The Future of Education: A Movement towards

E-learning?

Education 6620Project #3

By: Janine Ryder

Traditional Classrooms

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Today’s Classrooms

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Today’s Classrooms

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What is E-learning?

“…the use of computer network technology, primarily over an intranet or through the Internet, to deliver information and instruction to individuals”

~ Welsh, Wanberg, Brown, & Simmering (2003) , p. 246

Synchronous E-learning

involves having learners present in front of the computer for a “live” interactive learning sessions

Online chat rooms Video conferences (such as Elluminate Live!) Synchronous discussion forums

~Tsai (2009)

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Asynchronous E-learning

involves learning taking place at any time, and the information being available to the learners at all times

Emails Mailing lists Asynchronous discussion forums

~Tsai (2009)

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Why use E-learning?

Reasons for using e-learning approaches include:

eliminating obstacles caused by distance and time constraints

allows for educational information to be more easily accessible and interactive (Tucker, 2005)

Why use E-learning?

“Interactivity transforms a passive audience into people who are much more likely to absorb information”

~ Burns (2005), p.51

The flexibility of e-learning environments make the idea even more attractive, allowing students to connect and learn across time zones

~Naidu (2007) as cited in Bisoux

(2007)

Why use E-learning?

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Three Generations of Distance Learning

Soren Niper (1989) outlines that distance learning has evolved through three generations:

Correspondence teaching

Multimedia teachingPrint, combined with broadcast media, cassettes and

computers, to some extent

New interactive communications technologies (ICTs)

Learning better with technology

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The Future of E-learning? Desai, Hart, & Richards (2008) call attention to the fact that even though we live in a time where technology is everywhere, our educational environments are lagging behind

There has been a noticeable movement towards e-learning, but there is still a gap between the technological standards of educational institutions and society as a whole

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The Future of E-learning?

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The Future of E-learning?

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Transforming Education

A transformation in education is needed. To attain this, we must parallel how and what the learners need to know in order to be successful in the world of work.

~Christen (2009) This can be done by:

Synchronizing instruction and students’ lives outside the classroom

Aligning curriculum and the currently information-driven workforce

Improving the integration of technology in teaching and learning

~Christen (2009)

References

Bisoux, T. (2007). The Evolution of E-learning. BizEd , 22-29.

Burns, T. (2005, February). E-learning: The Future of Quality Training. Quality Progress , 50-56.

Christen, A. (2009). Transforming the Classroom for Collaborative Learning in the 21st Century. Techniques (ACTE) , 83 (09), 28-31.

Conrad, D. (2008). Reflecting on Strategies for a New Learning Culture: Can we do it? Journal of Distance Education , 22 (3), 157-162.

Desai, M. S., Hart, J., & Richards, T. C. (2008). E-learning: Paradigm Shift in Education. Education , 129 (2), 327-334.

Gell Mason, M., Chesemore, S., & Van Noord, R. (2006). E-learning's Next. Library Journal , 40-43.

Guri-Rosenblit, S. (2005). "Distance education' and 'e-learning': Not the same thing. Higher Education , 467-493.

References

MacFarlane, K. (2001). Just another electric circus? Meeting standards for K to 12 e-learning classroom resources. Education Canada , 41 (3), 26.

Tsai, M.-J. (2009). The Model of Strategic e-Learning: Understanding and Evaluating Student e-Learning from Metacognitive Perspectives. Educational Technology & Society , 12 (1), 34-48.

Tucker, M. (2005, October). E-learning Evolves. HR Magazine , 74-78.

Welsh, E. T., Wanberg, C. R., Brown, K. G., & Simmering, M. J. (2003). E-learning: emerging uses,empirical results and future directions. International Journal of Training and Development , 245-258.