eLearning Skillsets
January 19, 2009 · Posted in eLearning skillsets
Hi
We need to develop the information that will support the eLearning Skillsets ie for the documentation to support the delivery of the skillsets. Can we please start drafting what we want to achieve with these skillsets and what we mean about current educational technologies. It is not jsut about technology, distance education or blended delivery but a cultural change to using delivery strategies and technolgoy to achieve customsied and personalised learning opportunities for our customers and clients. Please add comment etc.
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I have always wanted to drop the ‘e’ from elearning as in my opinion the ‘e ‘is just one way of a pedagogical approach in teaching and learning however, email’s been around much longer than elearning, and we’ve yet to drop the “e” from it. It does help to differentiate electronic mail from postal mail.
Maybe it’s similar to the square-rectangle relationship — all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares — in that all elearning is learning, but not all learning is elearning. Or is it all just semantics?
I may have changed my mind about elearning one day becoming learning. It always has been learning, but elearning is how we create and share that learning — with tools like Wikispaces, Blogs, Moodle and Connect whatever VLE system and or electronic system available as opposed to more traditional learning with paper-based format. My only thoughts are that we can use the pedagogical approaches with an elearning concept but still have a blended approach within that holistic view of ‘learning’
Alternatively, it’s also a compliment to the eLearning industry if the term ‘eLearning’ becomes extinct. This indicates that technology-based learning solutions have officially become accepted and approved as a viable option.
Many educators today think like myself that the term ‘e-learning’ has been overused and like many of us in innovation teaching and learning units see technology is now clearly embedded in all modern learning solutions that we are striving to embed.
Maybe we should approach it like this: The term ‘eLearning’ should only be used to classify an individual’s skill set. For example: He/She has eLearning skill.. When we plan a training event, we should talk about learning in general instead of assuming a technology-based solution is necessary (eLearning). And if a learning experience utilizes a significant amount of technology, then it’s an eLearning approach. I don’t think the culture out there is ready to drop the ‘e’ just yet.