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Essentials of e-Learning
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- John Thompson, Buffalo State College
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| E-learning is gaining momentum in many higher education instituations. E-learning can enhance traditional face-to-face (F2F) classroom courses or replace F2F classes by offering instruction completely over the Internet.
E-Learning (or online learning or distance education), provides a new instructional medium that college personnel need to know. However, even as higher education turns to e-Learning, higher education faculty and administration remain largely unaware of e-Learning’s benefits and challenges. This presentation will be a primer addressing the elements in e-Learning. These elements include philosophical (Is e-Learning better than traditional classroom learning?) and practical issues (How do you give an online test?). The PowerPoint presentation will focus on the experiences of a current e-Learning instructor and former state government training director. Actual online courses will be visited during the presentation so that attendees can see e-Learning first-hand.
With the use of e-Learning, traditional professional development courses can morph into experiences in which students become 24-7 learners, especially if government managers and executives have the grasp of the elements inherent in e-Learning.
The ideal audience would be college faculty and administrators that are looking to get involved with e-Learning or have already begun using e-Learning. |
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