"e-learning 2.0 refers to a second phase of e-learning based on Web 2.0 and emerging trends in e-learning. ...The term suggests that the traditional model of e-learning as a type of content produced by publishers, organized and structured into courses, and consumed by students, is reveresed, so that the content is used rather than read and is more likely to be produced by students than courseware authors."
[Gonella, Li, & Panto, E. (2008). Didactic architectures and organization models. eLearning Papers.]
I tried to add a video to complement this quote about e-learning 2.0 but unfortunately i didn't manage to find one. e-learning 2.0 is the new e-learning method which we're currently experiencing. I would recommend this system only at certain levels of education - for example on BTEC Higher Nationals programmes and at Universities as such system would require alot of good contributional material from the learners.
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@Ken
ReplyDeleteI found this video on E-Learning 2.0 which may be useful and interesting.
It is a talk on the trends and impacts on E-Learning 2.0. It is quite long with over 45mins. However the speaker does make some interesting points.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5961719786180845836#
A more easy to understand video is below.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1828216043910369672&hl=en&emb=1#
The speaker also defines the basics of e-learning 2.0.
I agree with you Ken about e-Learning 2.0 being recommended only to our HND and degree students. I do not think that lower-level students have the maturity and know-how of creating their own notes and knowledge-base and sharing it with their fellow students.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Thalheimer notes that it is usually important not to use e-Learning 2.0 exclusively for the students to learn best. For best results, e-Learning 2.0 can be combined with e-Learning 1.0 and/or traditional learning, otherwise students might inadvertently learn incorrect or inexact things.
As an aside, I believe you're the one who posted the Wiki contribution on e-Learning 2.0, and that I edited. :)
@Jason
ReplyDelete10x a lot for the videos... appreciated
@Alex
Yeah :) do you really think that students might learn incorrect things from such e-learning 2.0? In my opinion, students tend to cross check all contributions and perhaps they contribute as well. I presume that in this way, inaccuracies may be corrected.
I also think that such system is ideal for small groups where everyone can manage to read contributions made by other. In large groups, it is kind of difficult to manage to read all contributions.
I agree with Alex about the risk of students wrongly thinking they have understood something and trying to contribute in that area, passing the wrong knowledge. But I also agree with Ken, in the sense that some kind of quality control can be adapted, which would thus minimize this risk.
ReplyDeleteThink about open-source software. It's beauty is that the community can contribute..thus that software will most likely never die. The changes to the software however, need to be accepted by the development team in order to be included in the next distribution. I think that something similar would work well for e-learning.
I really believe in the power of empowerment. When someone is empowered, he feels involved. Besides, sometimes I also believe that students can communicate with each other in a way that we can never communicate.