Stephen is so right in saying that it is not so much WHAT we learn so much as HOW we learn.
I use the image of a 'treasure map' with younger students to help them to understand that they should identify where they are in their learning, where they want to get to and what tools/strategies are appropriate for them to get to their desired destination. And this is where the 'big E' becomes so significant. Using electronic tools and resources means that students can the more easily access their learning and get both formative and sumative feedback on their journey. for a further illustration of some of these points see: http://www.slideshare.net/maximise/planning-my-learning/ Best Wishes, On Jul 16, 9:33 am, Stephen Downes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > there is a need to redefine the "e" from formally meaning "electronic" > > to include the meaning of "experience," "engagement," and other high > level contexts. > > Well, no... > > While it is important about e-learning that it *can* include all of > these things, and that these are good things, it is more fundamentally > important that what e-learning enables is the capacity for choice on the > part of the learner. > > What this means is that it is up to the learner to choose whether he or > she wants learning to include experience, engagement, and the like, and > to what extent. There is no longer a sense of the teacher making these > decisions for the learner, and hence, no imperative to include these > terms in a definition. > > -- Stephen > > > > > > Wong Leo wrote: > > Thank you all , > > > The reason I asked about this is many times I found many times people > > pay attention to the form more, in my own teachinhg practice , > > including some ( very small ) part of Elearning was a good choice , > > coz internet technology has opened up many new exciting avenues for > > learning providers to explore in trying to promote and encourage > > learning at all levels. > > > The concept of learning-on-demand( or learning at needs ) increases > > relevancy. The concept of anytime, anywhere learning promotes lifelong > > learning and makes distance a problem of the past. > > > However, to promote use of an formal e-learning site and to retain > > customers at the site, there is a need to redefine the "e" from > > formally meaning "electronic" to include the meaning of "experience," > > "engagement," and other high level contexts. Then, there is a chance > > to provide appropriate attention to content development and to return > > to the basics and fundamentals of a teacher-learner situation. > > > I am a Chinese teacher of college I teach mass media research , To > > further reflect on my own teaching , that is why I asked the question > > , last year I began to introduce my students with the idea of > > networked learning , however I found it is not helpful for most of > > students ( for most of them it is just the tool) ,for so called > > self-regulated learning ,most of them need to be helped in many ways , > > and the assignment they gave me are full of data , but lack of a clear > > focus and logic , and some are too messy to read , with some fancy > > stuff they are trying to impress me , and some of them don't know how > > to give a good presentation ,one of my students called Kevin .his > > final assignment is called The problems and solutions of > > self-learning,you can watch his slides here > > <http://www.haokanbu.com/story/5258/>, ( he is one of my favourite > > students) he did a survey based research on how his peer classmate > > treat the web2.0 technology and found amazing result , let me know if > > you are famliare with this situation , > > > If it is really the learning are different , but how ? and how as a > > teacher can trigger these kind of learning happen ? > > > and I totally agree with what Derek said , I think sometimes we just > > need a term to make a difference , like education2.0 , when people > > despise this term ,however manytimes they still use this term to talk > > about things . > > > Stephen , thank you for your feedback , would you please specify with > > what is exactly the type of thing or learning to make Elearning > > different , or it is just a mindset thing like Derek said ? > > > Thank you > > -- > --- > > Stephen Downes ~ Researcher ~ National Research Council > Canadahttp://www.downes.ca ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Free Learning- Hide > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
