E-learning:

Issues and Concepts for 21st Century Teaching and Learning

-- DANIEL CHURCHILL--The University of Hong Kong

Background image source: Flickr by  Noah Sussman

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What is E-learning?

Source: Dave Cutler http://www.theispot.com/

Contexts for E-learning

1. e-learning as in distance learning   

2. e-learning as in blended learning   

3. e-learning as technology integration   in a classroom …..

WHY E-LEARNING? 

1. improve teaching, learning and assessment …

2. make learning more relevant

3. transform practices

4. increase global/regional competitiveness

ACCESS TO INTERNET

Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats3.htm

ACCESS TO COMPUTERS

Classmate PC from Intelhttp://www.classmatepc.com/

► Asus Eee PC from http://eeepc.asus.com/en/

M-LEARNING

LMS SYSTEM

vs.

Both have limitations

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/moodler/moodle-2-moodlemoot-au-2010

WEB 2.0 The Social Web

1. user controls information

2. web as a point of presence

3. web as a social environments

4. web as a platform/cloud computing

MOODLE 2.0

• Moodle 2.0 promises support for    integration with Web 2.0, repository ….. 

and M-learning  …..

KEY SKILLS FOR TEACHERS IN 21st C

1. harvesting

2. mashing

3. designing and redesigning

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/

CONTENT DESIGN1. Blogs (e.g., Blogger)  

2. Wikies (e.g., Wikispaces)  3. Web-as-a-platform applications   

(e.g., GoogleDocs)4. Podcasting (e.g., Gcast)  

5. Digital Storytelling (e.g., Voicethread)  6. Elluminate or similar technology  

7. Mashing -- Mixing and re-mixing   existing resources and media 

to create new resources

LEARNING OBJECTS

RISAL@HKU – Web 2.0 Social Space http://risal.cite.hku.hk

ADDING ASSETS

http://risal.cite.hku.hk

http://risal.cite.hku.hk

SAVING ASSETS

http://risal.cite.hku.hk

REUSES (EMBEDDING)

SUBSCRIBING

http://risal.cite.hku.hk

MANAGING SUBSCRIPTIONS

http://risal.cite.hku.hk

NETWORKING

http://risal.cite.hku.hk

RISAL V2.0

1. Further Integration with Moodle

2. Mobile Technology

3. Social Networking

4. Capture of Digital Assets

5. Real-time Conversation

6. E-Portfolio Features

http://risal.cite.hku.hk

REAL-TIME ON-LINE

HKU on iTunesU?

G-LEARNING

1. Blogger   2. Gmail 

3. Google Docs  4. iGoogle  

5. Google Sites  6. Google Earth  

7. Google Books  8. Android  

QUATIONS?

Dr. Daniel Churchill Program Director, MSc (IT in Education) ….

Faculty of Education ….THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG ….

Email: dchurch@hku.hk ….Web: http://www.learnactivity.com …. 

Tel: +852 28591141 ….