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The Future of E-Learning: Embracing Change for Education Success

Explore the evolution of education towards e-learning, understanding the audience shift and implications for teachers. Discover how social media and web 2.0 tools are shaping modern education, and the challenges and advances in the field. Learn about utilizing wikis, blogs, podcasts, online office suites, and overcoming e-learning obstacles to create a personalized learning environment for students. Find out why embracing mobile devices for education is crucial for staying relevant in a digital world.

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The Future of E-Learning: Embracing Change for Education Success

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  1. E-learning: • an overview • Michael Rowe • Department of Physiotherapy

  2. The Net GenerationUnderstanding the target audience • They live, work and play online • Always connected regardless of time / place • Both consumers and creators of content • Social networks are their frames of reference

  3. Education as it is...and why it won't last • Teacher is source of knowledge (didactic paradigm)‏ • Mon-Fri / 9-5 • One way stream of content / knowledge (creation and dissemination)‏ • Social networks are disregarded

  4. Education as it will beImplications for teachers • Use the Internet as a source of knowledge * • Be available 7 days a week • Multiple streams of content adding to richness of knowledge • Leverage network effect * • July, 2008: 1 trillion pages, 100 million sites • Network effect – measure of how the value of a product increases with each user

  5. On social mediaweb 2.0 characteristics • Internet based tools • Sharing and discussion • Digital multimedia • Community building / network effect • Decentralised publication • Distinct from newspapers, books, TV and film (traditional media)‏

  6. Why is this important? • Managing expectations • Students • Teachers • Software • Not just about putting content online • Context important

  7. KEWL 3.0 in physiotherapy • Open content • Integration of social media technologies • Local support service • Regular improvement • Potential to enhance traditional teaching

  8. Wikis • Editable websites (content creation)‏ • Freeform text / semantic web • International collaboration across time / space • Peer review process / evidence based practice

  9. Blogs and RSS • Informal monologue • Content broadcast to students • Automatic updates (e.g. changes in course readers, test dates, class times)‏ • Podcasts • Video / audio • Hearing impaired students • Education anywhere

  10. Online office suitesGoogle Docs / Groups, Skype • More efficient workflow (e.g. RSS for change updates)‏ • Undergraduate research projects • Access anywhere • Monitor progress / provide feedback

  11. Challenges in e-learning • Hardware (cost, inequitable distribution of resources)‏ • Software (proprietary vs. open)‏ • Time it takes to change (e.g. content, skills)‏ • Traditionally poor IT literacy

  12. The way forward • Personal learning systems • Students control learning environment, process and content • No formal classes • Education anywhere on mobile devices

  13. Why use this... • Big and heavy / immobile • Geographical limitations • Too powerful for most needs • Cables (power, mouse, network)‏ • Long boot times / switched off

  14. When you can use this... • Small and compact / mobile • Use anywhere • Suitable for: • Email / browsing • Photos / video • Office applications • Wireless • Always / instantly on • It's also a phone, IM client, MP3 player, PIM • Location and position aware

  15. Conclusion • E-learning is not an option • Everybody is already online • Will we join them, or become increasingly irrelevant?

  16. Presence http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog http://www.openphysio.co.za Facebook: Michael Rowe Skype: theboatashore email: mrowe@uwc.ac.za

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