concept
What are the Levels of
e-Learning?
How does E-learning Work?
by Lee Ann Obringer
"E-learning is to classroom learning as cell phones are to a pay phone at a station"
   Levels of e-learning
  • Knowledge databases
  • Online support
  • Asynchronous training
  • Synchronous training
What are some e-Learning myths?
10 Damaging E-learning Myths
Stuart and Maish Nichani, elearningpost.
"Make no mistake about it, the e-learning industry is going through tourbled times. The current climate isn't conducive to providing top quality e-learning and there are mixed opinions about the success of this type of training".
  • volume = value
  • we are producing content
  • we must include all of the content
  • e-learning is course replacement
  • research proves our way is best
  • It'll get easier when the technology/ standards/theories improve
  • meeting objectives = successful training
  • suppliers produce e-Learning for clients
  • e-Learning = easy
  • e-Learning = one time quick fix
Why e-Learning?
Why E-learning?
e-Learning Centre, United Kingdom
"Why is e-learning so important? Well, it is the catalyst that is challenging the whole model of learning in this century - for school pupils, university students, for employees, for the ongoing training and development of professionals like doctors, nurses and teachers - in fact for just about anyone who wants to find out something on either a formal or causal basis".
Back to Basics - eLearning in 2003
Clive Shepherd

"Observers may be forgiven for  thinking that the e-learning industry is in turmoil, with too many of ists leading firms failing to make a profit, while their smaller colleagues struggle to stay alive at all. There have even been some cheeky comments about the quality of the e-learning that has been delivered to date. Should we be surprised?. The answer is no, given the economic climate, ridiculously over-hyped expectatations and a general lack of skills in the design and delivery of e-learning. By getting back to basics and doing the simple things well, we can still expect to see powerf ul results in the short term.

How it began for me?
In 1997, I initiated a research project at University of
Malaya to examine the application of information and communication technology in teaching and learning. A computer lab equipped with a dozen PCs connected to a server and the internet was made available. Primary and secondary school students; as well as university students, were brought in to enable reseachers to try-out different pedagogical strategies.
In one of the studies, I taught a graduate course
(PXGM 6104 Information and Communication Technology in Educational Management) to 14 students in the computer lab. To support my teaching a website was designed for the course to which were uploaded  lectue notes, powerpoint slides, self-tests, graphics, simulations, case studies, articles and a forum. The website was built using the free hosting facilities and the friendly site builder provided by Homestead.com.
Student evaluation of the teaching method was very positive and realising the potential of the web as a supporting tool or scaffold for onsite teaching, I purchased a dot.com and subscribed for enhanced hosting facilities. (The findings of the study was reported at an International Conference on ICT integration in Teaching & Learning). I have since adopted this blended approach for teaching all my courses and have delved deeply into the concept and its applications.

                                       - John Arul Phillips















The journey has just begun .......
What is E-Learning?
1) E-learning Systems and  
  Technology
Assumption University
"We can learn all of Anyone, Anywhere and Anytime"
  • Concept
  • What's eLearning?
  • eLearning Philosophies
  • Benefits of eLearning
                  - What learners appreciate?
                  - What instructor's value?
  • Eight issues with eLearning
  • Is eLearning really effective?
  • Goals of eLearning
  • eLearning Glossary

  2)  eLearning: A Literature Review
       Peter Holmes (2000)
  • eLearning and definitions
  • why eLearning?
  • issues with eLearning
  • eLearning solutions
  • a corporate eLearning system      
"E-Learning is instruction delivered on a computer by way of CD-ROM, internet or intranet with the following features: includes content relevant to the learning objective, uses instructional methods such as examples and practice to help learning, uses media elements such as words and pictures to deliver the content and methods, builds a new knowledge and skills linked to individual learning goals or to improved organisational performance"
R.C. Clark and R.E.Mayer, 2003. p: 13.
e-Learning and the Science of Instruction. San Francisco: Pfeiffer A Wiley Imprint
"E-Learning is no longer a new phenomenon, but it has not ceased to be a hot topic. Now that the first wave of e-Learning implementation has been employed, companies are starting to uncover the reality of what works and what doesn't work in the brave new world of e-learning"
Nick van Dam, 2004, p: xvii
The e-Learning Fieldbook,  New York: McGraw-Hill
Teacher Education and ODL

Teacher Education Guidelines: Using Open and Distance Learning
UNESCO Education sector, Higher Education Division, Teacher Education Section in cooperation with E-9 Initiative.
67 pages.
The Guidelines set forth in this document are intended for use principally by officers in Education Ministries and teacher training institutions who are daily called upn to make hard choices in how to expand teacher education through open and distance learning.