Far too revolutionary!
On 07/03/2005 09:31:34 Networked Learning in Higher Education
wrote:
>What about calling it Learning.
>
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>Subject: Re: How widespread is the use of the term (and the concept) of
>"e-learning" ?
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>
>Dear Gianni,
>
>I think your perception is more-or-less correct. I was told that here in
>Japan the term e-learning is being replaced with ubiquitous-learning
>(although I'm not sure that u-learning is being proposed). But I think
>you're also right, at least from my own research position, that the wider
>picture is being recognised, e.g. pedagogical, organisational,
>socio-cultural/political and economic factors. In fact I had been using
the
>term 'virtual learning' and only recently replaced it with 'e-learning'.
It
>looks like I may have to revisit this. Although, of course, its just a
label.
>
>I'd also be interested to see what other members of the list think.
>
>Best
>
>Tim Barker
>UNU-IAS
>Japan
>
>At 15:43 07/03/2005, you wrote:
>
>>Apologises for cross-posting
>>
>>Dear List colleague
>>
>>Within our group of "learning with technologies" practitioners, we have
>>been debating the use of the term "e-learning" to designate the
>>educational use of technologies.
>>As members of many international mailing lists in the field, we realised
>>that the term "e-learning" is now much less frequently used that it once
>>was. We have also noticed that within the titles of journals (printed and
>>online), conferences, books and portals the term is disappearing and
terms
>>such as "learning", "teaching" and "technology" are being employed
instead.
>>
>>What are your thoughts on this phenomenon?
>>
>>If you agree with our perception of this, what is the cause of this
change
>>in terminology?
>>Our view is as follows.
>>- The failure of the "e-learning approach" to enhance the
>>learning experience (to use technologies for delivering contents/learning
>>materials; to substitute analogical teaching/learning tools with digital
>>ones) has created the change in terminology;
>>- Within the "community of practice" of the people who use
>>technologies to improve the learning outcomes at the individual and the
>>educational systems levels, there is a growing awareness of the necessity
>>of adopting a more pedagogically-based approach than the
>>technologically-based one adopted in the early e-learning era;
>>- To demonstrate a tangible added-value in the use of
>>technologies to justify the added-cost, it is necessary to adopt an
>>operational model which uses technologies not only in the online/distance
>>learning settings, but also in face-to-face learning settings;
>>- The use of technologies to enhance learning does not have to
be
>>based on the use of costly courseware, but rather on simpler and cheaper
>>digital documents (for organising and delivering contents) and on
>>communications and collaboration tools not necessarily arranged under the
>>form of a complex LMS
>>
>>Regards
>>Gianni Marconato
>>
>>
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