Friday, 28 August 2020

is e-learning a good thing?

With lockdown, many of us have had to go online to learn

How coronavirus crisis reinvented online learning as a necessity

There are lots of offers out there:

Why is online learning so important during coronavirus? | English Live Blog

Of course, it's been around a lot longer:

The Era of Online Learning | Niema Moshiri | TEDxUCSD - YouTube

Not everyone is a fan:

Parents seeking alternative to e-learning - Evanston Now

The problem is that a lot of e-learning is simply a teacher giving a lecture in front of a board, or click-and-quiz learning: stories and scenarios are better:

Why e-learning is killing education | Aaron Barth | TEDxKitchenerED - YouTube

Why Technology Can't Fix Education | Mary Jo Madda | TEDxChicago - YouTube

Content, not technology, will save education | Sofia Fenichell | TEDxLSE - YouTube

It doesn't have to be an an LMS:

Jay Doubleyou: how to set up a learning management system

Instead, you can use very simple platforms like Zoom to create interactive sessions:

Enabling breakout rooms – Zoom Help Center

Video Breakout Rooms - YouTube

Set up #ZOOM BREAKOUT ROOMS (ideal for small groups) - YouTube

And English language schools are trying this out:

Trinity CertTESOL during Covid-19. - YouTube

Trinity College London Online CertTESOL course review by Greety Gijo, Angamaly, Kerala - YouTube

CertTESOL | Trinity College London

But you can 'blend' learning - and 'flip' the classroom:

Jay Doubleyou: blended learning and the flipped classroom

Click here-- blended learning and the future of education: Monique Markoff at TEDxIthacaCollege - YouTube

And tech can make students more independent:

Jay Doubleyou: can children teach themselves - using technology?

The Future of Learning | Sugata Mitra | TEDxNewcastle - YouTube

New experiments in self-teaching | Sugata Mitra - YouTube

Sugata Mitra: Can kids teach themselves? - YouTube

Finally, this is the future - but we can chose which technologies we want to work with:

Jay Doubleyou: digital learning solutions

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