Six Principles of Effective eLearning Content
Unlike classroom training, e-Learning is very visible. While much of the classroom experience is packaged in the instructor, and in fact varies from class to class, you can easily see and hear all elements of e-Learning. Everything from screen color to content accuracy to the types of practices is readily available for scrutiny. I believe that this high visibility will prove to be a good thing. With this much more accessible instructional environment, we will be able to more readily identify ef...
Integrated Technology and Standards for e-Learning
Basic principles gudance when developing and implementing e-learning content is integrated technology and standard that comprises of some elements, i.e: Sharabale; The ability to use learning objects of a learning module by other learning modules. Reusability; The flexibility to incorporate instructional components in multiple contents and contexts. Inter-operability; The ability to take instructional components developed in one location with one set of tools or platform and use them in ...
Policy on Open, Distance and Electronic Learning: Case of Indonesia
by: Agung Purwadi Centre for Policy Research and Educational Innovation, Ministry of National Education, Indonesia Indonesia is one the most populuous nations in the world. Her population was about 219 million with 67 percent of them were under the productive, 15-64 years, age in 2005 (CBS, 2005 inter-cencal survey results). About 106 million were considered as labor force with an employment rate of about 89.7 percent. It is easily understandable that this huge number made the n...
Learner Centered Education in the Knowledge Age
paper writen and presented by: Dr. Josep Rota and Dr. sandra Turner OHIO University Abstarct A central premise of this presentation is that higher education is undergoing a paradigm shift as we change our conception of a university is a place of teaching and replace it with a new model of a university as a place of learning. Central to this change are three key elements: (1) the role that the new technologies of information and communication are playing not only in the dissemination of...
Supporting Student Motivation and Volition
ARCS (Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction) is a fmous motivation models developed by John Keller. On te occasion of International symposium on Distance Learning and e-Learning (ISODEL) 2007, he wrote and presented his model as a key issues in implementing and sustaining distance and e-learning. I think it would be worthfull if his presentation published here, so everybody can see and apply his model in distance learning and or e-learning. Full of his presentation can be downloaded ...
Principles of Effective Learning Objects
Learning objects are digital content that can be used and reused for teaching nd learning. They are modular, flexible, portable, transferable (interoperable) and accessible. Learning objects may be used to teach a particular skill or concept, or to provide stimulating thinking and learning experiences for the teacher or student. A learning object, as defined by SCORE, includes digital content, practice activities and assessment tools that are linked to one or more educational objectives and clas...
EdukasiNet: Suatu Upaya Pemberdayaan Internet untuk Pendidikan
Saat ini, dunia telah berada dalam era informasi atau dikenal pula sebagai era global. Dalam waktu tidak lebih dari setengah abad sejak ditemukannya komputer pertama sekitar 50 tahun yang lalu, peradaban telah berpindah dari era industri ke era global atau era informasi. Padahal perpindahan dari era pertanian menuju era industri memakan waktu kurang lebih tiga abad lamanya (Voss et al, 1999). Era informasi ditandai oleh pesatnya perkembangan dalam bidang teknologi elektronika dan informatika at...
E-Learning Implementation at Indonesian Universities: Policy issues and Challenges
by: T. Basaruddin (Dean – Faculty of Computer Science – UI)
[email protected] Abstract The university’s approach towards learning has long been considered as one of the least developed areas as far as university development is concerned. By and large, universities are still very much dominated by the so-called teacher-centered learning. Nonetheless, with the advancement of communication and information technology, there has been a notable attempt by most universities to improve thei...