Videos on e-Learning and distance education
The first one suggests concrete ways teaching can be changed in higher education through the use of technology.
Learning Technologies @ UBC, 2005 (8 mins)
A vision for teaching and learning with technology in higher education
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The next group are ‘statements’ about the challenge we face as teachers in the 21st century:
A vision of students today (5 mins)
Michael Wesch and Kansas State University
Academia 2.0 (10 minutes)
Another from Michael Wesch and Kansas State University: a good statement of the challenge
Education Today and Tomorrow (2 mins 30 secs)
Sets use of educational technology within the needs of 21st century work
The iPhone in a university setting (approximately 15 minutes)
A vision from Abilene Christian University on the use of the iPhone for teaching and learning
Education 2.0 (7 mins 19 secs)
Carlos Morales Socorro talks about the relationship between IT and problem-based learning (Spanish, with English sub-titles)
And lastly, a humorous look at how it used to be.
Technical support in the Middle Ages
Tony Bates: Interviews and Keynotes
The implications of Web 2.0 for teaching and learning
Keynote delivered by video-conference to conference at the University of Leicester, UK, January 2008
Interview with Mike O’Donoghue of Lancaster University, U.K., 2006, 45 minutes
(recommend the audio version):
Topics:
strategic planning of e-learning
strategic use of e-learning
barriers to e-learning
is e-learning a useful term?
face-to-face vs online: how to decide?
why come to campus?
teaching skills for a knowledge-based society
exploiting IT infrastructure for administration
what’s the use of lectures?
training for professors in e-learning
my favorite technology and why
implications of Web 2.0
will all learning be through technology?
IT in schools vs IT in universities
do we still need teachers?
Centralised or decentralised distance education at dual mode universities?
This video interview with Tony Bates discusses the factors at play and the advantages and disadvantages of faculties being responsible for distance education, based on the experience of the University of British Columbia, which unsuccessfully moved to decentralise services in 2003. The interview was done for the University of Wisconsin 2009 Annual Conference on distance education
Lastly, for many more videos on e-learning go to http://video.google.com and type in ‘e-learning’ in the search box.
Source: tonybates.ca
Tags: Distance education, e-learning, education 2.0, Learning Technologies, Web 2.0
Mon, Jun 7, 2010
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