Apologies for the inevitable cross-postings.
The current issue of Interactions, the web journal for e-learning at
Warwick, is now available.
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/ETS/interactions/
This term's issue takes the theme of E-Tutoring:
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/ETS/interactions/vol7no2/
E-tutoring can be defined as teaching, support, management and
assessment of students on programmes of study that involve a significant
use of online technologies. There are significant distinctions to online
learning to traditional teaching in terms of time, distance and the
specific technologies adopted all of which have implications for
teaching staff. Development of learning materials and activities,
interactions with students and response to learners' needs online can be
very different than in classroom-based teaching. This is not just
relevant to distance learning courses but is particularly crucial to
'blended learning' where classroom and online activities must be
integrated in ways that allows them to deliver learning as a coherent
and effective whole.
On the 28th May, CAP are holding an E-Tutoring event, booking to
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http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/CAP/Courses/Previous/Spr00_list/courses.html#nine
In this issue of Interactions, our three Articles address a range of
different challenges in e-tutoring.
Dr Hugh Denard, a lecturer in the School of Theatre Studies, reflects
on his experiences of designing web activities and seeks to re-define
e-tutoring based on the need to develop student autonomy and creativity
in learning as well as supporting student collaborative work.
Stuart Sutherland, from the Warwick Business School, outlines the
issues concerning the assessment of students' collaborative online work
drawing on the progressive developments and learning within the Warwick
distance learning MBA programme.
Mark Childs, an educational developer in the Centre for Academic
Practice describes lecturers experiences and lessons learned extracted
from the ANNIE Project (an external FDTL project), piloting a range of
distance technologies to support the interaction of remote experts with
classroom-based student groups.
The Resources section provides a list of support opportunities at
Warwick and the Links sections of this issue offers a number of further
sources of assistance and guidance to support the E-Tutoring theme.
If there are further specific themes you would like to see addressed in
Interactions or the support offered by the Educational Technology group
in the Centre for Academic Practice, do let me know. I'd also be happy
to discuss any individual needs.
Best regards
Jay
Dr Jay Dempster
Head of Educational Technology
Centre for Academic Practice
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
Tel: 024 7652 4670
Mobile: 07979 695 691
Fax: 024 7657 2736
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