With reference to your document 'Evaluation of Online Learning' it is my
experience that the approach is pedagogically inflexible. The systems
as yet tend to be developed by individuals who claim 'increased
efficiency'. Read this as increased administrative efficiency and
decreased pedagogical flexibility. Just because a machine is developed
out of a behaviourist approach, it does not have to follow that the
teacher cannot use it as a constructivist tool. ...but the drive to
encourage uniformity just does not help!
See Hayes, M. Chapter 6 in Educational Technology and the Impact on
Teaching and Learning Edited by Selinger, M and Wynn, J. (2001)
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From: John Konrad [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 22 April 2003 14:03
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Subject: Specification and references April 2003
Dear Colleagues,
I have posted a file to the list at
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/EVALUATION-OF-ONLINE-LEARNING/
I look forward to comments and observations.
I hope that it will be possible to begin to develop a co-ordinated
programme of developing and piloting activities in the next few weeks.
Thanks for your involvement.
John
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