Malcolm Ryan Flexible Learning Coordinator School of Education & Training

1. Introduction to eLearning Malcolm Ryan Flexible Learning Coordinator School of Education & Training

3. Overview Why do it? Definitions Examples Resources

4. Why is it important? All students need to be competent in the use of technology to survive in an ‘information society’. Many learning programmes require students to become familiar with industry-standard computing equipment and its applications. Learning can also be enriched through the appropriate use of technology in most curriculum areas. (FEFC 1998)

5. ILT spending It is estimated that, taking into account expenditure on staffing and telecommunications costs, colleges spend around £100 million annually on ILT. £100 M This amounts to about 2.5% of turnover.

6. Definitions • IT • ICT • ILT • eLearning (Becta 2003)

7. The eLearning fan

8. Examples The following are a few examples of eLearning in action: Matthew Thorne http://uk.geocities.com/bbicmatt/ELearning/GeometryWebPage.html Jane Scott http://www.godalming.ac.uk/celttjcs/revisionweb/ Donna Carr HTTP://www.donnacarr.freeserve.co.uk/celtt/intro.htm Andrew Slade http://www.mazehill.ndo.co.uk/ Sharon Monie http://www.bedford.ac.uk/smonie/celtt2 Philip Cullen http://www.philipcullen.com/index.html Mike Smith http://www.mikesmith-online.co.uk

9. Your experience?

10. Resources

11. Issues?

12. Contact details Malcolm Ryan m.ryan@gre.ac.uk TEL: +44 (0)20 8331 9741 FAX: +44 (0)20 8331 9235 School of Education & Training, University of Greenwich Queen Mary Building, Old Royal Naval College, Maritime Greenwich Campus, 30 Park Row, London. SE10 9LS

13. I.T. The stand-alone items of computing technology and the skills required to use them effectively.

14. ICT The connecting together of IT hardware to enable communication with other users, through robust networks, both within and beyond the institution.

15. ILT The application of IT/ICT to running the core business of colleges – learning and teaching – as well as the management of the learning environment and business systems that support and enable effective learning.

16. eLearning Those aspects of ILT which directly support effective learning and teaching. This can take many forms ranging from the introduction of ILT elements into traditional teaching through to fully on-line programmes.

17. ILT and Lifelong Learning Lecturing staff must be confident and competent IT users to exploit ILT in order to: • enrich the learning experiences of students • improve teaching methods and standards • facilitate better management practices; and • assist in the development of a more IT-literate society. FEILTC (1999)