Más contenido relacionado La actualidad más candente (20) Similar a Digital Campus eLearning Services (20) Digital Campus eLearning Services2. Key Issues
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Students demanding more
technology based course materials
and activities
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Teachers need skills in how to use
technology effectively
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Rapid teaching staff turnover
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Increasing student numbers
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The need to improve teaching and
learning experience
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4. What is eLearning?
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"E-learning comprises all forms of
electronically supported learning
and teaching"
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-learning)
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Technology enhanced learning:
technology to improve the student
learning experience
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Combined with face to face
teaching to form blended learning
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More about improving pedagogy,
less about the actual technology
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5. What eLearning is not...
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Not simply uploading powerpoint
presentations/documents
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Not simply giving students a list
of internet links
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Not only for distance learning
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Not dependent on internet
connection (can be run on a
local network)
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Not to replace the teacher
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6. eLearning Strengths
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Improve student collaboration
through the use for forums,
discussions, blogs, wikis and other
tools
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Reuse existing high quality content
(e.g. Open Educational Resources)
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Online student assignment
submission
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Multimedia delivery (videos,
animations, images, podcasts)
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7. eLearning Weaknesses
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Doesn't guarantee the quality of
courses produced
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Teachers need training/support
in how to use elearning
effectively
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Won't necessarily reduce costs
(in the short term)
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Requires reliable and robust ICT
infrastructure and open access
computer labs for students
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8. Opportunities
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Chalk and talk style lectures can be replaced with more active and
participatory teaching and learning methods
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Better handover between lecturers of course materials.
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Better quality control management of courses
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Learners (not just teachers) contribute to the educational experience
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More consistent course delivery for courses taught by several
teachers (all can use the same content and activities)
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Open many other opportunities for digital classrooms, lecture capture
and publishing
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9. Moodle
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Moodle is one of the most widely used
course management systems, used by
some of the biggest universities (eg
Open University UK)
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Free and open source, runs on a
standard web server (can be installed
on a local network)
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Can support 1000's of users and courses
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Provides activities such as forums, chat, wikis, quizzes, assignments
plus many more
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Well supported and with active user community for teaching and
technical advice/support
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11. Training delivered
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2 years of delivering elearning
training to teachers at Mekelle
University
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40 teachers completed
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Blended learning course
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Over 50 courses developed (28 from
HS, 21 from Tech, 4 from Pedagogy)
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Over 25 elearning specialists from
other Ethiopian Universities trained
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12. Course participation
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Over 1000 students registered
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Visit the MU elearning site: http://www.mu.edu.et/elearning
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13. Recommendations
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Requires elearning strategy/policy from the University
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Recognition for training participants
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Blended learning approach works better than online only
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Student engagement depends on recognition (e.g. count towards
their course grades)
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Essential that students get open access to computer labs
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15. Training and Certification
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Certification for teachers
(Masters level course from Alcalá
University, Spain)
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Creative commons licensed
course content
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Support/training for elearning
teams
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Support/training for ICT teams
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Student Inductions
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Focus on practical issues and skills
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Using Moodle course management software
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For teachers new to online or blended learning
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3 month (1 semester), part time (approx 100 hours)
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Blended learning approach (face to face workshops and online)
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View the course at:
http://moodle.alexlittle.net/course/view.php?id=13
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17. Certification Content
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How to create a well structured and
formatted online/blended course
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How to upload existing content in
appropriate formats
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Creating online activities, quizzes,
assignments etc
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Using multimedia, videos, animations
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Current issues around use of elearning
and web 2.0 technologies
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Enhancing course content using open
educational resources
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18. Strategy and Policy Development
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University wide elearning
strategy
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Based on best practice from UK
Universities
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Supporting university elearning
teams to deliver the strategy
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20. ICT Infrastructure
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elearning is worthless if students
don't have the means to access
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24 hour 7 days a week open
access computer labs
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Focus on the key tools: web
browser, email and office
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All students have their own
account and desktop environment
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21. Focus on service, not hardware
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Reliable, well maintained ICT
infrastructure with service level
agreement
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Use thin client technology
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Hyper-scalable and flexible: build
in new/existing hardware
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Modular but integrated elearning
systems
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Using Open Source software (no
license fee)
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22. Modular Applications
Mobile Applications
Student Info Systems
Patient Records
kaltura (video)
moodle (e-learning)
e-mail / web
Modules Digital Campus Infrastructure
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23. Benefits
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24. For the university
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Well trained staff producing
quality course materials and
activities
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Improved student learning
experience
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Better course content
management with high staff
turnover
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Managed and supported ICT
infrastructure
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25. For the teacher
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Move away from lecture oriented
teaching
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Training and certification
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Reliable ICT infrastructure for
elearning activities
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26. For the student
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Improved learning
experience
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Higher quality course
content and activities
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Personalized desktop
environment available from
any client device
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27. Summary
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28. Our Services
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eLearning training and certification for all staff involved in elearning
delivery
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Facilitated elearning training course, either through blended learning
or online only
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Integrated with robust and scalable ICT infrastructure
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eLearning server installation, training, support and administration
(using Moodle)
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