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ONLINE LEARNING
WHAT AND WHY?
WHO AM I?
• ESL teacher (Kilkenny/Croydon) 11 yrs• teaching online for 3 yrs (TAFE and non-
TAFE)• LearnScope (1998/9)• currently:
- WebCT Coordinator (DMI)- PD Officer (Online Learning) LSRSC (together with Doug Purcell)
WHY GO ONLINE?
From Networking 99:
Networking 99
2004 - only 14% of jobsWILL NOT
require some degree of technological fluency.
WHY GO ONLINE?(10 good reasons)
1.Australia has more than 4M Internet users = about 20% of the population.
2.Convenience factor for students
OPINION:
“ Does anyone really think they can get a degree online that is the equivalent of getting one from a real university where you can brush shoulders with colleagues in a professional and academic environment? ONLINE EDUCATION IS A SCAM. BIG TIME.”
THE REPLY#1
If I hadn’t been able to do my Masters in Business Admin online it never would have happened. I was able to do it:
• while looking after my family• without childcare costs• whenever I wanted• without stress• with no travel costs
THE REPLY #2I received:• more one to one attention than I ever
got in a face to face course• a reply to queries and assignments
within 24 hours, and often 12.========================= ONLINE EDUCATION IS NO SCAM. IT
OPENS DOORS FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME.
WHY GO ONLINE?
3. Many students want it: QLD TAFE survey (1998) - 20%
DMI TAFE survey (2000) - 42%of students expressed desire to do all or part of their course online.
(1400 students surveyed)
POTENTIAL DEMAND FOR SA TAFE
• if around 40% of TAFE SA students want online option…..
• currently 90,000 TAFE SA students
• 40% of 90,000 = 36,000 students!
WHY GO ONLINE?
4. The Internet is the best resource the world has ever seen. Why would you NOT use it?
(Guess where this photograph came from?)
(flash)
WHY GO ONLINE?
5. Research: students who have access to both online and classroom
training do best.6. We owe it to students to encourage
web based computer/research skills.
7. Strategic direction: national (ANTA); state (VLE); institute (strategic plan)
WHY GO ONLINE?
8. Bond between student and lecturer via communication tools
9. It is both a professional challenge and an inspiration.
10. “Technology will not replace teachers, but teachers who
use technology will replace teachers who don’t.”
CONVINCED?
from smoke signals to the Internet
Man - the compulsive communicator
(David Attenborough)
TRAINING/FUNDINGWebCT:
• Introduction to Online Learning (IOL) (next round May 22nd)
• Prepare to Deliver (PTD) (next round starts May 29th)
• Assessment, Quizzes and Surveys (AQS)(next round starts May 29th)Contact: [email protected]
• Course Details: http://www.tafe.sa.edu.au/lsrsc/one/training/sessions.htm
TRAINING/FUNDING
LearnScope • professional development/work
based learningFraming the Future• training packagesHRSC (Human Resources Standing
Committee)
• mid year (hopefully)
TAFE PD WEB RESOURCES
• Professional Development site(http://www.tafe.sa.edu.au/lsrsc/pd/index.htm)
• Online Education Network (ONE)(http://www.tafe.sa.edu.au/lsrsc/one/index.htm)
• Learning Systems and Resources Standing Committee (LSRSC)(http://www.tafe.sa.edu.au/lsrsc.htm)
Michael Coghlan• email: [email protected]• http://www.chariot.net.au/~michaelc• mobile: 0417 8999 12=======================
==This presentation on the Net at:http://www.chariot.net.au/~michaelc/pd/onkapdfront.htm
