Tag: e-learning

Digital literacy in an international sample of physiotherapy students

Jul 5, 2016

in Conference

digital literacy, e-learning, physiotherapy, saahe

This is one of the presentations that I recently gave at the 2016 SAAHE conference. Digital literacy of an international group of physiotherapy students from Michael Rowe
Activity Theory, Authentic Learning and Emerging Technologies

Oct 20, 2014

in Research

activity theory, authentic learning, book, case study, denise wood, e-learning, education, emerging technology, Jan Herrington, networked learning, pedagogy, research, Situated learning, transformative learning

For the past few years I’ve been involved in an NRF-funded research project looking at the use of emerging technologies in higher education. One of the products of that collaborative project was an edited book that has recently been published. Professor Denise Wood, one of the editors, describes the book on her blog: This edited…
Attendance of e-learning colloquium

Sep 20, 2010

in Conference

alignment, colloquium, e-learning, e-learning site, osce, social networks, teaching and learning

I attended the first few presentations of an e-learning colloquium on campus last Tuesday. Here are a few short notes I took during the short time I was there. Begin a section of work with a short test to evaluate pre-intervention knowledge. The questions should be aligned with important content from the module. This will…
Notes on podcast from Stephen Downes

Jun 18, 2010

in Education, Learning, Teaching

access to services, Amazon, artificial intelligence, e-learning, educational services, ims, learning objects, oauth, Online identity, open web, openid, personal learning environment, ple, podcast, primitive recommender algorithms, random access, scorm, stephen downes, teaching and learning, youtube

I thought I’d make some notes while listening to this podcast interview from Stephen Downes., where he talks about personal learning environments, problems with e-learning and open vs. closed educational content. ———————————— Mentions Plearn as part of the opening discussion and bio. What is a PLE? Compares LMS to PLE. LMS is based around the…
Misunderstanding the conversation around teaching with technology

Mar 17, 2010

in Conference, Education, Technology

e-learning, greater online community, heltasa, ICT, learning management system, learning management systems, lms, online space, teaching practice, teaching with technology

I’ve been going through the collection of abstracts from last year’s HELTASA conference, looking for a citation for a poster presentation that I’d like to use for an assignment. This gave me an overview of the event that I didn’t pick up on while I was there, as I tend to focus on individual presentations…
Learning Management Systems

Jul 29, 2009

in Education, Technology

e-learning, learning management system, lms

I’ve been to a few conferences and presentations in the last few months, and there seems to be this idea that e-learning is all about putting your lecture notes and Powerpoint slides into your institution’s Learning Management System (LMS) and then you’re done. Now you can say that you use “e-learning” in your teaching practice.…
HESS conference: a summary of my thoughts

Dec 19, 2008

in Conference, Education

Angela Brew, community of practice, e-learning, evidence based practice, HESS, higher education, martin oliver, research, scholarship of teaching and learning, summary, technology, technology changing

OK, so I’ve been back for a few weeks now and have had a little bit of time to gather my thoughts regarding the HESS conference, and thought I’d make a note of some of the highlights from my limited perspective. If anyone from the conference feels that I’m way off the mark, feel free…
HESS conference (day 2)

Dec 2, 2008

in Conference, Education

backpackers, e-learning, HESS, keynote, Pandora’s box, presentation, technology-enhanced problem

Day 2 of the HESS conference is over. I gave my presentation first thing this morning and it seemed to go down well. A few people had some nice things to say, which is always nice to hear. Sometimes I think I’m so far behind what other people are doing, then you get a day…
HESS conference (day 1)

Dec 1, 2008

in Conference, Education

conceptual infrastructure, e-learning, HESS, keynotes, presentation, social software, speaker

OK, so we’ve finished the first day of the conference and it was pretty interesting. Almost every speaker had something to say that I found interesting. I attended the following presentations, most of which were in the e-learning track: Keynote: Opening up spaces for research and enquiry Introducing the construct of “conceptual infrastructure” to support…
Higher Education as a Social Space (HESS) conference presentation

Dec 1, 2008

in Conference, Education

confence, e-learning, grahamstown, HESS, higher education, national monument, old gaol, presentation, prison, social space, south africa

So, I’m in Grahamstown for the Higher Education as a Social Space (HESS) conference that begins tomorrow and I’m staying at the Old Gaol, one of the oldest prisons in South Africa, which has been converted into a backpackers and is a national monument. The programme for the conference looks great although as usual there…
The Tower and the Cloud

Nov 17, 2008

in Note, Open access

campus IT Learning, cloud, cloud computing, creative commons, e-learning, educause, information technology, open content, open source

Just a quick pointer to what I think is going to be a great read. “The Tower and the Cloud” is a new publication by EDUCAUSE, which looks at the impact of cloud computing on higher education. The book is divided into broad sections, each containing several chapters, with each chapter written by a different…
Technology in the classroom: can we make it work?

Nov 17, 2008

in Learning, Technology

bad teacher, deep learning, e-learning, education, facebook, healthcare, internet, internet access, laptops, rss, students, technology, wikis

I’ve been trying to think how to use technology to enhance both my teaching and my students’ learning and it’s proving more difficult than I’d initially thought. I like to think that laptops and internet access in every classroom give students real-time access to related content while they engage in meaningful discussion, but this will…
Mobile computing

Oct 29, 2008

in Note

apple, computing, e-learning, iphone, laptop, mobile, Mobile computing, technology

A few weeks ago I presented at an e-learning colloquium here on campus, where I briefly summed up a few ideas of where I think technology can add value to education. One of the points I finished with, was the idea that computing is becoming more mobile, with cellphones taking over roles traditionally attributed to…
E-learning colloquium

Oct 6, 2008

in Conference

colloquium, e-learning, higher education, presentation, social media

This morning I presented an overview of e-learning at a small colloquium at my university. I didn’t know who would be in the audience so I decided to take a step back and have a look at the e-learning landscape as I see it. I tried to look briefly at the following: Clearly with such…
e-Learning is not an option

Sep 8, 2008

in Learning, Teaching, Technology

david warlick, e-learning, education, Israel, Joseph Shevel, online content, teacher

A few weeks ago I posted a quote by David Warlick who suggested that e-learning is not an optional approach to education and in fact has little to do with good teaching (Digital kids / Analogue schools). He points out that it’s merely a tool that’ll be used with varying degrees of success, which will…
10th annual conference on World Wide Web applications

Aug 21, 2008

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African Online Scientific Informations Systems, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, e-commerce, e-government, e-learning, e-society, facebook, google scholar, higher education, online intermediaries, open source, social networks, south africa, students, university of cape town, web 2.0, Web applications, world wide web

Yesterday I registered to attend the 10th annual conference on World Wide Web applications being held at the University of Cape Town from the 3-5 September. It’ll look at the impact of the web on our daily lives, focusing on four tracks or themes, namely; e-commerce, e-learning, e-government and e-society. Some of the presentations I’m…
Expanding the e-learning curriculum: oral presentation from SAAHE

Jul 14, 2008

in Conference, Learning, Technology

digital video, e-learning, learning tool, saahe, SAAHE08

In this oral presentation at the SAAHE conference, Dr. J. Dempers of the Division of Forensic Medicine at the University of Stellenbosch discusses the use of digital video to enhance the e-learning curriculum already in place in the Forensic Pathology Department. Currently, the department makes use of Blackboard to manage all course content besides testing,…