E-learning has been hailed as a boon for many people otherwise excluded
from educational opportunities. This may be a somewhat over-optimistic
judgment at the moment, but I would welcome more people with direct
personal experience of access difficulties into our training course for
professionals involved with e-learning. I believe there could be useful
exchanges benefitting both sides, and that e-learning specialists are open
to guidance.
I am referring to the course in Online Education & Training, from the
Institute of Education, run globally with regional groups. Our "students" -
all professionals and trainers - normally include not only teachers but
related staff that may be part of e-learning design teams, e.g. technical
specialists or librarians. Thus, participants come from a range of
different disciplines and educational backgrounds and usually enjoy the
unusual opportunity to share both what they have in common and where they
differ.
We use various multimedia materials and platforms to consider different
methods of teaching and syllabus design issues, closely tied to educational
needs. It gives a real insight into the needs of e-learning provision from
the student point of view, as well the institutional.
You'll find it a forum for rich structured collaborative learning with UK
and world-wide educators.
As with much good modern teaching, we focus very much on group
collaborative learning, both in our method of running the course and in the
topics we discuss. There is also a range of special options to cater for
specialist interests. It runs
10 weeks online from 28 January 2005 – 7 April 2005,
and by
5 weeks blended mode 25 April -27 May, 2005.
Content is the same, and both carry 20 credits that can be taken into
either an Advanced Diploma in Professional Studies or a Master's. All the
tutors have many years of experience as online tutors and trainers.
For full details, visit:
http://www.ioe.ac.uk/english/oet.htm
Enquiries to London office:
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Places are limited – deadline for applications is 15 November 2004
Anita
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Anita Pincas, Senior Lecturer,
Lifelong Education and International Development [LEID}
Institute of Education,
20 Bedford Way
University of London
London WC1H 0AL
Tel +44 0207 612 6522
Tel +44 0207-286-5324 {home}
Personal Web page <http://www.ioe.ac.uk/english/Apincas.htm>
Short course: Online Education and Training
Full details and application form:
<http://www.ioe.ac.uk/english/OET.htm>
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