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eLearning or eKnowledge - What are we offering students? A look at the convergence of elearning and eknowledge, looking at the purpose of the design - informational or instructional? Presented at the Unisa Cambridge Open and Distance eLearning Conference, Stellenbosch.
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eLearning or eKnowledge:What are we offering students?
Greig Krull and Brenda Mallinson
29 September 2013Unisa Cambridge ODeL Conference
The Challenge
“This course contains an overflow of information”
“Lets just create a course for this”
Is it a learning programme or a
collation of content?
Wikipedia Commons (PD)
Impact of Supporting ICT
Increased access to resources,
information, knowledge
eLearning Africa Report (2013) CC-BY-NC-ND
Emergence of new methods of teaching
and learning
But…
• Deployment of technologies such as VLE/LMS usually perpetuates transmissive modes
• Aim seems to be efficiency of delivery rather than improving the learning experience
Brent Hoard (2009) CC-BY
Leading to…
Dissatisfactory Use of
Technology
Decontextualised Information
Dumping of Content
Poor learning design leading to unsatisfactory student learning experience with poor results
Importance of Learning Design
Design Purpose
1. What do learners need
to learn?
2. How can we help learners
learn?
3. How will we know learners have learned?
4. How can we sure of good
quality learning?
The Three Presences
Cognitive
TeachingSocial
Anderson (2008)
Supporting discourse
Setting climate
Selecting content
Educational Experience
eLearning Tools
eKnowledge
• Share informational content • Easily and appropriately accessible
Need for Knowledge Management
Need for on-demand learning activities
Make sense of the plethora of information
Collect, organise and share organisational information and experiences to create additional value
Convergence of Knowledge and LearningKnowledge as… Knowledge and Learning
ThemeLearning as…
Artefact• Semantic Markup• Knowledge types
Objects Content / Authoring• Knowledge downsizing• Metadata / Standards
Processes• Knowledge Lifecycle• Infrastructure
Processes Flow of Instruction• Instructional Design• Learning Activities
Social Construct• Communities of Practice• Virtual Teams
Strategies Communities / Social• Organisational Learning• Workplace Learning
Infrastructure• Applications• Enabling Technologies
Systems “System”• Services• Roles / Actions
Knowledge Flow / Services• Semantic Services• Instrument knowledge flow
Performance Learning Context• Augmentation• Ubiquitous learning
Lytras and Sicilia (2005)
Independent and Adult Learning
Adult Learning
Confidence &Independence
Skills & Strategy
Knowledge & Understanding
Experience
Reflection
Creativity
Syverson (2006)
Implications
Rethink course outlines and learning objectives
Sharper focus on instructional resources
Utilise well-structured informational resources
to be found at the moment of need
Clarify the approach best suited to a
particular learning purpose
Spend more time guiding learners to find, interpret, evaluate and
use content
Rethink the HOW in the design of our learning
provision
Reflection
1. What is the purpose of the content and resources you are providing for students?
2. How are you using technology to support your teaching and learning approach?
Thank You
Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Greig Krull [email protected] @greigk_zaBrenda Mallinson [email protected]
www.slideshare.net/oerafrica
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