If you are helping people who have difficulties accessing education, and/or
this applies to yourself, you may be interested in becoming an e-learning
facilitator or tutor, since very often access to the internet may resolve
some of the problems. If so, you might find it of use to look into the
long established University of London Online Education & Training course.
It offers the opportunity to explore the internet in an e-learning context, and
to understand virtual collaboration better by giving you at the same time the
vital experience of being an e-learner and virtual collaborator in the company
of others discussing e-learning. It is for teachers, librarians, technical staff,
managers and administrators and any others who seek to extend their
professional scope.
The course isrun asynchronously online and 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. 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]
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