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Please accept apologies if this is not of interest to you. All education today is discussed at least part with reference to e-learning. If you feel you would like to explore this in more depth, then you may be interested in taking a short training course which gives you at the same time the vital experience of being an e-learner yourself. It is not only for teaching staff, but also attracts librarians, technical staff, managers and administrators who seek to extend their professional area. It is Online Education & Training, which is run online. You'll find it a forum for rich structured collaborative learning with UK other educators. The course deals with e-learning in terms of a simple pedagogy framework that incorporates many styles of learning, e.g. resource-based, problem-based, discovery-based in addition to traditional and blended learning approaches. It covers general issues of teaching online including social networking, with regular practical tasks, and has a choice of optional topics on using the internet to enhance internet teaching. These are expected to include - online discourse and moderating - computer-based assessment - mobile technologies - real-time teaching by phone, text, video-conferencing, or SecondLife - blogging and podcasting The next start is 9th March 2009. We suggest you register as soon as possible. The course carries 30 UK credits towards either a masters or a diploma and can be taken by 10 weeks distance study online. The fee is £Stg 654, which can be paid by bank transfer, credit card or instalments. A cheaper auditor registration is also available if you do not need the credits. More information about the course is at the website: http://www.ioe.ac.uk/english/OET.htm Enquiries to Anita Pincas, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Education Email: [log in to unmask]