commodities

Assembly-type Manufacturing

Medium-tech Manufacturing & Services

High-tech Manufacturing & Services

Knowledge-basedMSC

Multimedia Super Corridor

- Special Cyberlaws, policies and practices

- World class infra-structure and next generation 2.5 - 10 Gbmultimedia network

- MDC - a premier one stop shop to facilitate and promote in investments

MSC boundaryPETALING JAYA

KLCC

KLIA

AIRPORT CITY

Technology Park

PUTRAJAYA

KL Tower

CYBERJAYA

UPM/MTDC

ICT in Education & Religion

• 1 Corridor

• 50 world-class companies

• Launch 7 flagship applications

• World-leading framework of cyber laws

• Cyberjaya as world-leading intelligent city

• Cut Digital Divide

• R&D & HR focus

• Set global standards in flagship applications

• Harmonized global framework of cyber laws

• 4-5 intelligent cities linked to other global cyber cities

• All of Malaysia

• 500 world-class companies

• Global test-bed for new multimedia applications

• International CyberCourt of Justice in MSC

• 12 intelligent cities linked to global information highway

Transform Malaysia into a knowledge society

Phase 3Phase 2

Link the MSC to other cybercities in Malaysia and worldwide

Phase 1

Successfully create the Multimedia Super Corridor

THE MSC VISION: Targets set

Leapfrog into leadership in

the Information

Age

1996 20202003 2010

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Flagship Applications

OBJECTIVES • Jumpstart development• Provide business

opportunities• Nurture development of

local IT/Multimedia SMEs• Applications spur

transformation to Knowledge society

E-BUSINESS

Telehealth

Smart School Multipurpose Card

R&D Cluster

Electronic Government

Worldwide Manufacturing Web

Borderless Marketing Centre

Technopreneur Development

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Government Multi-Purpose Card (GMPC) – To promote e-government

National I.D

Driving License

E-Cash

PASPORT

MALAYSIA

Health Information

Public Key Infrastructure(Open PKI Digital Certificate)

Immigration

MULTI APPLICATION SMART CARD

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Registration of birth

Registration for school

Issuance of ID card

Filing of tax returns

Electronic voting

Issuance of home-building license

ElectronicGovernment

Transaction of SOCSO payments

Issuance of driver’s license

ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT - services for citizens

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Success of a nation

What will drive the success of a Nation in 2020 and beyond?

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Success of a Nation

LAND+

LABOUR

CAPITAL+

ENERGY

INFORMATION+

KNOWLEDGE

PRIMARY WEALTH CREATING ASSETS1800 2020

Malaysian National ICT Agenda

KNOWLEDGE-BASEDECONOMY

PEOPLE- Work Culture- ICT Skills- Knowledge worker- Learning Society- United, moral & ethical

INFRASTRUCTURE- Communication - Fibre-Optic Cabling- Gigabit ATM- Satellite- Transport/Logistic- etc

APPLICATION &CONTENT- Smart Schools- e-govt.- Smartcard- Tele-medicine- Others

EDUCATION

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Role of Education

EDUCATION

SOCIO-POLITICAL DEV.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

SOCIAL HARMONY

PRODUCTIVITY

SKILL DEV.

NATION BUILDING



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Internet

Internet is creating a new digital world. It is changing the way we do:BusinessCommunicateManageBanking & bill paymentLearn

World Internet Users

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Internet Users



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Internet Users in Malaysia



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Top 10 in Asia



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Internet has the greatest impact on Society

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Internet

Cellular

Personal Computer

Microwave Oven

VCR

Television

Radio

Airplane

Automobile

Telephone

Electricity 1873

1876

1952

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Number of yearsto spread to 25% of the population

Source: http://www.eAPF.net

Internet is reshaping the world

INTERNET INTERNET

New Businessese.g. Amazon, eBay

Stock Markete.g. IT companies (Microsoft, Cisco)

Internet Bankinge.g. eCash

New Productse.g. Animation, PDA

IT professionse.g. Bill Gates, Dell

Educatione.g. E-learning

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Internet Revolution not Evolution

Internet, through e-learning, bringseducation to people

TraditionalBanking

E-Banking

TraditionalShopping

E-CommerceB2C, B2B, etc

TraditionalClassroom

E-Learning



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Demo: Skype



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Security: CCTV



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Video: Do You Know

H:\OUM\DidYouKnow.flv



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E-Learning



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E-Learning

What is great about e-learning?

Why people want to use it?



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Learning

Moving from e-economy to k-economy Learning will be come primary Integrating with other core business also

become important More people need to be trained, more

frequently How do we do this?



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Evolution of Education

ICT can changeThe way we teachThe way we learnThe way we manage schoolsThe we lead the school

Change!

Internet has started reshaping education.Education will not be the same in the next decade

There is no going back. The traditional classroomhas to be transformed

Web-based Education Commission, US

All schools must be transformedby the end of this decade

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What is e-learning?

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What is E-learning?

The use of Internet technologies to deliver a broad array of solutions that enhance knowledge and performance

Rosenberg, 2001

E-learning is Internet-enabled learning

http://www.cisco.com

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Traditional & E-learning Approach

Traditional and E-learning approaches

Traditional Classroom E-Learning

Classroom Physical – limited size Synchronous

Unlimited Anytime, anywhere

Delivery Books PowerPoint/transparency/etc Video Discussion/Tutorial

Multimedia / simulation Digital library VOD, Video conferencing Chat, forum, e-mail, web sites

Personalisation One learning path Self paced

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Chalk-and-talk has longruled the classrooms will not be eliminated Less emphasis

Interactive Digital Content:

• more emphasis• on demand learning• interactive

E-Learning: Blended Mode



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Global E-Learning Market

2002 2006 2011

US$10.3 b US$83.1 b US212 b

Source: http://www.brandon-hall.com, Nov. 2003

Corporate E-Learning

Year 2001 2004

Percent of e-learning

10.5% 25%

Source: American Society for Training and Development (http://www.astd.org), Nov. 2003

http://www.brandon-hall.com/

http://www.astd.org/

E-Learning will be big

Education and training forms one of the largest sectors of the economy

in most countries

Over the last decade, the number of corporate universities grew

from 400 to 1,800 Meister, Jeanne op. cit., endnote 23

>50% of Fortune 500 companieshave established corporate

universities Moe and Blodgett, op. cit., endnote 21, p. 230.

Skilled jobs now represent 85% of all jobs in US, in contrast to

20% in 1950. http://www.webcommission.org/directory

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More people will need education

A big growth is expected in the education market

Student population in US colleges increase from 232,000 at the turn of the century to 13 million today

In Malaysia, with one universityin 1957 to over 50+ public and private university

The US Army has establisheda online educational portaland hope to enroll 15,000 to 20,000 of its army personnelfor a degree programme

The future soldiers willnot be carry guns butcomputers

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Growth of e-learning UK e-learning market is expected to grow at

18% a year (“TrainingZONE”, 2007) The US corporate demand for learning

services is expected to grow by a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.1% and it will approach US$10 billion by 2012 (Adkins, 2007).

By 2012, 86% of all revenues will be derived from self-paced e-learning services

The global e-learning market will surpass US$52.6 billion by 2010 (Kopf, 2007).



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Growth of e-learning In US 1.6 million students registered for

online degree programmes in 2002. The figure doubled in 2005 (Allen &

Seaman, 2006). Today, of the 17 million students

registered for higher education, 3 million are registered for e-learning programmes



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Snapshots: Corporate Universities

Using Cisco’s IP/TV, it can trainup to 3,000 people at once worldwide



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Snapshot: e-Universities



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Benefits of e-Learning Learn anywhere, anytime by anyone Large audience Access to earlier materials Private & public discussion Large volume of resources/information Two-way communication (online chat, forum,

etc.) E-Learning is interactive (not learning alone) Multimedia-based content

Demo on e-learning

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Impact of e-learning on institutions

COMPETITIVE

E-LEARNING

WIDER TRAINING ACCESS

IMPROVE QOS

ADULT LEARNERS

REDUCE COST OF TRAINING

TRAIN MORE PEOPLE

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS



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E-Tools for Learning

Will the Internet reshape Teaching & Learning?

Internet Bankinge.g. e-Cash

New Productse.g. Animation, PDA

INTERNET

INTERNET

New Businessese.g. Amazon, eBay

Stock Markete.g. IT companies (Microsoft, Cisco)

IT professionse.g. Bill Gates, Dell

Educatione.g. E-learning

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e-Tools for e-learning 1.0

E-mail Browser (Online Materials) Chat rooms Newsgroups Desktop video-conferencing

(Netmeeting) Learning Management System (LMS) Management software



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E-mail

Powerful communication tool Interaction between Instructor and

Learner Asynchronous communication Question and Answer sessions Forum Instructor should have the e-mail

addresses of all learners

Online Materials

Web, the largest digital library Vast amount of information 4 x 1019 of information generated this year Unstructured For learning

Need to select and filterOrganisePresentation

E-books http://visualbasic.freetutes.com/learn-vb6/lesson1.html

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Adobe Acrobat Document

E-learning 2.0

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Web 2.0 ? What is web 2.0? Platform to facilitate creativity, information

sharing, and, most notably, & collaboration Web 2.0 does not refer to any specific change

in the technology of the Internet, but rather the behaviour of how people use the Internet

Examples include wikis, social networking sites, blogs,etc

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Everything 2.0

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E-Learning 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Libraries 2.0 Education 2.0 Management 2.0 People 2.0 Many more….

Top 10 Tools

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O=online; M=Mac; W=Windows

Twitter Sharing: What is happening now Stay connected Follow what a person is doing SMS via web?

http://twitter.com/

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LinkedIn Connect people Professional reference point World’s largest professional

connections Business Oriented

http://www.linkedin.com/

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Facebook:

Networking Promotion of products Discussion Etc.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=2204956245&v=wall&ref=search



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youtube

Plenty of educational video Link to your website Recorded Lectures



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Slideshare

Sharing of presentation slide Powerpoint slides, word documents, etc the world's largest presentation sharing

community http://www.slideshare.net/



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Google

Google Google ScholarGoogle BookmarkGoogle ReaderSurveyChatCalendar

Google Apps is free for education

Can we teach & learn using these e-tools?

Facebook Twitter Myspace Youtube iPod PDA bible Many more…

Website E-mail Online resources Online forums Photo gallery Database Many more…

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Other e-tools

Mind MappingMindplanMindomoWisemappingMindmeister

TimelineTimeGlider



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Organise: Mind Mapping



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Organise: Mind Mapping



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Demo: MindMeister

http://www.mindmeister.com/

http://www.mindmeister.com/



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Online Survey /Quiz

Can be created in min. Easy to use Templates available Secured Auto-report generated Summary Reports



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Online Survey: Demo

http://www.questionpro.com

http://www.questionpro.com/



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Online Survey



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Online Survey



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Online Survey



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Content Development

HTML Animation (e.g. Flash) Sound Editor Video Editor Storyboading



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Content Development

Screen Capture too Rapid content development E.g Camtasia



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Sound Editor

Many instructors are recording their lectures and upload to iPod, podcast, etc

Sound editor to refine you lecture E.g. Audacity Free tools



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Video Editor & Convertor

Video capturePhoneDVNotebook

Edit the video & upload Windows Movie maker AVS4u



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Photo Editor

Image editing software Photoshop Picasa – free (Photo & album)



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And many more…



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Are we ready for e-learning?



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The changes… A study by National School Boards

Association: 96% of students with online access use social

networking technologies (i.e. chat, text message, blog, etc)

81% say they have visited online community within past 3 months (e.g. Facebook, MySpace, Webkinz, etc.)

71% use it weekly60% of them discuss education-related topics50% talk specifically about school-work



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The changes…

The study also show thatstudents are engaging in creative activities

on social networkingExample: writing, art, and contributing to

collaborative online projects



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Popular activities of students



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Creative tools: Online Community There many online tools

ChatVideo conferencingBlogDiscussion forumE-learning tools

Many online communities



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Online Community

Traditional (offline) communityNo cyberspaceTied to locationCan you like a person who you never met?

But this is not true todayChatrooms, Facebook, MySpace, etcVirtual worlds are places the online

communities get together



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Online Community People make friends There is motivation People provide help and support People spend lots of time People exchange view People do shopping People attend school or university People learn…



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Is online communities strong? March 2008 Election Online Relationship

Proximity and frequency of contactSelf-presentationHelp each otherTrust

Behind Online communities are real people



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Second Life …demo



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Research in virtual world



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Social Network in second Life



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What is meant by “close” in second life?

Trust and credibility - communication



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Teaching in SL

Be an early adopter Be creative Students are motivated Students can “do” Sense of real presence Fun factor – imagination & creativity Environment to promote creativity



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Summary

Adoption of online learning is vital for creativity and innovation

Early adopter will lead rather than follow Students are already using the online

tools Online tools will not replace Offline

(traditional) tools but enhance them Blended approach is necessary



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Conclusion E-learning offers great new opportunity to learn. Large range of e-tools are available for teaching,

& learning Address the issue of “Digital Divide” Willingness to change We cannot be left behind by technology We must move forward with this technology Technology is a tool that will assist us in teaching

and learning



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