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Reflecting on e-learning

Posted by: ashleytan on: September 17, 2009

We recently concluded two separate weeks of e-learning for the ICT course. My trainees did some case-based learning with this resource.
I created some comics with the help of makebeliefscomix.com to make the cases a bit less dry.
Last week, I did a follow up on e-learning with my classes and mentioned a few things.
1. Not for [...]

Assuming FTF instruction is the best

Posted by: ashleytan on: September 6, 2009

I thought that the “e-Learning sucks” slideshow I highlighted earlier today was timely. This article in THE Journal, 5 Ways We’re Diminishing Learning by Assuming Face-to-Face Instruction Is Best, is just as timely!
It starts:
It’s interesting that face-to-face instruction is still the measure by which all other forms of instruction are evaluated. As the standard model [...]

e-Learning sucks?

Posted by: ashleytan on: September 6, 2009

Thanks to a timely RSS feed from TADO, I found this slideshow. It’s timely because e-learning week just ended for two of my classes and will end this week for another two.
It is also timely because the slides compare positive e-learning experiences to gaming, something which I am getting my classes to experience and reflect [...]

A(H1N1) and e-learning?

Posted by: ashleytan on: June 19, 2009

ST Online reported today that schools here might resort to e-learning [PDF] “if H1N1 worsens.” ST also reported that some schools in Hong Kong had already taken that route [PDF] with the outbreak of A(H1N1).
The articles are revealing in what they say and what they don’t. In Singapore’s case, “most of the 15 parents interviewed by [...]

Put the learning back in e-learning

Posted by: ashleytan on: January 31, 2009

My two AED104 classes will be in the midst of e-learning week this week. Next week, my two QED522 classes take their turn at e-learning. I truly hope that they will be e-learning, not just e-doing, or worse still, e-suffering.
We have e-learning weeks not just to simulate school closures due to emergencies. Nor should e-learning [...]

e-Learning or e-Doing?

Posted by: ashleytan on: August 28, 2008

My trainee teachers are experiencing e-learning week. They won’t have to make the long journey to campus, but I am sure that they will be busier than usual. But it could be worse!
When NIE had it’s first e-learning week in Feb 2007, it was applied to all academic groups. The effect of often overly ambitious, [...]


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