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Planning and Evaluating Effective Practicewith
e-Learning
5. Specific e-learning advantages
Presenters Title
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In practice, we asked

• How can e-learning tools and resources support
• specific activities/outcomes?
• specific learners needs?
• How should (e-)learning be organised to maximise
• learners choice and autonomy (locus of control)
• opportunities for feedback, consolidation
  (practice) and integration
• opportunities for collaboration and peer learning?

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A typology of technologies for learning

• Based on Laurillard (1993, 2nd Edition 2003)
• Typology has been used to support design for
  learning
• e.g. Conole (2004) Littlejohn (2004) Warren and
  Mayer (2000)
• Expresses how technologies are used for learning
• Narrative enabling representation of ideas
• Communicative enabling dialogue between
  learners and others
• Interactive, Productive and Adaptive enabling
  various forms of interactivity between learner(s)
  and the learning system
• Integrative (added category) enabling
  integration of learning across activities

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The typology can be used to

• Choose a technology type
• to support a specific learning activity or
  outcome
• Choose specific technologies within a type
• to suit learners ICT capabilities and skills
• to offer learners choice and autonomy
• e.g. over mode of access, approach to learning,
  medium used, adaptive technology
• to support collaborative and peer learning (if
  appropriate)
• that is available, affordable and effectively
  supported

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Ten technologies for e- and m-learning
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Group activity the technology advantage

• You will be allocated one technology
• Decide where the technology fits in the typology
• i.e. what use (or uses) it is most suited for
• Draw up a list of
• Potential advantages for learning and for
  learners
• Potential risks for learning and for learners
• Real world constrains and considerations
• You have 25 minutes to produce a poster on your
  technology
• Tea and poster exhibition at 1500!

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Further resources

• Effective Practice with e-Learning page 19
• e-learning advantage cards
• Sandy Britain Oleg Liber (2004) Framework for
  the Pedagogical Evaluation of Virtual Learning
  Tools
• Grainne Conole (2004) Report on the effectiveness
  of tools for elearning
• Allison Littlejohn Lou McGill L (2004) Report
  on effective resources for elearning
• Rhona Sharpe et al (2005) Scoping Study the
  Learner Experience of e-Learning
• Helen Beetham (2005) Advantages of e- and
  m-technologies for learning Mapping technologies
  to learning activities Mapping learner
  differences to implications for design
• TechDis technology database http//www.techdis.ac
  .uk/index.php?p3_1
• NESTA FutureLab literature reviews
  http//www.nestafuturelab.org/research/lit_reviews
  .htm
• Diana Laurillard (2003) Rethinking University
  Teaching 2nd Edition Routledge
• Pat Maier Adam Warren (2000) Integrating
  Technology in Learning and Teaching Kogan Page