Forecast on E-Learning diffusion E-Learning for accessibility

1. Forecast on E-Learning diffusionE-Learning for accessibility Alessandro Bogliolo Information Science and Technology Institute Online degree program in Applied Computer Science University of Urbino - Italy alessandro.bogliolo@uniurb.it

2. Main motivations • Accessibility • Physical impairments • Compatibility with personal needs • Internationalization • Cross-border education • Virtual mobility

3. Main issues • Digital divide • Infrastructure • Culture • Demanding technologies • Computational resources / Bandwidth • Usability • Cost • Sense of community • Transactional distance • Organizational effort • Not reduced w.r.t. traditional courses • Linguistic diversity • Multilingual vs Monolingual

4. Our directions • Digital divide • Wireless connectivity • ICT online courses • Demanding technologies • Asynchronous learning objects • Enhanced text-based synchronous interactions • Sense of community • Collaborative learning • Social networking (web 2.0) • Organizational effort • Re-usable learning objects (?) • Lightweight remote support centers • Linguistic diversity • Content and language integrated learning

5. References • Online degree program in applied computer science http://e-learning.sti.uniurb.it/ • Content and language integrated learning http://e-learning.sti.uniurb.it/clil/ • Wireless campus http://www.wireless-campus.it/ • Worldwide campus model “Global Accessibility of Higher Education: Using ICT to Build a Worldwide Campus”, EISTA-05 • Text-based interaction “LoL classroom”, ICL-06 • Psychological sense of community “The effects of the Psychological Sense of Community in on-line and face-to-face academic courses”, ICL-07 • Virtual mobility “Accessible virtual mobility”, EADTU-07