Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
VLE Demonstration
http://bs1.bmth.ac.uk/dhopkins/Captivate/
Demonstration of the Bournemouth University Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) ‘myBU’.
Produced as a trial for a future project, this is intended to go out on a DVD ROM for students (along with other work by other LTs from the Business School) as an introduction to the BU VLE, known as ‘myBU’ (my-B-U). Future ‘editions’ of this demonstration might/will include such aspects of the student experience as:
- Online assignment submisison
- Online MCQs
- Wiki & Blog participation
- Group discusison work
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
“Unveiling the Ambiguity in Current Terminology”
E-learning is mostly associated with activities involving computers and interactive networks simultaneously. The computer does not need to be the central element of the activity or provide learning content. However, the computer and the network must hold a significant involvement in the learning activity.
Web-based learning is associated with learning materials delivered in a Web browser, including when the materials are packaged on CD-ROM or other media.
Online learning is associated with content readily accessible on a computer. The content may be on the Web or the Internet, or simply installed on a CD-ROM or the computer hard disk.
Distance learning involves interaction at a distance between instructor and learners, and enables timely instructor reaction to learners. Simply posting or broadcasting learning materials to learners is not distance learning. Instructors must be involved in receiving feedback from learners.
For each of these concepts, the discriminating feature must be the primary characteristic of the learning activity. Intensive use of the feature is required, since incidental or occasional use of a characteristic feature is not sufficient to qualify for a certain type of learning. For instance, running a CBT application from a file-server does not qualify as e-learning; and e-mailing a teacher after taking a class on a campus is not sufficient to qualify as distance learning.
“E-learning, Online Learning, Web-based Learning, or Distance Learning. Unveiling the Ambiguity in Current Terminology” Susanna Tsai & Paulo Machado, InkiTiki Corporation.
http://elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=best_practices&article=6-1
[Accessed: 03/07/2008]
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Welcome, one and all.
Well, in order to get this CMALT-thing underway, here is a post about a post.
What is it for?
Not sure, but something is a better start than nothing.
When is it for?
Again, not sure, but the sooner I/we get started then the sooner we’ll be on the journey and get ’somewhere’.
Who is it for?
Well, technically it’s for everyone, although this first post is really only for me to find out what I do, how I do it, and when I do it. As a blog tool, it seems quite easy; there are far more options available in the system than I think many of us will require, or indeed need.
Thanks, see you soon.
