Hi Gianni,
I think it depends on what you want. if you want a
more constructivist, individual-based environemnt then
you have the packages. if you have a more
multi-faceted eniroenmnt with a combination ob both
constructivist an d socio-cultural learning that
combines collaborative and informal learning then ou
have the content/packages and the
forums/workshops/webinars etc.. of course the latter
is the healthiest one since the human being is
multifaceted and you cannot distinguish 'now I learn
by observation', 'now I learn contstructivily' now I
use Skinner etc.. In my opinion evertyghing is
interrelated and happens all together naturally..
Best
niki
Http://nikilambropoulos.org
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> 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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