Information and communications technologies are playing a vital role in our world by making information and education democratised. As with any field, ICT today has its share of problems too.
Many studies on feedback communication have focussed around feedback provided to the messenger by the audience. This article is focussed on the feedback provided by the messenger, after the audience has responded to the original message.
The most important component of an online course has to be the video lectures. A sophisticated learning management system (LMS) will incorporate video lectures into course modules so that it can easily be viewed and downloaded to keep. Carefully placed within the learning path of the LMS, video lectures can serve as introductory content to a given topic, explanatory content and/or summary content and should function in collaboration with reading materials, quizzes and assignments. The video lecture has the important task of binding all learning components together in a comprehensive manner.
The benefits to be reaped from online learning pertain to teachers just as much as it pertains to learners. The second part of my interview with Karen Walstra, from Karen Walstra Consulting, concerned the topic of teaching and technology.
Sound Idea interviews Karen Walsta, Educational Consultant, to find out more about online education in the South African context
Bringing together the best of both worlds, the Flipped Classroom is a revolution in its own right. It is not a new pedagogy on its own entirely, but rather an approach to education which marries online learning with interactive experiential learning.
Technological innovations are focussed on turning the Elearning experience into one that is completely learner orientated; supporting the needs and requirements of individual learners.
How does online learning affect the state of the university? Is the university immune to technological disruption? And what is online learning doing to the way in which we understand the concept of knowledge?
The new method of education and training has spread across the globe like a wild fire, scorching traditional learning methods in the process. eLearning is completely changing the landscape of education as we know it.