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Beyond U-Tube: An Innovative Use Of Online Digital Video Analysis In Teacher Education, Jeniffer Lane, Tony Fetherston
Beyond U-Tube: An Innovative Use Of Online Digital Video Analysis In Teacher Education, Jeniffer Lane, Tony Fetherston
Tony Fetherston
This paper reports how digital technologies can be successfully incorporated into traditional teaching programmes to support the learning of a new generation of learners. The paper describes two e-learning tools, in part one it describes the introduction of LessonLab an innovative e-learning venture with preservice teachers. This web-based platform called LessonLab used with six cohorts of preservice teachers approximately 600 students, of whom 25% participated in this evaluation. A special feature of this platform is its ability to house streaming video and a range of digital video analysis functions. Research was conducted to determine the effectiveness of this use of …
Transdisciplinary Educational Design: Creating A Structured Space For Critical Reflection On E-Learning Assessment Practices, Meg O'Reilly, Allan Ellis
Transdisciplinary Educational Design: Creating A Structured Space For Critical Reflection On E-Learning Assessment Practices, Meg O'Reilly, Allan Ellis
Dr Meg O'Reilly
Many academic staff are experiencing the multiple challenges and pressures of increased teaching loads, e-learning design and developments, ongoing research including the scholarship of teaching, as well as fiscal accountability. No wonder most lecturers have little time or energy left for the long-valued processes of critical reflection. This paper describes an educational design initiative of three cycles involving academic staff from a range of disciplines who came together with reference librarians and technical support staff in a series of meetings to reflect in a structured action learning process on their practices of designing assessment for e-learning. Creating a structured space …
The Online, The Blended And The Flexible: Learning By Any Means Necessary, Mohammed M. Aman Dr.
The Online, The Blended And The Flexible: Learning By Any Means Necessary, Mohammed M. Aman Dr.
Mohammed M. Aman
Learning science informs us that different people learn differently in terms of pace and learning styles and that all students learn best when they are engaged with the learning materials and when they understand and work towards clear learning outcomes, not only in terms of pace but also in terms of pedagogy, format and mode(s) of delivery. Successful experiences with the early efforts of online and distance learning paved the way for more aggressive advancements in this area which led us to other format of learning that married face-to-face learning with online and most recently with a new method of …