Through my research, I came across a successful case study which uses e-learning within an organisation namely BT. Though surveys conducted internally, BT found that around 78% of its employees prefer to learn from their peers. BT took this research on board and developed, in partnership with Accenture, its Dare2Share project - a collaborative social learning solution that was the winner of the 2008 e-learning solution of the year at WOLCE. This project used Web 2.0 technology including interactive, collaborative, internet-based sites for workplace learning.
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Social learning is a big concern to me in e-learning. Not meeting peers, not meeting lecturers is making us miss an essential part of conventional education where we do not only learn Maths, English etc but we also learn the ‘norms’ of our society, which behaviours are acceptable and which are not. We learn how to face problems, bullying, conflicts…we learn our culture.
ReplyDeleteIn a virtual environment, one cannot say that there is no interaction, no socialization, but to me it is like an artificial socialization. We socialize with just a side of the people…the side they want us to see.
It is a new culture, a virtual culture which is being formed!
Tatjana Chircop
What caught my attention in this video clip was about the pod casting, and recording a message visual presentation or written would save man power. If you do a presentation once it could be watched over and over again and you would not have to repeat yourself or do the presentation again. It saves time, but still the human element of asking a random question or cracking a small 'ice braker' joke would be eleminated in this case... it seems that it would be a much more formal way of presenting.
ReplyDeleteEven though a lot of money is spent on creating interactive multimedia courseware, one vital ingrediant is missing: other people.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I believe that such a problem could easily be overcome by using an integrated platform of key social media tools such as blogging, social networking, file sharing, etc.
These allow students to share their personal learning and working resources. Students can also work in groups and learn collaboratively. These social media tools also provide a secure space for formal, social and collaborative learning to take place.