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Learning Platforms & Effective e-Learning

Learning Platforms & Effective e-Learning. Philip Butler Senior Curriculum Adviser. A Learner’s Journey. Start Middle End. Outline. Understand: What e-Learning is and its benefits Learning Platforms & their uses Design Strategies for e-Teaching

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Learning Platforms & Effective e-Learning

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  1. Learning Platforms & Effective e-Learning Philip Butler Senior Curriculum Adviser

  2. A Learner’s Journey Start Middle End

  3. Outline Understand: • What e-Learning is and its benefits • Learning Platforms & their uses • Design Strategies for e-Teaching • Key Issues for the learner/practitioner/institution

  4. A Learner’s Journey Where do we begin? Task What is the first experience of a WKC student?

  5. A Learner’s Journey 1905 • What was education like... • Determined by institution • A passive activity • Additional resources had to be found in libraries?

  6. A Learner’s Journey 2005 • What is education like... • Determined by institution • A passive activity • Additional resources had to be found in libraries/Learning Resource Centres?

  7. Developing a ‘Learner-centred’ approach

  8. E-Learning: Touching the Void? Student-centred learning requires a cultural shift • Use of Learning Platforms • Strategies for e-Teaching • Issues for embedding practice Demo

  9. The Digital Native is here! Dfes: Towards a Unified e-Learning Strategy Funding attached to Government initiatives New Inspection frameworks

  10. E-Learning • Are we clear what it is? • What, if any, are the benefits? • How does it relate to practice?

  11. The drivers Placing it within an inspection framework: Placing the needs of the learner first!

  12. Learner-centred Enhance ‘differentiation’ • Learning can be more inclusive, computers don’t tire of repeating exercises. Allow ‘Interactivity’ • Simply having access to learning resources online can be a powerful motivator

  13. Learning Platforms • Extends ‘managed’ learning • Breaking down barriers in supporting the learning experience

  14. Learning Platforms One size does not fit all… • Website to store webpages • College Intranet = ranging from simple to sophisticated • VLE/MLE

  15. Vision Strategy functionality • Content: enables access to, and delivery of, learning content. • Management: MIS interoperability; learner management (tracking); • Communications: supports groups and learning communities.

  16. Learning Platforms

  17. What are the key issues? • For the learner • For teachers • For the institution

  18. What have we covered? • What e-Learning is and its benefits • Learning Platforms & their uses • Design Strategies for e-Teaching • Key Issues for the learner/practitioner/institution

  19. Learning Platforms & Effective e-Learning Philip Butler Senior Curriculum Adviser

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