What can e-Learning do for us?A View from the Academic Director of e-Learning
John Davis
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The World of e-Learning
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Purpose
• e-learning is a means to improve the experience of everyone involved in the learning process
e-learning is a means to improve the experience of everyone involved in the learning process
Purpose?
Teaching
Scholarship
Research
Technology Transfer
Doing it Better• Understand the Process
• Concentrate on where we add value
• Identify waste effort and deal with it
e-learning is a means to improve the experience of everyone involved in the learning process
• Benefits of ESU > TSU + LTSS
• Invest in e-L to enhance this• Either eliminate low added value work or let
learners do it themselves with e-support
• Cumbersome admin or over assessment
• Developing Life Long Learners
Examples• Admin Process
• Electronic Submission and Marking• Group organisation and communication
• T & L Process• Walking through archaeological sites in 3D• Virtual Site visits using Access Grid Node• Self taught Mechanics modules for Engineers
• Assessment Process• Formative – question types now very sophisticated• Summative – large scale on-line exams beginning to happen
What can e-Learning do for us?• Provide one means to improve
our processes• We have the many tools to help• Can we get the culture right to
make this happen?
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e-learning is a means to improve the experience of everyone involved in the learning process
The culture? Looking for continuous improvement in what we do
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