INTERNET AND EDUCATIONAL WEB PUBLISHING

1. INTERNET AND EDUCATIONAL WEB PUBLISHING Elements of E-learning Environment

2. RESOURCES Key Elements in an E-learning Environment • Resources • Information Objects • Documents, Video Clips, PowerPoint Slides, Audio Clips… • Learning Objects • Interactive Digital Representations, Conceptual Models… • Activity (Learning Task) • Problem, Project, Inquiry, Knowledge Building… • Support • Prescriptive • Instructions, FAQ, On-line Help, What-to-do strategies, Extra Resources, Self Check (Drill & Practice) • Just-in-time/ On-demand • Discussion Board, Email, Chat, • Evaluation • Ideally it should be integrated with Activity

3. Kind of Resources • Portable Documents and E-Books • Interactive Multimedia CD-ROMs • Web Pages/Sites • http://nt.media.hku.hk/webcourse/ • http://www.becominghuman.org/ • Digital Video, Animation, Audio, Streaming, BroadCasting and Lifecasting • http://www.learner.org/channel/broadband/video.html • 3D Resources • Presentations and Streaming/Slide Casthttp://eduweb.nie.edu.sg/personal/daniel/engaged/ • Structured Tutorials/Courseware • “ID Book” http://www.southalabama.edu/coe/idbook/ • Simulations and Interactive Learning Objects • http://www.learnactivity.com/pages/lo.htm • MindTools • http://www.interactivephysics.com/

4. Activity (Learning Task) • Inquiries • Problem Solving

5. Example of an Inquiry

6. Inquiry as an Activity • Begins with an interesting question that build on what students already know • Enable students to construct “mental model” of object on an inquiry • Facilitate students division of responsibilities if activity is collaborative • Directs students to resources • Leaves it open to students to get to other resources • Scaffolds students to collect and organize data and information, search for patterns and relationships, examines and applies theories • When it involves collaboration it is “Collaborative Knowledge Building” Activity • Involve students in presentation and discussion of their reports

7. Problem as an Activity • Logical Problem • Algorithms • Story Problems • Rule-using • Decision-making • Troubleshooting • Diagnosis-solution • Strategic Performance • Case Analysis • Design • Dilemmas from Jonassen, D. (2000). Towards design theory of problem solving. ETR&D, 48(4), pp.63-85

8. Scaffolding with Activity Sheets • An activity sheet contains scaffolding tools such as uncompleted or partially completed templates, tables, graphs, concept maps, etc. • Here are some good ideas: • http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html • The activity sheet leads to: • Understand a task; • Collection critical information; • Concept recognition and construction/re-construction; • To generalizations and development of propositions; • Articulation of propositions into mental representations; • Application and innovation; • Reflection…

9. Use of Technology in Completion of Activity • It is important to get students to use technology to complete activities. Here are some examples • Student use MS Word to complete activity sheet • Use digital capture equipment, e.g. digital photo or video camera, digital microscope, virtual telescope, scanners, etc. to capture evidence in support of their arguments • Create PowerPoint presentation to present outcome of activity • Capture data, analysis it with Excel and present results • Present arguments and invite contributions from their peers in discussion tool. Synthesize arguments and present them as a new theory • Develop a Web Site to promote ideas • Build a mind map and use it in their presentation • Collect and manage resources in digital portfolios • Create digital models using contraction tools such as Interactive Physics • Create digital posters and other forms of visual representations to demonstrate their ideas • Design electronic journal or blogs

10. Support • By clear instructions and expectations • Templates • FAQs • Go to other resources like some recommended web-sites • Ask the expert • Newsgoups • Ask your classmates • As last resource? Ask Teacher…