A Model of Future E-Learning

1. A Model of Future E-Learning Min-You Wu Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2. Comments Population Globalization Digital divide Multilanguage --- research Student collaboration Society, Community In China, around 1,000 universities offer courses such as programming language

3. Current Situation Most in-class courses Inefficient teaching A teacher teaches a course repeatedly Many teachers teach the same (or similar) course This situation starts to change

4. The E-learning Revolution Multimedia technology enables new styles of education Internet is a powerful tool connecting the world together Large population is able to access education materials

5. Enabling Technologies Broadband networks Nice courseware with multimedia materials End-systems: equipment and software high resolution, mobile, interactive

6. Trend of Distance Learning With broadband networks, courseware will be able to broadcast to the entire world More and more distance learning courses offered More and more people take distance learning courses What is the trend of future education?

7. Trend of Distance Learning Three fourth universities in United State provide on-line courses MIT, Maryland, � Many people take distance learning courses More and more university students take distance learning courses 4 million students involved in online courses

8. Trend of E-Learning With advance of communication networks, a course can be broadcast to all universities People like to take well-designed courses worldwide However, there are some barriers prohibiting people to do so

9. Barrier of Distance Learning What is the barrier? Technology issues Cost Administrative issues � How to overcome these barrier? Nice courseware Inexpensive equipments Inexpensive communication links Time will show its power

10. Overcome the Administrative Barrier Degree requirement Currently, most degree programs allow only limited transfer credits Need mutually accepted credits Tuition In-state or out-state Need mutual agreement Residence requirement Foreign students(India)-no non-degree credit , in-state tuition, credits, exam,Foreign students(India)-no non-degree credit , in-state tuition, credits, exam,

11. Trend of Distance Learning Those courses that are not competitive will vanish Less and less courses are offered Finally, only a few courses survive These courses must be excellent

12. A Model of Future Education Teacher Stars ????? Fine Courseware ????? Content Modules ????? Tutoring Hierarchy ?????

13. Teacher Stars Under the e-learning environment, less and less teachers are needed Eventually, for each course, only a few teacher stars arise as a result of competition These teacher stars are specialized in offering elegant courses

14. Teacher Stars They spend their time on a few courses Explain and clearly set forth course materials Improve the quality of learning (QoL), make easy-to-learn (ETL) materials Use advanced methods such as multi-media, animation, virtual reality, etc. Education psychology

15. Fine Courseware Teacher stars make fine courseware New technology is used to produce the courseware A few varieties of the same course are enough Multi-linguistic courseware

16. Fine Courseware What are essential ingredients of a fine courseware? Course materials Audio Whiteboard and PPT Body language and demo --- video Attractive �

17. Fine Courseware What are additional ingredients to a fine courseware? Interactive High quality Multimedia Virtual reality �

18. Fine Courseware Immersive or super -immersive? Using new technologies such as virtual reality, animation, games, etc.

19. Content Modules The current course arrangement is constrained by the semesters, quarters, etc. Contents could be self-organized Self-contained contents Flexible credits

20. Content Modules Content modules are the basic learning units More flexible Collection of modules Dependency graph

21. Content Modules

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24. Content Modules Usage I: connect the modules together to form a course Modules -> course -> degree Usage II: use modules to define a degree Modules -> degree More revolutionary

25. Tutoring Hierarchy Thousands or ten thousands students may take a same course Tutoring is a major challenge Solution --- many assistants organized in a hierarchy to help students

26. Tutoring Hierarchy What an assistant does: Local Q&A sessions Grading Exam proctor �

27. Tutoring Hierarchy Other issues Reuse the hierarchy for multiple courses Students communities and collaboration

28. Impact Globalization People in different countries may take the same course A solution to educational digital divide Neighborhoods with less access to education resource are at a disadvantage when they come to seeking better jobs Distance learning is a way to solve this problem

29. Real-time or On-demand Real-time broadcasting or multicasting Content-on-demand We will see less broadcasting courses Real-time course broadcasting will mostly be used for seminars and new courses

30. Research Topics Higher-level courses and seminars Virtual environment Evaluation of learning quality Same or better than in-class teaching What other teachers do --- a sad picture? loss job becomes assistants what else?

31. Conclusion The models of education keep change With new technology development, a major paradigm shift will happen soon Two major techniques Broadband communication Multimedia content development

32. Conclusion What is the future of universities and schools? Answers: No major change A few super-universities No current form of universities